By: Nabila Esaam

On Tuesday, Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, held a meeting with the Organizing Committee of the 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship, planned to be hosted by Egypt in January, to discuss the updates on the details of organizing the tournament in the presence of IHF President Dr. Hassan Moustafa, EHF president Engineer Hisham Nasr, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, a number of chairmen of sub-committees, and representatives of the participants tournament's Supreme Organizing Committee. 

The meeting dealt with reception procedures for the teams participating in the tournament upon their arrival at the airport, the matters concerning passports of delegations of players, technical bodies, referees, administrators, and representatives of the International Federation through the Ministry of Interior, and the halls dedicated for receiving delegations at the airport in cooperation with the Ministry of Civil Aviation.  

The meeting also discussed the process of transporting the delegations from the airport to their hotels, checking up the results of the prior examination of members of the delegations participating in the tournament, conducting the due tests, taking into account the need for tightening control over the reception and hosting throughout the period of presence in Egypt in order to implement the precautionary measures of the Ministry of Health for the prevention of the new coronavirus. 

The Minister of Youth and Sports reaffirmed the following up all the details related to Egypt's hosting of the World Handball Championship with the participation of 32 teams in light of the challenges posed by the Corona pandemic, indicating everyone's determination to achieve success for the world's largest sports championship at the level of handball that is being held during Corona pandemic. 

From his part, the IHF President stated that the success of hosting the World Handball Cup tournament will reflect an honorable image of Egypt in front of the whole world, show its ability to face the conditions that the world is witnessing due to the Corona pandemic, and present the tournament in the best way at all levels, on top of which is preserving the safety and health of players and all participants.