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Egypt national team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup in Italy. Egypt have qualified for the FIFA World Cup on three occasions, in 1934, 1990 and 2018. With 2 draws and 5 losses, Egypt has never won a match in the World Cup finals. In 1934 Egypt became the first Arab and African team to play in the World Cup.
- Qualification
- World Cup Finals
- USA 1994
- France 1998
- Korea and Japan 2002
- Germany 2006
- South Africa 2010
- Brazil 2014
Egypt had a bye in the preliminary stage of the World Cup Qualifiers, as they were one of the top eight ranked teams in the continent, according to FIFA. They kicked off their campaign against Liberia at Cairo Stadium in January 1989, and emerged 2-0 winners, thanks to goals from Mohamed Ala’a and Mohamed Ekad. This was followed by a 1-1 draw away ...
They entered the 1990 in Italy tournament alongside Cameroon as one of two African representatives, and kicked things off in a promising manner against the Netherlands, as a late penalty by Abdelghani saw them hold a side which consisted of the likes of Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit to a one-all draw. That would be their only goa...
The format for the World Cup qualifiers for the 1994 tournament meant that teams had to take part in a preliminary round, playing each other home and away before progressing to the next round of qualification. This would prove rather too gruelling for the Egyptians who, after starting with a home win over Angola, would miss out on qualification for...
They would also miss out of participating in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France as, having received a bye in qualification, they got off to a flyer, beating minnows, Namibia 7-1, before finishing second in Group Two after losing to Tunisia and Liberia. Tunisia would win the group, joining South Africa, Cameroon, Morocco and Nigeria as Africa’s parti...
The next edition of the global showpiece was Korea and Japan, and the Pharaohs would again not be a part of it as they finished third in Group C, with Senegal progressing through to their first ever World Cup finals, where they were knocked out in the quarterfinals.
Egypt would be absentees again in Germany 2006, as they finished third in their qualifying group, with the Ivory Coast going through for their first appearance of the global showpiece.
With the 2010 FIFA World Cup coming to Africa for the first time ever, many sides in the continent fancied their chances, but they had to qualify first. Egypt failed once again, as they would again miss out narrowly after losing in a tie break against Algeria, as both teams finished with identical records in Group C.
They again fell in the final hurdle in qualification as, after making it through the second round, they were beaten by Ghana in the final round, going down 6-1 in the away leg, before saving face by winning 2-1 at home. But that proved not enough as they fell to a 7-3 aggregate score.
Egypt ended a 28-year absence from the World Cup after a remarkable campaign in the African qualifiers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. Under the stewardship of Argentinian coach Hector Cuper, the Pharaohs finally fulfilled their long-awaited dream, even if their return to the world stage was not always plain sailing.
Oct 8, 2017 · In the three decades since their last World Cup appearance, Egypt have won four Africa Cup of Nations titles - in 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010 - but never taken that form into World Cup qualifying ...
Jun 25, 2018 · In a thrilling final group game Egypt - appearing at their first World Cup finals for 28 years - took the lead thanks to Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah's lob in the 22nd minute, their first World ...
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA.It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in late 2010.
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Jun 25, 2018 · Despite plenty of excitement around the Mohamed Salah-led Pharaohs coming into the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, Egypt will be making an early exit without picking up a point in group play. Egypt ...
