Basketball in Egypt - Egyptian Basketball Players, Egypt National Basketball Team, Alaa Abdelnaby, Eurobasket 1949, Abdel Azim Ashry (Paperback)

Chapters: Egyptian Basketball Players, Egypt National Basketball Team, Alaa Abdelnaby, Eurobasket 1949, Abdel Azim Ashry, Abdel Moneim Wahby, Alain Attalah, Abdel Meguid Amir, Ahmed Soliman. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Egypt national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Egypt in international competitions. Since 1937, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) allowed the team to compete in the European championship. This state of affairs continued for decades. The Egyptians finished last at the second European basketball championship, the Eurobasket 1937 held by FIBA Europe continental federation. They had lost their first two preliminary round games against Estonia and Lithuania before withdrawing from the tournament. Their remaining matches were lost by default, including the final preliminary match, the classification semifinal, and the 7th/8th playoff. Egypt was much more successful in their next appearance, Eurobasket 1947. They won all three of their preliminary group matches and their first semifinal group game. Their only loss of the tournament came to eventual gold medallist Soviet Union in the second semifinal group game, before Egypt won their third. Their 21 record in the semifinal group placed them second and set up a bronze medal match against Belgium, whom Egypt had defeated in the preliminary round. Egypt won again in a close 5048 match, winning their first European medal. The following championship was both hosted and won by Egypt. In a sparsely contested event with only seven teams, none of which had placed better than third previously (France and Egypt had both done so), the Egyptians had little trouble winning their first five games. By the luck of the draw, Egypt did not face France until th...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2859931