Spanish Fernando Barbito announced as technical director of Egypt's second men's national team participating in the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games.
Egypt's national team is scheduled to participate with its second team in the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games, set to be held in Italy this August.
The roster included the most prominent players in the professional handball league and consisted of 16 players, as follows:
Egypt's second team roster:
Goalkeepers: Abdelrahman Hamid - Mustafa Adel - Youssef Nagy
Left wing: Bilal Ibrahim - Mohamed Moamen Safa
Left back: Nabil Sherif
Playmaker: Seif Hany - Ziad Mohand Mamdouh - Mohamed Salah El-Sayed
Right back: Mohsen Ramadan
Right wing: Mohamed Emad Oka - Omar Khaled "Castillo" - Omar Hemen Youssef
Pivot: Yasser Seif - Bejad Marwan - Ahmed Taghian
Egypt's group in the tournament
Egypt's handball national team is in the first group of the handball competitions at the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games held in Italy
The group includes Egypt, Italy, Portugal, and Kosovo
Egypt's last participation in the handball competitions of the Mediterranean Games was at the Oran 2022 edition.
Egypt's national team achieved second place and the silver medal during that edition after losing to Spain in the final with a score of 27-28.
