The Egyptian national team achieved many records after winning against Australia on penalties and qualifying for the round of 16 of the World Cup.
The Egyptian national team defeated Australia on penalties with a score of 4-2 after the end of the original and extra time with a score of 1-1.
The Egyptian national team advanced thanks to a goal by Imam Ashour, and Mohamed Hany scored the equalizer for Australia in an own goal.
FilGoal.com reviews with you the most prominent numbers achieved in the Egypt match against Australia
The Egyptian national team is the fifth African team to achieve a win in a knockout round of the World Cup after Cameroon (1990), Senegal (2002), Ghana (2010), and Morocco (2022 and 2026).
Hossam Hassan is the third African coach to win a knockout match in the World Cup after Walid Regragui and Mohamed Ouahbi, coaches of Morocco.
The World Cup will be completed without the yellow continent πβ
The World Cup without representatives from the Asian continent π
Egypt eliminated the last representative of the Asian Football Confederation in the 2026 World Cup πͺπ¬#World_Cup pic.twitter.com/vRB6BcQbuK
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For the first time, the Egyptian national team achieved a win in penalty shootouts in all competitions after 4 defeats (against Senegal in the World Cup qualifiers and the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final, the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, and Nigeria in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations)
The Egyptian national team became the third African team to reach penalty shootouts in the World Cup after Ghana in 2010 and Morocco in 2022 and 2026.
The Egyptian national team is the second African team to win on penalties in the World Cup after Morocco in 2022 and 2026.
Egypt breaks the curse of penalty shootouts after 4 consecutive losses on penalties πͺπ¬πͺ pic.twitter.com/DHBpdXH9Ef
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The Egyptian national team scored 3 goals from headers in the 2026 World Cup, tying with England as the most goals scored from headers.
Imam Ashour became the third Egyptian player to score two goals in a single edition of the World Cup, after Mohamed Salah in 2018 and Abdelrahman Fawzy in 1934.
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Egypt takes an early lead with a header from Imam Ashour into Australia's net πͺπ¬pic.twitter.com/mpR3XgnBlV
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Imam Ashour became the second player to score in a knockout round of the World Cup since Abdelrahman Fawzy against Hungary in 1934.
Imam Ashour became the second player from the Egyptian league to score in a knockout round of the World Cup after Emmanuel Amunike in 1994 with Nigeria.
Imam Ashour scored the 250th goal in the 2026 World Cup.
Mohamed Hany became the second player in World Cup history to score two own goals after the Bulgarian Ivan Vostov in 1966.
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Australia's equalizer comes from a header by Mohamed Hany by mistakepic.twitter.com/0TpLRaFTi5
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Mohamed Hany contributed with his own goal to breaking the record for own goals in a single edition of the World Cup with 13 goals, surpassing 2018 with 12 goals.
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