A 7:0 unanswered run that spanned over 11 minutes helped Sweden clinch their second consecutive semi-final berth at the IHF Men’s World Championship with a 26:22 win over Egypt, which have been eliminated at this stage of the competition for the third time in a row.
Quarter-final
Sweden vs Egypt 26:22 (14:9)
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Starting from Czechoslovakia 1964, Egypt have participated in 16 IHF Men's World Championships. The fourth place in France 2001 still remains their all-time best result, and while it was followed by a certain crisis, the Pharaohs have shown a lot of signs of improvement in recent years and are again a force to be reckoned with.
The draw for the 28th IHF Men’s World Championship, which took place in Katowice, Poland, on 2 July, threw a surprise a few months ago when everything aligned to see an interesting Group G, with four teams from three continents, with two African sides facing off in a high-profile clash in Jönköping.
There are few teams worldwide that can get the amount of fan support of Al-Ahly SC – and that was on display also at the 2022 IHF Men’s Super Globe, when over 2,000 fans travelled to Dammam, Saudi Arabia, to support the Egyptian powerhouse.
And they had plenty of reasons to celebrate, as Al-Ahly became the first African side to make the semi-finals at the Super Globe since Tunisian team Étoile du Sahel made it to the top four in 2013.