Hosts Egypt kicked off their World Championship campaign with an easy 35-29 win over Chile on Wednesday (Photo: (Photo: the International Handball Federation's official Facebook page)
Full time: Egypt 38-19 North Macedonia
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56' Egypt wastes successive efforts.
49' Egypt's Moemen receives a two-minute suspension.
48' El-Tayar saves a fast break as Egypt maintain their utter dominance.
42' Egypt's shot efficiency is 83 percent so far.
38' Egypt keeper El-Tayar saves successive Macedonian efforts.
35' Egypt's long-range efforts are unstoppable!
32' Egypt's Mamdouh Hashem has so far scored 6 goals out of 6 efforts.
The second half is underway
The first half ends as Egypt lead 20-6
27' Egypt keeper Karim Hendawi pulls off a string of impressive saves.
23' Macedonia's Taleski receives a two-minute suspension.
19' Macedonia's Filip Kuzmanovski receives a red card for catching Egypt's Ali Zein in the face.
18' Macedonia's 40-year-old skipper Kiril Lazarov is his team's best performer so far.
16' Yehia Khaled receives the first two-minute suspension for Egypt.
10' Three of Egypt's seven goals have come from fast breaks.
6' Mamdouh Hashem scores his second goal as Egypt lead 6-3.
4' Macedonia's Misevski receives the first two-minute suspension of the game.
3' Egypt's top scorer Yehia El-Deraa takes his tournament tally to seven goals.
2' Egypt race into a two-goal lead, thanks to Ali Zein and Mamdouh Hashem.
The match is underway
17:30 Egypt opened their campaign at the 27th IHF Men’s Handball World Championship - Egypt 2021 with a 35-29 victory over Chile on Wednesday.
Venue: Cairo Stadium Hall.
Group G:
Egypt 2
Sweden 2
Chile 0
North Macedonia 0
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