Note to readers: The Handball Federation has clarified initial statements about the award. The article below has not been updated for content. However, the full statement (in Arabic) clarifying further information about the award and other financial information is embedded in the video below. The Federation’s President clarified that it is the Ministry of Youth and Sports that is responsible for providing financial rewards to the players, and that the Federation itself does not normally provide rewards. The Ministry of Youth and Sports has rewarded each player EGP 150,000. Meanwhile, the Federation has provided financial rewards to each player not for their success, but for their participation in the competition. Each player received USD 1,500 and not EGP 1,500 as the Federation’s President had previously inferred. Egypt’s U-19 handball team made history on Sunday night after defeating Germany 32-28 to become the first ever non-European country to win the 2019 Men’s Youth World Handball Championship. Hours after the historic victory, which saw the Young Pharaohs widely praised on social media, Egypt’s Handball Federation announced that each player would only be awarded EGP 1,500 ($US 90) for their efforts. Hisham Nasr,…
Egypt’s Handball Champions Reward for Historic Victory Causes Controversy
August 19, 2019
