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Egypt faces Palestine in Arab Volleyball Championsh­ip

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Egypt will clash with Palestine on Thursday evening in the Arab Volleyball Championsh­ip hosted by Egypt at the Cairo Stadium.

The Egyptian national team’s squad will include Ahmed Fathi; Mohamed Gabal;Abdul Rahman Hussein; Sherif Ahmed Saeed; Hisham Yousri; Rashad Shebl; Mohamed Salama Masoud; Ahmed Mohamed Abdel Aal; Hossam Youssef Abdullah; Omar Naguib; Ahmed Saied Shafek and Moustafa Mohamed Abdul Rahman.

The tournament kicked off on Saturday and the opening ceremony was attended by the Minister ofYouth and Sports Ashraf Sobhy, Head of the Egyptian Volleyball Federation (EVF) Khaled Nasif Salim, Head of the African Volleyball Confederat­ion (AVC) Amr Elwany, and Deputy Head of the Arab Volleyball Associatio­n (AVA).

In the group stage, Egypt won the first and second leg matches against Jordan 3-0 each, and beat Algeria 3-1 in the first leg match.

Also,onThursday,Iraq will face Bahrain,while Jordan will faceAlgeri­a.This tournament is held in a single round, where each team plays six matches, and the team with the highest score will win the title.

The main players of the national team refused to participat­e in the Arab championsh­ip which forced the EVF to resort to alternativ­e players. However, Egypt still has the biggest chance to win the Arab championsh­ip title.

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