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Egypt coach selected
the squad as Iran camp cancelled
 Cairo,
Egypt, May 15, 2008- Egypt head coach selected 19
players for the 2008 World League who will start their
active preparations for the competition that show their
third participation in a row after the preparation camp
in Iran was cancelled by the Egyptian Volleyball
Federation.
The selected players are Abdalla Abdel Salam, Ashraf
Aboul Hassan, Mohamed Abdel Rahman (Setters), Hamdy El
Safi, Saleh Fathy, Mohamed Abdel Monem, Ahmed Yossef,
Mahmoud Raouf, Mohamed El Daabousi (attackers), Mohamed
Ali, Hossam Shaarawy, Abdel Latif Othman, Mohamed El
Nafrawi, Ahmed Mosaad (Centers) Ahmed Salah, Mohamed
Gabal, Mahmoud Mansour (Opposites), Wael El Aidy and
Mahmed Meawad (Liberos).
The preparation program will start by a local camp in
the Olympic Center till the team travels to another camp
in Alexandria before their first match against Poland 13
June. Egypt will start the 2008 World league with 4
local matches against Poland in the first weekend and
Japan in the second weekend of the intercontinental
round.
Egypt will seek their first ever World League victory
this year after two seasons without a victory in 2006
and 2007. The Egyptian volleyball Federation changed the
strategy of organization this year as they send two
weekends to the second capital Alexandria which will
enjoy good weather that time of the year being a major
city by the Mediterranean Sea.
The third home weekend will be held as usual in Cairo at
the big Cairo Stadium complex with its well known big
hall of 30.000 spectators’ capacity that showed one of
the biggest attendances all over the world last year.
All the Media in Egypt are waiting for this year’s World
league as the conditions for National team are
favourable for achieving a victory in Pool D that will
comprise Egypt alongside with Poland, China and Japan.
Egypt defeated China in the 2005 FIVB Grand Champions
Cup and passed a long Marathon of five sets three times
against Japan in their homelands in the 2005 Grand
Champions Cup, 2006 World Championships and 2007 World
Cup, but all ended for the home side.
The competition will be covered by all the local Media
and will be transferred live through the local Egyptian
Channel, the Egyptian Satellite channel and the Nile
Sports Channel.
Photo Caption
Egypt triple block against Russia in the 2007 World
League.
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