CAIRO: The Egyptian youth handball team were eliminated from the Junior World Championship s semi-final after losing 27-21 to Denmark on Monday.
Denmark were superior throughout the game and managed to claim an 11-7 first-half lead and condemn the hosts to their second defeat of the tournament.
Egypt will now face Slovenia in the third-place playoff on Wednesday, whereas Denmark will play Germany in the final.
We didn’t have the best of games and we must admit that our opposition are technically superior, Egypt assistant coach Wael Abdel-Aati said after the game.
