Egypt can enjoyed their first win in the tournament after beating Kazakhstan.

At the beginning of Thursday competition in Politechnika Hall Kazakhstan and Egypt played a match which decided about 23rd place in the tournament. Teams who faced each other previously failed so that the stake of this game was first win of the Championship. From the beginning, the athletes from Africa had a slight advantage, but all the time Kazakhstan had a loss of only 1-2 goals.

After the break fans gathered in Politechnika Hall watched a very even game. In the 48th minute, Kazakhstan led to a draw 24:24, and later they even had the chance to get on the lead. However, they didn’t succeed, and the Egyptians used their chance, they made a good series, scored several goals and thanks to that they won the match 

Egypt – Kazakhstan 31:25 (15:13) 

Egypt: Elshazly, Abdalla– Kassem, Elshawarby 1, Refaie 4, Khedr 2, Mabrouk, Ahmed 9, Hassanein, Zaiki 6, Ali 1, Osman 2, Mahmoud 4, Wahdan, Ahmed 2

Kazakhstan: Aitmagambetova, Zhanibekkyzy – Stepanova 9, Syzdykova 1, Zhaparova 4, Malysheva, Murzagul, Khamitova 2, Kirillova, Karymsak, Tolykbay, Pernebek 2, Seitkassym 1, Iskakova 6

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