The Egyptian deaf football national team was able to beat Malaysia, the hosts, on their land and among their fans 1-0 to proceed to the second round of the 4th deaf World Cup held at Malaysia from 27th September to the 7th of October.
The Egyptian deaf football team goal scorer is Maher El Gohary to meet Ghana, the 3rd place team from Group 3. The Egyptian team proceeded to the 2nd round after beating the USA team 3-2, Germany 3-1 and Malaysia 1-0.
The team comprises of the following players: Mohamed Elhamy, Hamada Farouk, Mohamed El Sayed, Ahmed Emad, Mohamed Ezzat, Said Nour, Mustafa Qadry, Mohamed Abdel Hameed, Mohamed Emad, El Sayed Shawky, Adel Tarek, Nabih Sameh, Qassem Osama, Mohamed Mahmoud, Maher Mohamed, Mohamed Ahmed, Abdel Salam Ibrahim, Saber Gamal, El Sayed Ahmed, Mustaf Fathy, Ahmed Masoud, Omar Mohamed, Hasssan Nabil, Mohamed Saleh, Abdullah Mahmoud, Ali El Sayed, Mustafa Abdel Hameed, Ismail Mohamed, Abdel Rahman Abdullah, Mohamed Taha, Omar Samir, Maher El Gohary and Mustafa Abdel Sattar.
The delegation is headed by Mohamed Yehia, the Egyptian Paralympic Committee board member, and El Sayed Masoud as head of deaf committee, Shawkat El Naggar as technical manager, Fouad Abdel Hameed as coach, Hesham Soliman goal keepers coach, El Sayed Gomaa as administrator and Hamada Hosny as physical therapy specialist.
