Football - Team Egypt

Nickname
The Pharaohs

General
Egypt qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games by winning the 2019 Africa U23 Cup of Nations.

The Egyptian team made their Olympic debut in 1920 in Antwerp. Their best result came at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, where they reached the semifinals only to lose 6-0 to Argentina. The bronze medal match was also a forgettable experience for the Egyptians, as they went down 11-3 to Italy.

Egypt's most recent Olympic appearance came at London 2012, where they qualified second from a group that also contained Brazil, Belarus, and New Zealand. They faced Japan in the quarterfinals in front of 70,000 spectators at Old Trafford in Manchester, but were beaten 3-0.