Egypt at the FIFA World Cup

[1][2][3][4] With 2 draws and 5 losses, Egypt has never won a match in the World Cup finals.

[5] When they qualified again in 1990, they became the team with the longest-ever gap between two FIFA World Cup matches: 56 years and 16 days had passed.

[6] Egypt wasn't able to attend the world cup because its selection lost the connection to the ship that was traveling to South America due to a storm that delayed their boat to Marseille.

With both teams assured of progressing, they were split by the drawing of lots to determine second and third place.

On 25 June 2018, he became the oldest player ever to appear in a World Cup match with 45 years and 5 months.

He saved a penalty in the first half of the match against Saudi Arabia, but ultimately Egypt lost 1–2.

[18] However, the region currently known as Palestine is considered "one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers".

Egyptian officials went on to invite Austrian club side First Vienna FC to Egypt to participate in a friendly game against the national team during the holy month.

CAF / AFC second round Indonesia withdrew after FIFA rejected their request to play against Israel on neutral ground.

CAF first round Group 1 United Arab Republic and Sudan both withdrew as FIFA refused to allow them to rearrange their games to avoid the monsoon season.