El Sharkia Hockey Team is the field hockey team of the El Sharkia Sporting Club, an Egyptian sports club.
The team is notable for entering the Guinness Book of Records as Winner of the African Hockey Championship 27 times Sharkia Club won the title following a win against the Egyptian Police Club (former winner of the title), with 1 goal to 0 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, in the presence of between 5,000 and 20,000 fans.
Sharkia team followed its African dream in 1988 by winning the first African Clubs Championship which was hosted in Egypt in Police Sports Association Club.
The team carried on with the African winnings in consecutive championships, year after year, with a total of 27 African championships.
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