Editing Culture of Egypt (section)

==Sport==
{{Main|Sport in Egypt}}
[[Association football|Football]] is the most popular sport in Egypt. Egyptian football clubs, especially [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] and [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] are known throughout Africa. The [[Egypt national football team|Egyptian national football team]] won the [[African Cup of Nations]] a record 7 times (in 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006 (on home soil), 2008 and 2010). Egypt was the first African country to join [[FIFA]], but it has only made it to the [[FIFA World Cup]] three times, in 1934, 1990 and 2018. Egypt also won the [[World Military Cup]] five times and finished as runners-up twice.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Other popular sports in Egypt are [[basketball]], [[Team handball|handball]], [[Squash (sport)|squash]], and [[tennis]].{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

The [[Egyptian national basketball team]] holds the record for best performance at the [[FIBA Basketball World Cup|Basketball World Cup]] and at the [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in Middle East and Africa.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid//sid/2902/_/1950_FIBA_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810123810/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid/sid/2902/_/1950_FIBA_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 10, 2009 | title=1950 World Championship for Men | publisher=FIBA | date= 9 June 2012 | access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2933/tid/276/_/1952_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811212844/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2933/tid/276/_/1952_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 11, 2012 | title=Egypt – 1952 Olympic Games; Tournament for Men | publisher=FIBA | date= 9 June 2012 | access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref> Egypt hosted the [[2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup]] and is the only African country to host an official basketball world cup at junior or senior level.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} Further, the country hosted the official [[African Basketball Championship]] on six occasions. Egypt also hosted multiple continental youth championships including the 2020 [[FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship]] and the 2020 [[FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Egypt confirmed as hosts for men's and women's FIBA U18 African Championships 2020|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/egypt-confirmed-as-hosts-for-men-s-and-women-s-fiba-u18-african-championships-2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |work=[[FIBA]] |date=15 September 2020}}</ref> ''The Pharaohs'', as they are commonly known, won 16 medals at the [[FIBA Africa Championship|African Championship]].{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Since the early 1990s, the [[Egypt men's national handball team|Egyptian national handball team]] has won regional and continental tournaments as well as reaching fourth place internationally in 2001. The Junior national handball team won the world title in 1993 and it hosted the tournament in 2010.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Local sports clubs receive financial support from the local governments, and many sporting clubs are financially and administratively supported by the government.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}