The Provisional Committee of the Egyptian Football Association’s management decided to apologize for not participating in the International Federation of Team Games, due to be held in the Israel group. According to Egyptian media. Egypt fell into one group alongside Israel and Turkey, according to the "FIFA" classification, which relied on geographical proximity.
Egypt was scheduled to participate in four players: the Greek Olympiacos striker Ahmed Hassan Coca, Al-Ahly striker Ahmed Al-Sheikh, Rami Saad and Islam Sami.
Coca announced his withdrawal in a tweet via his Twitter account, and said: "I was told that among the candidates to represent Egypt in the FIFA World Cup competition, representation of Egypt anywhere and field is very honorable, I would very much like to participate in this competition, but after announcing the draw, I can only refuse. "
For his part, the sheikh announced his withdrawal with a similar tweet on Twitter, and said: "I received with great pleasure the news of my candidacy through the Egyptian Football Association to represent Egypt in the FIFA World Cup, which is organized by the International Football Association, and was scheduled to go Return to Corona virus victims, but after announcing the tournament lottery, I decided to apologize for not participating. "