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El Gouna club takes third as Alexandria's Sporting wins national fishing title

Fourteen teams of five anglers, 70 competitors in all, fished the Egyptian federation's championship, which El Gouna hosted.

8 November 2026

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Officials and anglers in team shirts stand together at a seafront prize-giving for the national fishing championship in El Gouna, where a young competitor wearing a gold medal holds a fish-shaped trophy.

El Gouna Club finished third in Egypt's national fishing championship, which has now closed in the town. Sporting Club of Alexandria won, and Al-Nouby Al-Aam, also from Alexandria, came second.

Fourteen referees oversaw the competition. Red Sea governor Walid El-Barqi attended the closing, congratulated the winning teams and said anglers should keep to the sport's rules and protect the marine environment and its resources.

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Based on Al-Masry Al-Youm's 7 November report on the closing of the Egyptian Fishing Sport Federation's national championship in El Gouna. The report names only the top three teams and does not give the date of the closing.

Image credit: Al-Masry Al-Youm

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