Egypt celebrate a successful come-back to FIVB World League after 5 years of absence. The African team won the Group 3 Finals in Bratislava, where they beat rookie Montenegro in dramatic final match in the Slovakian capital city: 2-3 (20-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23, 9-15). Egypt lost only one game in this season of World League and will play next season in Group 2.
Egypt started the final match better and took an early lead 5-2. African team served very well and caused a lot of problems for Montenegro in reception. When setter Bekhit hit an a ace, the score was 17-13 to Egypt and the team mentored by Italian coach Angiolini Frigoni won the first set 25-20.
![The Egyptian team during one of the games](https://finixsports.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/egypt-e1436169104282.jpg?w=474&h=256)
Montenegro had rocket start to second set, captain Vojin Cacic was successful with powerful attack and the team from Balkan lead 8-5. Egypt woke up in the second part of the set and levelled the score to 17, but Montenegro was better in final moments of the set and won it 25-21.
Unstopable Egyptian opposite Abdelhay Ahmed hit another ace in the third set and African team lead 8-5. Egypt was up through all the set, but at the end they suffered a big loss, because first setter and one of the best players on court Abdallah Bekhit injured his leg muscle and had to be substitued when the score was 20-17. Egypt finally won the set 25-23, but he was not able to come back on the field of play.
![Abdel Moniem spiking](https://finixsports.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/abdel-moniem-spiking-e1436169243690.jpg?w=474&h=301)
Fourth set was under controll of Montenegro team. They had problems only in final moments of the set when Egypt closed the gap from 19-24 to 23-24 when second setter Abdalla Hossam was in the serve area, but Montenegro finally got the fourth set 25-23 and the gold medal match had to be decided with a tie-break.
Egypt lead 6-4 in last set of the tournament, but Montenegro came back and sides were changed by score 8-7 for the Balkans. Then Masoud Mohamed came in and created problems with his float service. Egypt collected seven points in a row and finally won fifth set 15-9 and the top of the podium.
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