Egypt champion of military world cup

The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Friday handed the Egyptian team, the 39th Military World Cup.

Egypt will keep the cup forever winning the championship for the third time.

Egypt had won late Friday the championship for the second time running following its sweeping victory over Greece 3-0.

Abbel-Hamid Basiouni scored two goals in the 5th minute of the first half and the 17til minute cf the second half.

Ikrami Abdel-Aziz scored the third goal in the 12th minute of the second half.

President Mubarak attended the match which was played at the Military Academy Stadium.

Mubarak was received by Defence and Military Production, Minister Field Marshal Mohammad Hussein Tantawi, Chief of Staff Magdi Hatata and a number of senior military officials.

Egypt topped the first group which also included Guinea, Cyprus and North Korea.

The second group included Greece, Burkina Faso, Qatar an the US, while the third comprised Germany, Cote D'Ivoire, Syria and Ukraine.

The championship organizing committee crowned three Egyptian players as the 39th tournament's best player, goalkeeper an scorer.

North Korean footballers, who had won the bronze medal, got the cup of fair play.

Spain will host the coming Military World Cup finals in the year 2003.