International - Katastophe: aborted Egyptian Cup
Cairo - After the disaster with 74 dead after the match point between Al-Masri and Al-Ahly Cairo (3-1) in Port Said on 1 February is more than a month later in the season of Egyptian soccer championship has been canceled for good. As the Egyptian association announced, will instead between March and the 29th May is a friendly tournament will be played. But details were not disclosed.
After 17 of 36 match days Haras El Hedoud had led the rankings of 19 teams with a point of Al-Ahly Cairo. The Egyptian master record was set after the stadium disaster play activities. After the meeting between al-Masri and Al-Ahly Cairo (3-1) in Port Said, hundreds of hosts were stormed onto the pitch, in the subsequent stampede were hundreds of people were injured. In the days after the disaster it was in Egypt also been numerous protests in which at least 16 more people were killed.
After the riots of Port Said, the whole point of the Egyptian Association at the behest of the government was dismissed.
