The Naval Academy of Science and Technology organized the U-17 World Youth Championship in Qir, Alexandria, under the auspices of Prof. Dr./ President of the Academy and the Ministry of Youth and Sports, from 12 to 16 July 2023.

Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghaffar expressed his happiness with the constant cooperation between the Academy and the Pentagram Union, as the Academy in Alexandria hosted many championships, the latest of which was the World Championship for Adults, which received international acclaim.
For his part, Engineer Sherif El-Erian stressed that the Academy is a key partner in the success of hosting the International Pentathlon Federation for world championships, explaining that the World Championship for adults, which was held at the Academy’s stadiums in Alexandria, won the award for the best promotional tournament for the year 2022 from the International Federation of Modern Pentathlon.
The Modern Pentathlon World Cup is currently being held from March 7-12 at the American University in Cairo.
More than 150 modern pentathlon athletes from 35 countries are participating in the tournament, to participate in the inaugural tournament of the World Cup series, which is the beginning of arriving in Ankara, Turkey, in early June, where the final of the World Cup series for the current year, and then to the final destination next year, which is the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The importance of the championship lies in the points that the champions will collect during that series and until the summer of 2024 on the road to the dream of competing in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.