Zamalek SC began to create the teams of handball, basketball and volleyball, when they saw the importance to build an arena to host the home matches of these teams. They first began to make the designs in the 1970s, later they began working to build the covered hall, which was established in 1986, which they named Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall, in honor of one of the legends of Zamalek SC, he was the first-ever Arab and African footballer to score at the FIFA World Cup, when he scored twice for Egypt in their 4–2 loss against Hungary in 1934, he is also Egypt's top goalscorer at the FIFA World Cup.[1]