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Tunisia men's national volleyball team

Summary

The Tunisia men's national volleyball team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة الطائرة), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage or The Carthage Eagles), represents Tunisia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team has won a medal in almost every continental championships they participated since 1967 (except in 2009 and 2023). Eleven-time African Championship winners (1967, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2017, 2019, 2021), Tunisia have participated in seven Olympics, with a best finish of ninth at Los Angeles 1984.[citation needed]

Tunisia
Nickname(s)نسور قرطاج
Aigles de Carthage
(Eagles of Carthage)
AssociationTunisian Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCAVB
Head coachItaly Antonio Giacobbe
FIVB ranking25 (as of 2 December 2023)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances7 (First in 1972)
Best result9th (1984)
World Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1962)
Best result15th (2006)
World Cup
Appearances9 (First in 1969)
Best result8th : (1981, 1991)
African Championship
Appearances22 (First in 1967)
Best resultGold (1967, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2017, 2019, 2021)
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Honours
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
African Championship 11 7 2
Arab Championship 8 2 1
Mediterranean Games 0 2 0
All-Africa Games 1 3 1
Pan Arab Games 3 0 1
Afro-Arab Championship 1 0 0
Maghreb Championship 7 0 0
Total 31 14 5
Tunisia men's national volleyball team

Tunisia national volleyball team at the 2012 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Cameroon (Tunisia 3–1 Egypt)
Medal record
African Championship
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 1971 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 1979 Tripoli Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 1997 Lagos Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kigali Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Tunis Team
Silver medal – second place 1983 Port Said Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Alger Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Cairo Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Durban Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sousse Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Tangier Team
Arab Championship
Gold medal – first place 1980 Damascus Team
Gold medal – first place 1984 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 1988 Riyadh Team
Gold medal – first place 1996 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Amman Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Amman Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Manama Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Manama Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Amman Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Manama Team
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Manama Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tunis Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin Team
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Algiers Team
Silver medal – second place 1965 Brazzaville Team
Silver medal – second place 1973 Lagos Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Cairo Team
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal – first place 1957 Beirut Team
Gold medal – first place 1985 Rabat Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Amman Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Algiers Team
Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup
Gold medal – first place 1981 Kuwait Team
Maghreb Volleyball Championship
Gold medal – first place 1967 Team
Gold medal – first place 1968 Team
Gold medal – first place 1969 Team
Gold medal – first place 1970 Team
Gold medal – first place 1971 Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Team
Gold medal – first place 1973 Team

Results edit

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Olympic Games edit

Tunisia in the Olympic Games record
Year Rank GP W L SW SL
  1964 Did not qualify
  1968 Withdrew
  1972 12 6 0 6 1 18
  1976 Did not qualify
  1980 Withdrew
  1984 9 5 1 4 3 14
  1988 12 7 0 7 0 21
  1992 Did not qualify
  1996 11 5 0 5 1 15
  2000 Did not qualify
  2004 11 5 0 5 4 15
  2008 Did not qualify
  2012 11 5 0 5 1 15
  2016 Did not qualify
  2020 11 5 0 5 3 15
  2024 Future event
Total 7/15 38 1 37 13 113

World Championship edit

Tunisia in the FIVB World Championships record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
  1949 Did not enter
  1952
  1956
  1960
  1962 Withdrew 4 1 3 3 12
  1966 Did not enter
  1970 Group stages 22nd 11 3 8 11 28
  1974 Group stages 18th 11 3 8 12 28
  1978 Group stages 24th 9 0 9 0 27
  1982 Group stages 21st 9 3 6 11 20
  1986 Did not qualify
  1990
  1994
  1998
  2002 Group stages 19th 3 0 3 2 9
  2006 Second round 15th 9 3 6 15 22
  2010 Group stages 19th 3 0 3 1 9
  2014 Group stages 21st 5 0 5 4 15
    2018 Group stages 23rd 5 0 5 2 15
    2022 Round of 16 16th 4 1 3 3 9
  2025 Future event
Total 11/20 73 14 59 64 194

World Cup edit

Tunisia in the World Cup record
Year Rank GP W L SW SL
  1965 Did not qualify
  1969 11 6 0 6 0 18
  1977 Did not qualify
  1981 8 7 0 7 1 21
  1985 Did not qualify
  1989
  1991 8 8 4 4 13 16
  1995 12 11 0 11 2 33
  1999 12 11 0 11 5 33
  2003 11 11 2 9 9 30
  2007 12 11 1 10 12 32
  2011 Did not qualify
  2015 12 11 0 11 5 33
  2019 12 11 1 10 6 31
  2023 8 7 0 7 2 21
Total 10/15 85 8 86 55 242

World League edit

Tunisia in the World League record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
  1990 1990 to 2013 Did not participate
  2013
  2014 G3 GS 27th 6 1 5 6 17
  2015 G3 GS 30th 6 1 5 5 16
  2016 G3 GS 33rd 6 3 3 10 13
  2017 G3 GS 30th 6 4 2 15 12
Total 4/28 24 9 15 36 58

Nations League edit

Tunisia in the Nations League record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
  2018 Did not qualify
  2019
  2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  2021 Did not qualify
  2022
  2023
2024
Total 0/6

Challenger Cup edit

Tunisia in the Challenger Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
  2018 Did not enter
  2019
  2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  2021
  2022 Quarterfinals 6th place 1 0 1 1 3
  2023 Quarterfinals 8th place 1 0 1 0 3
Total 2/4 2 0 2 1 6

African Championship edit

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Tunisia in the African Volleyball Championship record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
  1967 Final   Champions 3 3 0 15 0
  1971 Final   Champions 5 5 0 15 3
  1976 Final   Runners-up 5 4 1 13 4
  1979 Final   Champions 3 3 0 15 0
  1983 Final   Runners-up 6 5 1 16 6
  1987 Final   Champions 5 5 0 15 2
  1989 Did not compete
  1991 Semifinals   3rd place 5 3 2 13 6
  1993 Final   Runners-up 5 4 1 12 5
  1995 Final   Champions 5 5 0 15 2
  1997 Final   Champions 5 5 0 15 2
  1999 Round robin   Champions 4 4 0 12 2
  2001 Did not compete
  2003 Final   Champions 5 4 1 13 4
  2005 Final   Runners-up 6 5 1 16 6
  2007 Final   Runners-up 6 5 1 17 3
  2009 Group stages 5th place 6 4 2 13 7
  2011 Semifinals   3rd place 5 3 2 11 7
  2013 Round robin   Runners-up 5 4 1 13 8
  2015 Final   Runners-up 6 4 2 14 9
  2017 Final   Champions 6 6 0 18 4
  2019 Final   Champions 6 6 0 18 3
  2021 Final   Champions 6 6 0 18 2
  2023 Quarterfinals 5th place 7 6 1 19 3
Total 11 Titles 22/24 114 98 16 326 88

Arab Championship edit

Tunisia in the Arab Championship record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
  1977 Did not compete
  1980 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1984 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1986 Did not compete
  1988 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1992 Did not compete
  1994 Semi-finals   ? ? ? ? ?
  1996 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1998 Runners-up ? ? ? ? ?
  2000 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  2002 Champions   ? ? 0 ? ?
  2006 Champions   6 5 1 16 8
  2008 Runners-up   5 4 1 14 5
  2012 Champions   5 5 0 15 2
  2014 Did not compete
  2016
  2018
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  2022
Total 11/17 8 titles 16 14 2 45 15

Mediterranean Games edit

Tunisia in the Mediterranean Games record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
  1959 Did not compete
  1963
  1967
  1971 Semi-finals 4th ? ? ? ? ?
  1975 Did not compete
  1979
  1983
  1987 Group stages 5th ? ? ? ? ?
  1991 Did not compete
  1993
  1997
  2001 Runners-up   5 4 1 13 4
  2005 Semi-finals 4th 5 3 2 9 8
  2009 Semi-finals 4th 6 3 3 11 10
  2013 Runners-up   5 3 2 11 8
  2018 Quarter-finals 6th 6 2 3 9 10
  2022 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 2 10 9
  2026 Future event
Total 8/17 32 18 13 63 49
* Since 2001.

All-Africa Games edit

Tunisia in the African Games record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
  1965 Final   Runners-up ? ? ? ? ?
  1969 Disrupted by military coup
  1973 Final   Runners-up ? ? ? ? ?
  1978 Final   Champions ? ? ? ? ?
  1987 Did not compete
  1991 Semifinals   3rd place ? ? ? ? ?
  1995 Did not compete
  1999
  2003
  2007 Final   Runners-up 7 5 2 17 8
  2011 Did not compete
  2015
  2019
  2023 Future event
Total 1 Title 5/11

Pan Arab Games edit

Tunisia in the Pan Arab Games record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
  1957 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1961 canceled
  1965 Did not compete
  1976 canceled
  1985 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1992 Did not compete
  1997 Did not compete
  1999 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  2004 3rd   ? ? ? ? ?
  2007 5th ? ? ? ? ?
  2011 Did not compete
  2023 Did not compete
Total 5/10 3 titles

Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup edit

Tunisia in the Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
  1981 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
Total 1/1 1 title

Maghreb Volleyball Championship edit

Tunisia in the Maghreb Volleyball Championship
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
  1967 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1968 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1969 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1970 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1971 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1972 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
  1973 Champions   ? ? ? ? ?
Total 7/7 7 titles

Others edit

  •   Gold: 1 time: The Cup of the President of Kazakhstan :2012
  •   Gold: 1 time: Rashed International Tournament (Dubai) :2012
  •   Silver: 1 time: Torneo Internazionale Del Due Mari (Italy) :2023
  • 11th: Cup of the five continents in Montevideo (Uruguay) :1969
  • 16th: Men's European Volleyball Championship in Prague (Czechoslovakia) :1958

U23 team edit

World Championship edit

African Championship edit

  •   Gold: 1 time: 2014

U21 team edit

World Championship edit

  • 15th place: 1985
  • 13th place: 1991
  • 5th place: 1993
  • 13th place: 1997
  • 9th place: 1999
  • 13th place: 2001
  • 13th place: 2003
  • 13th place: 2005
  • 14th place: 2009
  • 14th place: 2011
  • 13th place: 2013
  • 14th place: 2019
  • 16th place: 2023

African Championship edit

  •   Gold: 10 times: 1984, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2018
  •   Silver: 5 times: 1994, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2022
  •   Bronze: 1 time: 1986

Arab Championship edit

  •   Gold: 1 time: 1989

U19 team edit

World Championship edit

African Championship edit

  •   Gold: 8 times: 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016
  •   Silver: 4 times: 2002, 2004, 2013, 2015

Arab Championship edit

  •   Gold: 4 times: 1992, 1994, 1996, 2009
  •   Silver: 2 times: 2011, 2013
  •   Bronze: 1 time: 1998

Current roster edit

The following is the Tunisian roster in the 2022 World Championship.[1][2]

Head coach:   Antonio Giacobbe

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2022–23 club
2 Ahmed Kadhi 19 April 1989 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 318 cm (125 in)   ES Tunis
3 Khaled Ben Slimene (C) 14 December 1994 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 290 cm (110 in) 285 cm (112 in)   ES Tunis
6 Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi 12 May 1991 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 289 cm (114 in)   ES Tunis
7 Elyes Karamosli 22 August 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 330 cm (130 in) 320 cm (130 in)   ES Tunis
8 Yassine Abdelhedi 28 October 1999 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 352 cm (139 in) 335 cm (132 in)   Sahel Koweit
9 Omar Agrebi 26 August 1992 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 325 cm (128 in) 310 cm (120 in)   CS Sfaxien
10 Hamza Nagga 29 May 1990 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 335 cm (132 in) 311 cm (122 in)   ES Sahel
12 Rami Bennour 23 December 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 311 cm (122 in) 280 cm (110 in)   CS Sfaxien
13 Selim Mbareki 6 March 1996 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 320 cm (130 in) 305 cm (120 in)   ES Tunis
16 Mahdi Ben Tahar 17 September 2004 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 315 cm (124 in)   CS Sfaxien
18 Ali Bongui 14 August 1996 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 225 cm (89 in) 325 cm (128 in)   CS Sfaxien
19 Aymen Bouguerra 1 November 2001 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 325 cm (128 in) 350 cm (140 in)   Narbonne Volley
20 Saddem Hmissi 16 February 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 312 cm (123 in) 285 cm (112 in)   ES Tunis
21 Taieb Korbosli 5 June 1993 1.88 cm (1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 280 cm (110 in) 270 cm (110 in)   ES Tunis

All Time Head coaches edit

Period Head Coach
1956–1957   Habib Ben Ezzedine
1957–1960   Ernö Henning
1961–1962   Dragoslav Sirotanović
1962–1967   Ernö Henning
1968–1969   Josef Brož
1970   Hassine Belkhouja
1970–1973   Gustáv Breznen
1973–1978   Hassine Belkhouja
1979–1980   Mohamed Sellami
1981–1984   Victor Turin
1984–1986   Foued Kammoun
Period Head Coach
1986–1987   Hassen Ben Cheikh
1987–1991   Hubert Wagner
1991   Hassine Belkhouja
1992–1993   Sergei Alexeyev
1994–1996   Fethi Mkaouer
1997–1998   Shen Fu Lin
1998–1999   Stewart Bernard
1999–2007   Antonio Giacobbe
2008–2009     Veljko Basić
2010–2016   Fethi Mkaouer
2017–Present   Antonio Giacobbe

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Daily bulletin Poland
  2. ^ "Team Tunisia". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • FIVB profile

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