Tunisia men's national volleyball team

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
Arab Championship
Mediterranean Games
All-Africa Games
Pan Arab Games
Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup
Maghreb Volleyball Championship

Tunisia
Nickname(s)	نسور قرطاج; Aigles de Carthage; (Eagles of Carthage)
Association	Tunisian Volleyball Federation
Confederation	CAVB
Head coach	Antonio Giacobbe
FIVB ranking	25 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Summer Olympics
Appearances	7 (First in 1972)
Best result	9th (1984)
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1962)
Best result	15th (2006)
World Cup
Appearances	9 (First in 1969)
Best result	8th : (1981, 1991)
African Championship
Appearances	22 (First in 1967)
Best result	(1967, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2017, 2019, 2021)
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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]}

Results

Olympic Games

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	Did not qualify
Total	7/15	38	1	37	13	113

World Championship

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	Qualified
Total		12/20	73	14	59	64	194

World Cup

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	Did not qualify
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
Total	10/15	85	8	86	55	242

World League

Tunisia in the World League record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
1990	1990 to 2013 Did not participate
2013	1990 to 2013 Did not participate
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

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

Challenger Cup

Tunisia in the Challenger Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	SW	SL
2018	Did not enter
2019	Did not enter
2020	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Quarterfinals	6th place	1	0	1	1	3
2023	Quarterfinals	8th place	1	0	1	0	3
2024	Did not qualify
Total		2/5	2	0	2	1	6

African Championship

Champions Runners up Third 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Current roster

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

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

References

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

External links

[POL-1] Daily bulletin Poland

[2] "Team Tunisia". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

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