Egypt men's national sitting volleyball team
| Association | National Paralympic Committee Egypt for Volleyball | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Rudi Sonnenbichler | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| Summer Paralympics | |||
| Appearances | 11 (First in 1980) | ||
| Best result | (2004, 2016, 2024) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1998) | ||
| Best result | (2006, 2010) | ||
The Egypt men's national sitting volleyball team represents Egypt in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the newcomers in the sport. Egypt have appeared in several Paralympic and World Championships semi finals.
Players
The following is the Egypt roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Head coach: Mansour El Mohamdy
Egypt roster in 2016:
- 1 (S) ELSHWIKH Hesham (C) - Outside Hitter
- 3 KHATER Shaaban - Outside Hitter
- 4 (S) ABDALLA Ashraf - Opposite Spiker
- 5 ZEID Mohamed - Setter
- 6 (S) SOLIMAN Ahmed - Middle Block
- 7 AMER Ahmed - Outside Hitter
- 8 MASSOUD Hossam - Setter
- 9 (S) MOUSSA Elsayed - Outside Hitter
- 10 (S) ABDELLATIF Abdelnaby - Libero
- 11 EID Sabry - Outside Hitter
- 12 (S) ABOUELYAZEID Mohamed - Middle Block
- 14 (S) ABOUELKHIR Metawa - Outside Hitter
Results
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
- Green border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.[2]
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Toronto | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1980 Arnhem | Group stage | 6th place | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 1984 New York | Group stage | 8th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | ||
| 1988 Seoul | Group stage | 9th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1992 Barcelona | Group stage | 8th place | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | ||
| 1996 Atlanta | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2000 Sydney | Semi-final | 4th place | 8 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 6 | ||
| 2004 Athens | Semi-final | 3rd place | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | ||
| 2008 Beijing | Semi-final | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 2012 London | Quarter-final | 6th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 2016 Rio | Semi-final | 3rd place | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | ||
| 2020 Tokyo | Group stage | 5th place | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2024 Paris | Semi-final | 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | ||
| Total | 3 Medals | 11/13 | 61 | 28 | 33 | 98 | 111 | ||
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| 1998 Tehran | 7th place |
| 2002 Cairo | 4th place |
| 2006 Roermond | 3rd place |
| 2010 Edmond | 3rd place |
| 2014 Elblag | 4th place |
| 2018 Arnhem | 6th place |
Minor Tournaments
Sarajevo Open Championship:
- Runners-Up (1): 2006
- 4th place (1): 2016
World ranking
As at 28 September 2016.[3]
| Rank | Movement | Country | Points | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5215 | Asia-Oceania | ||
| 2 | Brazil
|
4708 | Pan America | |
| 3 | 1 | Egypt
|
4523 | Africa |
| 4 | 1 | 4300 | Europe | |
| 5 | 3578 | Europe |
Coaching staff
| Position | Name | Active |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | ELAIUTY Mosaad | |
| Assistant coach | ELBAHAEY Taher | |
| Assistant coach | ABBAS Amim | |
| Therapist/Trainer | AHMED Amr |
See also
- Egypt at the Paralympics
- Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
- World Organization Volleyball for Disabled
References
- ^ Men's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Egypt, london2012.com. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- ^ Kwok Ng (26 September 2016). "Major Competitions". sittingvolleyball.omeka.net. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ worldparavolley.org. "World Ranking – Sitting Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. Archived from the original on 30 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Paralympic - Sitting Volleyball Men Egypt". Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-05.