Tunisia men's national volleyball team explained

Tunisia
Nickname:	Arabic: نسور قرطاج Aigles de Carthage (Eagles of Carthage)
Gender:	men
Federation:	Tunisian Volleyball Federation
Confederation:	CAVB
Coach:	Antonio Giacobbe
Olympic Apps:	7
Olympic First:	1972
Olympic Best:	9th (1984)
World Champs Apps:	11
World Champs First:	1962
World Champs Best:	15th (2006)
World Cup Apps:	9
World Cup First:	1969
World Cup Best:	8th : (1981, 1991)
Regional Name:	African Championship
Regional Cup Apps:	22
Regional Cup First:	1967
Regional Cup Best:	(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.

Results

Olympic Games

Tunisia in the Olympic Games record
width=125	Year	width=150	Rank	width=35	GP	width=35	W	width=35	L	width=35	SW	width=35	SL
	Did not qualify
	Withdrew
	12	6	0	6	1	18
1976	Did not qualify
	Withdrew
	9	5	1	4	3	14
	12	7	0	7	0	21
	Did not qualify
	11	5	0	5	1	15
	Did not qualify
	11	5	0	5	4	15
	Did not qualify
	11	5	0	5	1	15
	Did not qualify
	11	5	0	5	3	15
	Did not qualify
Total	7/15	38	1	37	13	113

World Championship

Tunisia in the FIVB World Championships record
Year	Round	Position
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

Tunisia in the World Cup record
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	Did not qualify
	11	6	0	6	0	18
	Did not qualify
	8	7	0	7	1	21
	Did not qualify
1989
	8	8	4	4	13	16
	12	11	0	11	2	33
	12	11	0	11	5	33
	11	11	2	9	9	30
	12	11	1	10	12	32
	Did not qualify
	12	11	0	11	5	33
	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
1990	align=center colspan=7 rowspan=2	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

Tunisia in the Nations League record
Year	Round	Position
2018	Did not qualify
2019
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1981	Champions		?	?	?	?	?
Total	1/1	1 title

Maghreb Volleyball Championship

Tunisia in the Maghreb Volleyball Championship
Year	Round	Position
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

U23 team

World Championship

• 8th place: 2013
• 9th place: 2015

African Championship

• Gold: 1 time: 2014

U21 team

World Championship

• 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

• 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

• Gold: 1 time: 1989

U19 team

World Championship

• 11th place: 1995
• 9th place: 1997
• 9th place: 1999
• 8th place: 2001
• 13th place: 2005
• 14th place: 2007
• 6th place: 2009
• 16th place: 2011
• 18th place: 2013
• 20th place: 2017
• 17th place: 2019

African Championship

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

Arab Championship

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

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
			1.990NaN0	99kg (218lb)	345cm (136inches)	318cm (125inches)	ES Tunis
			1.930NaN0	78kg (172lb)	290cm (110inches)	285cm (112inches)	ES Tunis
			1.880NaN0	73kg (161lb)	315cm (124inches)	289cm (114inches)	ES Tunis
			1.980NaN0	99kg (218lb)	330cm (130inches)	320cm (130inches)	ES Tunis
			2.060NaN0	83kg (183lb)	352cm (139inches)	335cm (132inches)	Sahel Koweit
			2.050NaN0	82kg (181lb)	325cm (128inches)	310cm (120inches)	CS Sfaxien
10			1.910NaN0	84kg (185lb)	335cm (132inches)	311cm (122inches)	ES Sahel
12			1.860NaN0	79kg (174lb)	311cm (122inches)	280cm (110inches)	CS Sfaxien
13			1.980NaN0	79kg (174lb)	320cm (130inches)	305cm (120inches)	ES Tunis
16			2.040NaN0	90kg (200lb)	345cm (136inches)	315cm (124inches)	CS Sfaxien
18			1.80NaN0	75kg (165lb)	225cm (89inches)	325cm (128inches)	CS Sfaxien
19			1.880NaN0	70kg (150lb)	325cm (128inches)	350cm (140inches)	Narbonne Volley
20			1.860NaN0	75kg (165lb)	312cm (123inches)	285cm (112inches)	ES Tunis
21			1.880NaN0	75kg (165lb)	280cm (110inches)	270cm (110inches)	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

See also

• Tunisia women's national volleyball team
• Tunisia men's national under-23 volleyball team
• Tunisia men's national under-21 volleyball team
• Tunisia men's national under-19 volleyball team
• Tunisia women's national under-23 volleyball team
• Tunisia women's national under-20 volleyball team
• Tunisia women's national under-18 volleyball team
• Tunisian Volleyball Federation

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile

Notes and References

1. https://www.federvolley.it/sites/default/files/news/allegati/Bulletin_no_1%20Polonia.pdf Daily bulletin Poland
2. Web site: Team Tunisia . en.volleyballworld.com . 26 August 2022.