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Egypt men's national sitting volleyball team

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Egypt
AssociationNational Paralympic Committee Egypt for Volleyball
Head coachRudi Sonnenbichler
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Paralympics
Appearances11 (First in 1980)
Best resultBronze (2004, 2016, 2024)
World Championship
Appearances6 (First in 1998)
Best resultBronze (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

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Egypt vs Brazil men's match at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio

The following is the Egypt roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1]

Head coach: Mansour El Mohamdy

Name Date of birth Position 2012 club
1 Hesham Abdelmaksod 2 February 1975 M Egypt El Houreya
2 Tamer Morgan Khalil 9 March 1971 WS Egypt El Houreya
3 Yasser Saad Abd El Wahab Hassan 14 October 1973 SE Egypt Police Sports Club Association
4 Ashraf Zaghloul Abdel Aziz 24 February 1974 WS Egypt Police Sports Club Association
5 Taher Adel Elbahaey 9 June 1972 SE Egypt El Houreya
6 Ahmed Mohammed Soliman Khamis 12 April 1987 M Egypt Club Alexandria Petroleum
7 Ahmed Mohammed Fadl 1 March 1985 WS Egypt Club Alexandria Petroleum
8 Mohamed Ezzeldin Mohamed 1 September 1992 WS Egypt Club Alexandria Petroleum
9 Elsayed Moussa Saad 28 May 1979 WS Egypt Police Sports Club Association
10 Abdel Nabi Ahmed Abdel Latif 18 June 1972 L Egypt Police Sports Club Association
12 Mohamed Ibrahim 29 March 1979 M Egypt Police Sports Club Association

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

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  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
Canada 1976 Toronto Did not enter
Netherlands 1980 Arnhem Group stage 6th place 6 2 4 6 12
United States 1984 New York Group stage 8th place 5 1 4 3 13
Korea 1988 Seoul Group stage 9th place 5 1 4 3 12
Spain 1992 Barcelona Group stage 8th place 7 2 5 9 15
United States 1996 Atlanta Did not enter
Australia 2000 Sydney Semi-final 4th place 8 6 2 19 6
Greece 2004 Athens Semi-final 3rd place 6 3 3 12 9
China 2008 Beijing Semi-final 4th place 5 2 3 8 9
United Kingdom 2012 London Quarter-final 6th place 5 2 3 9 9
Brazil 2016 Rio Semi-final 3rd place 5 4 1 12 9
Japan 2020 Tokyo Group stage 5th place 4 2 2 6 8
France 2024 Paris Semi-final 3rd place 5 3 2 11 9
Total 3 Medals 11/13 61 28 33 98 111
Year Position
Iran 1998 Tehran 7th place
Egypt 2002 Cairo 4th place
Netherlands 2006 Roermond 3rd place
United States 2010 Edmond 3rd place
Poland 2014 Elblag 4th place
Netherlands 2018 Arnhem 6th place

Minor Tournaments

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Open Championship:

  • Runners-Up (1): 2006
  • 4th place (1): 2016

World ranking

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As at 28 September 2016.[3]

Rank Movement Country Points Region
1 Steady 5215 Asia-Oceania
2 Steady 4708 Pan America
3 Increase 1
Egypt
4523 Africa
4 Decrease 1 4300 Europe
5 Steady 3578 Europe

Coaching staff

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Position Name Active
Head coach Egypt ELAIUTY Mosaad
Assistant coach Egypt ELBAHAEY Taher
Assistant coach Egypt ABBAS Amim
Therapist/Trainer Egypt AHMED Amr

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Men's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Egypt, london2012.com. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  2. ^ Kwok Ng (26 September 2016). "Major Competitions". sittingvolleyball.omeka.net. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  3. ^ worldparavolley.org. "World Ranking – Sitting Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. Archived from the original on 30 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Paralympic - Sitting Volleyball Men Egypt". Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-05.