Tunisia men's national volleyball team
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 is one of the leading nations in men's volleyball on the African continent, having 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.
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| Nickname(s) | نسور قرطاج Aigles de Carthage (Eagles of Carthage) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Tunisian Volleyball Federation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | CAVB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Antonio Giacobbe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIVB ranking | 18 (as of 15 September 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 1972) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 9th (1984) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 11 (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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Honours
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Results
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
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 | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
| Tunisia in the FIVB World Championships record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | SW | SL | |||
 1949 |
Did not enter | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1952 | ||||||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1960 | ||||||||||
| 1962 |
Withdrew | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| 1966 |
Did not enter | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1990 | ||||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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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| 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
| 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
| Tunisia in the Nations League record | |||||||||
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| 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
| 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
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
| Tunisia in the African Volleyball Championship record | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | |||||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1965 |
Did not compete | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
African Championship
- Gold: 1 time: 2014
World Championship
African Championship
Arab Championship
- Gold: 1 time: 1989
World Championship
African Championship
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 |
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| 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
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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
References
- Daily bulletin Poland
- "Team Tunisia". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
External links
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