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 every continental championship they participated since 1967 (except for 2009). Ten-time African Championship (1967, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2017, 2019). Tunisia have participated in six Olympics, with a best finish of ninth at Los Angeles 1984.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Tunisia women's national volleyball team.

 Tunisia
Nickname(s)نسور قرطاج
Aigles de Carthage
(Eagles of Carthage)
AssociationTunisian Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCAVB
Head coachAntonio Giacobbe
FIVB ranking? (as of October 2019)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances6 (First in 1972)
Best result9th (1984)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1962)
Best result15th (2006)
World Cup
Appearances9 (First in 1969)
Best result8th : (1981, 1991)
African Championship
Appearances20 (First in 1967)
Best resultChampions (10) (1967, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2017, 2019)
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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
1967 TunisTeam
1971 CairoTeam
1979 TripoliTeam
1987 TunisTeam
1995 TunisTeam
1997 LagosTeam
1999 CairoTeam
2003 CairoTeam
2017 CairoTeam
2019 TunisTeam
1976 TunisTeam
1983 Port SaidTeam
1993 AlgerTeam
2005 CairoTeam
2007 DurbanTeam
2013 SousseTeam
2015 CairoTeam
1991 CairoTeam
2011 TangierTeam
Arab Championship
1980 DamascusTeam
1984 TunisTeam
1988 RiyadhTeam
1996 CairoTeam
2000 AmmanTeam
2002 AmmanTeam
2006 ManamaTeam
2012 ManamaTeam
2002 AmmanTeam
2008 ManamaTeam
1994 ManamaTeam
Mediterranean Games
2001 TunisTeam
2013 MersinTeam
All-Africa Games
1978 AlgiersTeam
1965 BrazzavilleTeam
1973 LagosTeam
2007 AlgiersTeam
1991 CairoTeam
Pan Arab Games
1957 BeirutTeam
1985 RabatTeam
1999 AmmanTeam
2004 AlgiersTeam
Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup
1981 KuwaitTeam
Maghreb Volleyball Championship
1967Team
1968Team
1970Team
1971Team
1972Team

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
1964Did not qualify
1968Withdrew-
197212606118
1976Did not qualify
1980Withdrew-
19849514314
198812707021
1992Did not qualify
199611505115
2000Did not qualify
200411505415
2008Did not qualify
201211505115
2016Did not qualify
2020 Qualified
Total331321098

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 Withdrew413312
1966 Did not enter
1970 Group stages 22nd 11 3 4 12 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 future event
Total69125369173

World Cup
Tunisia in the World Cup record
Year Rank GP W L SW SL
1965Did not qualify-
196911606018
1977Did not qualify-
19818707121
1985Did not qualify-
1989Did not qualify-
199188441316
19951211011233
19991211011533
2003111129930
200712111101232
2011Did not qualify-
20151211011533
20191211110631
Total9/147887953221

World League
Tunisia in the World League record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL
1990 1990 to 2013 Did not participate
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1999
2000
2002
2008
2012
2013
2014 G3 GS27th615617
2015 G3 GS30th615516
2016 G3 GS33rd6331013
2017 G3 GS30th6421512
Total4/28249153658

Challenger Cup
Tunisia in the Challenger Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
2018 Did not enter
2019
2020 Qualified
Total1/3

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
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
1967 Champions ? ? ? ? ?
1971 Champions ? ? ? ? ?
1976 Runners-up ? ? ? ? ?
1979 Champions ? ? ? ? ?
1983 Runners-up ? ? ? ? ?
1987 Champions ? ? ? ? ?
1989 Did not compete
1991 Semi-finals ? ? ? ? ?
1993 Runners-up ? ? ? ? ?
1995 Champions ? ? ? ? ?
1997 Champions ? ? ? ? ?
1999 Champions ? ? ? ? ?
2001 Did not compete
2003 Champions 5 4 1 13 4
2005 Runners-up 6 5 1 16 6
2007 Runners-up 6 5 1 17 3
2009 Group stages 5th 6 4 2 13 7
2011 Semi-finals 5 3 2 11 7
2013 Runners-up 5 4 1 13 8
2015 Runners-up 6 4 2 14 9
2017 Champions 6 6 0 18 4
2019 Champions 6 6 0 18 3
Total 20/2210 titles51411013351

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 Did not compete
2018 Did not compete
2020
Total 11/178 titles161424515

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
2021 future event
Total *2715115340
* Since 2001.

All-Africa Games
Tunisia in the African Games record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
1965 2rd ? ? ? ? ?
1969 Disrupted by military coup
1973 2rd ? ? ? ? ?
1978 Champions ? ? ? ? ?
1987 did not compete
1991 3rd ? ? ? ? ?
1995 Did not compete
1999 Did not compete
2003 Did not compete
2007 2rd ? ? ? ? ?
2011 Did not compete
2015 Did not compete
2019 Did not compete
2023 future event
Total5/111 title

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
Total5/93 titles

Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup
Tunisia in the Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
1981 Champions ? ? ? ? ?
Total1/11 title

Others
  • Gold: 5 times: Maghreb Volleyball Championship :1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972
  • Gold: 1 time: The Cup of the President of Kazakhstan :2012
  • Gold: 1 time: Rashed International Tournament (Dubai) :2012
  • Gold: 1 time: Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup :1981
  • 11th: Cup of the five continents in Montevideo (Uruguay) :1969
  • 16th: Men's European Volleyball Championship in Prague (Czechoslovakia) :1958

U23 team

World Championship

African Championship

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

African Championship
  • Gold: 10 times: 1984, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2018
  • Silver: 4 times: 1994, 2002, 2004, 2006
  • Bronze: 1 time: 1986

Arab Championship
  • Gold: 1 time: 1989

U19 team

World Championship

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 2018 World Championship.[1]

Head coach: Antonio Giacobbe

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2018–19 club
1Mohamed Ridene14 February 19961.80 m (5 ft 11 in)74 kg (163 lb)305 cm (120 in)285 cm (112 in) CO Kélibia
2Ahmed Kadhi19 April 19891.99 m (6 ft 6 in)99 kg (218 lb)345 cm (136 in)318 cm (125 in) ES Sahel
3Marouane M'rabet (C)5 June 19851.86 m (6 ft 1 in)82 kg (181 lb)315 cm (124 in)296 cm (117 in) CS Sfaxien
5Wassim Ben Tara3 August 19961.99 m (6 ft 6 in)87 kg (192 lb)340 cm (130 in)320 cm (130 in) Chaumont
6Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen Miladi12 May 19911.88 m (6 ft 2 in)73 kg (161 lb)315 cm (124 in)289 cm (114 in) ES Tunis
7Elyes Karamosli22 August 19891.98 m (6 ft 6 in)99 kg (218 lb)330 cm (130 in)320 cm (130 in) ES Tunis
8Nabil Miladi28 February 19881.96 m (6 ft 5 in)73 kg (161 lb)355 cm (140 in)340 cm (130 in) ES Tunis
9Amen Allah Hmissi6 April 19881.80 m (5 ft 11 in)78 kg (172 lb)310 cm (120 in)295 cm (116 in) ES Sahel
10Hamza Nagga29 May 19901.91 m (6 ft 3 in)84 kg (185 lb)335 cm (132 in)311 cm (122 in) ES Sahel
11Hakim Zouari28 March 19881.97 m (6 ft 6 in)97 kg (214 lb)330 cm (130 in)320 cm (130 in) CS Sfaxien
12Anouer Taouerghi17 August 19831.78 m (5 ft 10 in)74 kg (163 lb)302 cm (119 in)292 cm (115 in) CS Sfaxien
16Khaled Ben Slimene14 December 19941.93 m (6 ft 4 in)78 kg (172 lb)290 cm (110 in)285 cm (112 in) ES Tunis
18Ali Bongui14 August 19961.80 m (5 ft 11 in)75 kg (165 lb)225 cm (89 in)325 cm (128 in) CS Sfaxien
20Omar Agrebi26 August 19922.05 m (6 ft 9 in)82 kg (181 lb)325 cm (128 in)310 cm (120 in) CS Sfaxien

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
Period Head Coach
1984–1986 Foued Kammoun
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
Period Head Coach
2010–2016 Fethi Mkaouer
2017–Present Antonio Giacobbe

See also

References
  1. "Team Roster – Tunisia". FIVB. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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