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 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.

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 coach Antonio Giacobbe
FIVB ranking25 (as of 2 December 2023)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances7 (First in 1972)
Best result9th (1984)
World Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1962)
Best result15th (2006)
World Cup
Appearances9 (First in 1969)
Best result8th : (1981, 1991)
African Championship
Appearances22 (First in 1967)
Best result (1967, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2017, 2019, 2021)
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Honours
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
African Championship 11 7 2
Arab Championship 8 2 1
Mediterranean Games 0 2 0
All-Africa Games 1 3 1
Pan Arab Games 3 0 1
Afro-Arab Championship 1 0 0
Maghreb Championship 7 0 0
Total 31 14 5
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
2021 KigaliTeam
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
1969Team
1970Team
1971Team
1972Team
1973Team

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
202011505315
2024Future event
Total7/153813713113

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 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
Total11/2073145964194

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
1989
199188441316
19951211011233
19991211011533
2003111129930
200712111101232
2011Did not qualify
20151211011533
20191211110631
Total10/158588655242

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 GS27th615617
2015 G3 GS30th615516
2016 G3 GS33rd6331013
2017 G3 GS30th6421512
Total4/28249153658

Nations League
Tunisia in the Nations League record
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
Total0/6

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 Quarterfinals6th place10113
2023 Quarterfinals8th place10103
2024 Did not qualify
Total2/520216

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 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 Titles22/24114981632688

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
2018
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022
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
2022 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 2 10 9
2026 Future event
Total8/173218136349
* 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
Total1 Title5/11

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
2023 Did not compete
Total5/103 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

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 ? ? ? ? ?
Total7/77 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

World Championship

African Championship

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

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 2022 World Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Antonio Giacobbe

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2022–23 club
2Ahmed Kadhi19 April 19891.99 m (6 ft 6 in)99 kg (218 lb)345 cm (136 in)318 cm (125 in) ES Tunis
3Khaled Ben Slimene (C)14 December 19941.93 m (6 ft 4 in)78 kg (172 lb)290 cm (110 in)285 cm (112 in) ES Tunis
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
8Yassine Abdelhedi28 October 19992.06 m (6 ft 9 in)83 kg (183 lb)352 cm (139 in)335 cm (132 in) Sahel Koweit
9Omar Agrebi26 August 19922.05 m (6 ft 9 in)82 kg (181 lb)325 cm (128 in)310 cm (120 in) CS Sfaxien
10Hamza Nagga29 May 19901.91 m (6 ft 3 in)84 kg (185 lb)335 cm (132 in)311 cm (122 in) ES Sahel
12Rami Bennour23 December 19911.86 m (6 ft 1 in)79 kg (174 lb)311 cm (122 in)280 cm (110 in) CS Sfaxien
13Selim Mbareki6 March 19961.98 m (6 ft 6 in)79 kg (174 lb)320 cm (130 in)305 cm (120 in) ES Tunis
16Mahdi Ben Tahar17 September 20042.04 m (6 ft 8 in)90 kg (200 lb)345 cm (136 in)315 cm (124 in) CS Sfaxien
18Ali Bongui14 August 19961.80 m (5 ft 11 in)75 kg (165 lb)225 cm (89 in)325 cm (128 in) CS Sfaxien
19Aymen Bouguerra1 November 20011.88 m (6 ft 2 in)70 kg (150 lb)325 cm (128 in)350 cm (140 in) Narbonne Volley
20Saddem Hmissi16 February 19911.86 m (6 ft 1 in)75 kg (165 lb)312 cm (123 in)285 cm (112 in) ES Tunis
21Taieb Korbosli5 June 19931.88 cm (1 in)75 kg (165 lb)280 cm (110 in)270 cm (110 in) 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

References
  1. Daily bulletin Poland
  2. "Team Tunisia". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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