Egypt men's national sitting volleyball team

Egypt
Association National Paralympic Committee Egypt for Volleyball
Head coach Rudi Sonnenbichler
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Summer Paralympics
Appearances 5 (First in 2000)
Best result (2) 2004, 2016
World Championship
Appearances 5 (First in 1998)
Best result (2) 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 new comers in the sport but quickly established themselves as a powerful team to play against. Egypt have appeared in several Paralympic and World Championships semi finals in the past decade.

Players

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
1Abdelmaksod, HeshamHesham Abdelmaksod2 February 1975MEgypt El Houreya
2Khalil, Tamer MorganTamer Morgan Khalil9 March 1971WSEgypt El Houreya
3Abd El Wahab Hassan, Yasser SaadYasser Saad Abd El Wahab Hassan14 October 1973SEEgypt Police Sports Club Association
4Abdel Aziz, Ashraf ZaghloulAshraf Zaghloul Abdel Aziz24 February 1974WSEgypt Police Sports Club Association
5Elbahaey, Taher AdelTaher Adel Elbahaey9 June 1972SEEgypt El Houreya
6Khamis, Ahmed Mohammed SolimanAhmed Mohammed Soliman Khamis12 April 1987MEgypt Club Alexandria Petroleum
7Fadl, Ahmed MohammedAhmed Mohammed Fadl1 March 1985WSEgypt Club Alexandria Petroleum
8Ezzeldin Mohamed, MohamedMohamed Ezzeldin Mohamed1 September 1992WSEgypt Club Alexandria Petroleum
9Saad, Elsayed MoussaElsayed Moussa Saad28 May 1979WSEgypt Police Sports Club Association
10Ahmed Abdel Latif, Abdel NabiAbdel Nabi Ahmed Abdel Latif18 June 1972LEgypt Police Sports Club Association
12Ibrahim, MohamedMohamed Ibrahim29 March 1979MEgypt Police Sports Club Association

Egypt roster in 2016:

Honours

[2]

Paralympic Games

Games Place
Canada 1976 Toronto N/A
Netherlands 1980 Arnhem 6th
United States 1984 New York 8th
Korea 1988 Seoul 9th
Spain 1992 Barcelona 8th
United States 1996 Atlanta N/A
Australia 2000 Sydney 4th place
Greece 2004 Athens  Bronze
China 2008 Beijing 4th place
United Kingdom 2012 London 6th place
Brazil 2016 Rio  Bronze

World Championships

Year Position
Netherlands 1983 Delden N/A
Norway 1985 Kristiansand N/A
Hungary 1986 Pécs N/A
United States 1989 Las Vegas N/A
Netherlands 1990 Assen N/A
Germany 1994 Bottrop N/A
Iran 1998 Tehran7th place
Egypt 2002 Cairo 4th place
Netherlands 2006 Roermond 3rd place
United States 2010 Edmond3rd place
Poland 2014 Elblag4th place

Minor Tournaments

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Open Championship:

World ranking

As at 28 September 2016.[3]

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

Coaching staff

[4]

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Egypt national sitting volleyball team.

References

  1. ↑ Men's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Egypt, london2012.com. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Kwok Ng (26 September 2016). "Major Competitions". sittingvolleyball.omeka.net. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  3. ↑ worldparavolley.org. "World Ranking – Sitting Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ↑ https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/team/egypt-sitting-volleyball-men
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