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Tunisia
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Nickname(s) نسور قرطاج
Aigles de Carthage
(Eagles of Carthage)
Association Tunisian Volleyball Federation
Confederation CAVB
Head coach Italy Antonio Giacobbe
FIVB ranking 14 (as of September 2014)
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Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances 7 (First in 1972)
Best result 9th (1984)
World Championship
Appearances 11 (First in 1962)
Best result 15th (2006)
FIVB World Cup
Appearances 9 (First in 1969)
Best result 8th : (1981, 1991)
African Championship
Appearances 22 (First in 1967)
Best result Gold (1967, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Tunisia men's national volleyball team
Tunisian team at volleyball olympic qualification.jpg
Tunisia national volleyball team at the 2012 African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Cameroon (Tunisia 3–1 Egypt)
Medal record
African Championship
Gold 1967 Tunis Team
Gold 1971 Cairo Team
Gold 1979 Tripoli Team
Gold 1987 Tunis Team
Gold 1995 Tunis Team
Gold 1997 Lagos Team
Gold 1999 Cairo Team
Gold 2003 Cairo Team
Gold 2017 Cairo Team
Gold 2019 Tunis Team
Gold 2021 Kigali Team
Silver 1976 Tunis Team
Silver 1983 Port Said Team
Silver 1993 Alger Team
Silver 2005 Cairo Team
Silver 2007 Durban Team
Silver 2013 Sousse Team
Silver 2015 Cairo Team
Bronze 1991 Cairo Team
Bronze 2011 Tangier Team
Arab Championship
Gold 1980 Damascus Team
Gold 1984 Tunis Team
Gold 1988 Riyadh Team
Gold 1996 Cairo Team
Gold 2000 Amman Team
Gold 2002 Amman Team
Gold 2006 Manama Team
Gold 2012 Manama Team
Silver 2002 Amman Team
Silver 2008 Manama Team
Bronze 1994 Manama Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver 2001 Tunis Team
Silver 2013 Mersin Team
All-Africa Games
Gold 1978 Algiers Team
Silver 1965 Brazzaville Team
Silver 1973 Lagos Team
Silver 2007 Algiers Team
Bronze 1991 Cairo Team
Pan Arab Games
Gold 1957 Beirut Team
Gold 1985 Rabat Team
Gold 1999 Amman Team
Bronze 2004 Algiers Team
Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup
Gold 1981 Kuwait Team
Maghreb Volleyball Championship
Gold 1967 Team
Gold 1968 Team
Gold 1969 Team
Gold 1970 Team
Gold 1971 Team
Gold 1972 Team
Gold 1973 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.

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
Japan 1964 Did not qualify
Mexico 1968 Withdrew
West Germany 1972 12 6 0 6 1 18
Canada 1976 Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980 Withdrew
United States 1984 9 5 1 4 3 14
South Korea 1988 12 7 0 7 0 21
Spain 1992 Did not qualify
United States 1996 11 5 0 5 1 15
Australia 2000 Did not qualify
Greece 2004 11 5 0 5 4 15
China 2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012 11 5 0 5 1 15
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify
Japan 2020 11 5 0 5 3 15
France 2024 Future event
Total 7/15 38 1 37 13 113

World Championship

Tunisia in the FIVB World Championships record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
Czechoslovakia 1949 Did not enter
Soviet Union 1952
France 1956
Brazil 1960
Soviet Union 1962 Withdrew 4 1 3 3 12
Czechoslovakia 1966 Did not enter
Bulgaria 1970 Group stages 22nd 11 3 8 11 28
Mexico 1974 Group stages 18th 11 3 8 12 28
Italy 1978 Group stages 24th 9 0 9 0 27
Argentina 1982 Group stages 21st 9 3 6 11 20
France 1986 Did not qualify
Brazil 1990
Greece 1994
Japan 1998
Argentina 2002 Group stages 19th 3 0 3 2 9
Japan 2006 Second round 15th 9 3 6 15 22
Italy 2010 Group stages 19th 3 0 3 1 9
Poland 2014 Group stages 21st 5 0 5 4 15
Italy Bulgaria 2018 Group stages 23rd 5 0 5 2 15
Poland Slovenia 2022 Round of 16 16th 4 1 3 3 9
N/A 2025 Future event
Total 11/20 73 14 59 64 194

World Cup

Tunisia in the World Cup record
Year Rank GP W L SW SL
Japan 1965 Did not qualify
East Germany 1969 11 6 0 6 0 18
Japan 1977 Did not qualify
Japan 1981 8 7 0 7 1 21
Japan 1985 Did not qualify
Japan 1989
Japan 1991 8 8 4 4 13 16
Japan 1995 12 11 0 11 2 33
Japan 1999 12 11 0 11 5 33
Japan 2003 11 11 2 9 9 30
Japan 2007 12 11 1 10 12 32
Japan 2011 Did not qualify
Japan 2015 12 11 0 11 5 33
Japan 2019 12 11 1 10 6 31
Japan 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
Japan 1990 1990 to 2013 Did not participate
Argentina 2013
Italy 2014 G3 GS 27th 6 1 5 6 17
Brazil 2015 G3 GS 30th 6 1 5 5 16
Poland 2016 G3 GS 33rd 6 3 3 10 13
Brazil 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
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
France 2018 Did not qualify
United States 2019
Italy 2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Italy 2021 Did not qualify
Italy 2022
Poland 2023
2024
Total 0/6

Challenger Cup

Tunisia in the Challenger Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
Portugal 2018 Did not enter
Slovenia 2019
Portugal 2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Portugal 2021
South Korea 2022 Quarterfinals 6th place 1 0 1 1 3
Qatar 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
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
Tunisia 1967 Final Gold Champions 3 3 0 15 0
Egypt 1971 Final Gold Champions 5 5 0 15 3
Tunisia 1976 Final Silver Runners-up 5 4 1 13 4
Libya 1979 Final Gold Champions 3 3 0 15 0
Egypt 1983 Final Silver Runners-up 6 5 1 16 6
Tunisia 1987 Final Gold Champions 5 5 0 15 2
Ivory Coast 1989 Did not compete
Egypt 1991 Semifinals Bronze 3rd place 5 3 2 13 6
Algeria 1993 Final Silver Runners-up 5 4 1 12 5
Tunisia 1995 Final Gold Champions 5 5 0 15 2
Nigeria 1997 Final Gold Champions 5 5 0 15 2
Egypt 1999 Round robin Gold Champions 4 4 0 12 2
Nigeria 2001 Did not compete
Egypt 2003 Final Gold Champions 5 4 1 13 4
Egypt 2005 Final Silver Runners-up 6 5 1 16 6
South Africa 2007 Final Silver Runners-up 6 5 1 17 3
Morocco 2009 Group stages 5th place 6 4 2 13 7
Morocco 2011 Semifinals Bronze 3rd place 5 3 2 11 7
Tunisia 2013 Round robin Silver Runners-up 5 4 1 13 8
Egypt 2015 Final Silver Runners-up 6 4 2 14 9
Egypt 2017 Final Gold Champions 6 6 0 18 4
Tunisia 2019 Final Gold Champions 6 6 0 18 3
Rwanda 2021 Final Gold Champions 6 6 0 18 2
Egypt 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
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
Kuwait 1977 Did not compete
Syria 1980 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Tunisia 1984 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Jordan 1986 Did not compete
Saudi Arabia 1988 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Syria 1992 Did not compete
Bahrain 1994 Semi-finals Bronze ? ? ? ? ?
Egypt 1996 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Bahrain 1998 Runners-up ? ? ? ? ?
Jordan 2000 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Jordan 2002 Champions Gold ? ? 0 ? ?
Bahrain 2006 Champions Gold 6 5 1 16 8
Bahrain 2008 Runners-up Silver 5 4 1 14 5
Bahrain 2012 Champions Gold 5 5 0 15 2
Kuwait 2014 Did not compete
Egypt 2016
Egypt 2018
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Bahrain 2022
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
Lebanon 1959 Did not compete
Italy 1963
Tunisia 1967
Turkey 1971 Semi-finals 4th ? ? ? ? ?
Algeria 1975 Did not compete
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1979
Morocco 1983
Syria 1987 Group stages 5th ? ? ? ? ?
Greece 1991 Did not compete
France 1993
Italy 1997
Tunisia 2001 Runners-up Silver medal MedGames.svg 5 4 1 13 4
Spain 2005 Semi-finals 4th 5 3 2 9 8
Italy 2009 Semi-finals 4th 6 3 3 11 10
Turkey 2013 Runners-up Silver medal MedGames.svg 5 3 2 11 8
Spain 2018 Quarter-finals 6th 6 2 3 9 10
Algeria 2022 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 2 10 9
Italy 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
Republic of the Congo 1965 Final Silver Runners-up ? ? ? ? ?
Mali 1969 Disrupted by military coup
Nigeria 1973 Final Silver Runners-up ? ? ? ? ?
Algeria 1978 Final Gold Champions ? ? ? ? ?
Kenya 1987 Did not compete
Egypt 1991 Semifinals Bronze 3rd place ? ? ? ? ?
Zimbabwe 1995 Did not compete
South Africa 1999
Nigeria 2003
Algeria 2007 Final Silver Runners-up 7 5 2 17 8
Mozambique 2011 Did not compete
Republic of the Congo 2015
Morocco 2019
Ghana 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
Lebanon 1957 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Morocco 1961 canceled
United Arab Republic 1965 Did not compete
Syria 1976 canceled
Morocco 1985 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Syria 1992 Did not compete
Lebanon 1997 Did not compete
Jordan 1999 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Algeria 2004 3rd Bronze ? ? ? ? ?
Egypt 2007 5th ? ? ? ? ?
Qatar 2011 Did not compete
Algeria 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
Kuwait 1981 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Total 1/1 1 title

Maghreb Volleyball Championship

Tunisia in the Maghreb Volleyball Championship
Year Round Position GP W L SW SL
Tunisia 1967 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Tunisia 1968 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Algeria 1969 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Morocco 1970 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Tunisia 1971 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Morocco 1972 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Algeria 1973 Champions Gold ? ? ? ? ?
Total 7/7 7 titles

Others

  • Gold Gold: 1 time: The Cup of the President of Kazakhstan :2012
  • Gold Gold: 1 time: Rashed International Tournament (Dubai) :2012
  • Silver 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

U23 team

World Championship

  • 8th place: 2013
  • 9th place: 2015

African Championship

  • Gold Gold: 1 time: 2014

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
  • 16th place: 2023

African Championship

  • Gold Gold: 10 times: 1984, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2018
  • Silver Silver: 5 times: 1994, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2022
  • Bronze Bronze: 1 time: 1986

Arab Championship

  • Gold Gold: 1 time: 1989

U19 team

World Championship

  • 11th place: 1995
  • 9th place: 1997
  • 9th place: 1999
  • 8th place: 2001
  • 13th place: 2005
  • 14th place: 2007
  • 6th place: 2009
  • 16th place: 2011
  • 18th place: 2013
  • 20th place: 2017
  • 17th place: 2019

African Championship

  • Gold Gold: 8 times: 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016
  • Silver Silver: 4 times: 2002, 2004, 2013, 2015

Arab Championship

  • Gold Gold: 4 times: 1992, 1994, 1996, 2009
  • Silver Silver: 2 times: 2011, 2013
  • Bronze Bronze: 1 time: 1998

Current roster

The following is the Tunisian roster in the 2022 World Championship.

Head coach: Italy Antonio Giacobbe

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2022–23 club
2 Kadhi, AhmedAhmed Kadhi 19 April 1989 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 318 cm (125 in) Tunisia ES Tunis
3 Ben Slimene, KhaledKhaled 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) Tunisia ES Tunis
6 Ben Othmen Miladi, Mohamed AliMohamed 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) Tunisia ES Tunis
7 Karamosli, ElyesElyes Karamosli 22 August 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 330 cm (130 in) 320 cm (130 in) Tunisia ES Tunis
8 Abdelhedi, YassineYassine Abdelhedi 28 October 1999 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 352 cm (139 in) 335 cm (132 in) Kuwait Sahel Koweit
9 Agrebi, OmarOmar Agrebi 26 August 1992 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 325 cm (128 in) 310 cm (120 in) Tunisia CS Sfaxien
10 Nagga, HamzaHamza Nagga 29 May 1990 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 335 cm (132 in) 311 cm (122 in) Tunisia ES Sahel
12 Bennour, RamiRami Bennour 23 December 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 311 cm (122 in) 280 cm (110 in) Tunisia CS Sfaxien
13 Mbareki, SelimSelim Mbareki 6 March 1996 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 320 cm (130 in) 305 cm (120 in) Tunisia ES Tunis
16 Ben Tahar, MahdiMahdi Ben Tahar 17 September 2004 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 315 cm (124 in) Tunisia CS Sfaxien
18 Bongui, AliAli Bongui 14 August 1996 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 225 cm (89 in) 325 cm (128 in) Tunisia CS Sfaxien
19 Bouguerra, AymenAymen Bouguerra 1 November 2001 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 325 cm (128 in) 350 cm (140 in) France Narbonne Volley
20 Hmissi, SaddemSaddem Hmissi 16 February 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 312 cm (123 in) 285 cm (112 in) Tunisia ES Tunis
21 Korbosli, TaiebTaieb Korbosli 5 June 1993 1.88 cm (1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 280 cm (110 in) 270 cm (110 in) Tunisia ES Tunis

All Time Head coaches

Period Head Coach
1956–1957 Tunisia Habib Ben Ezzedine
1957–1960 Hungary Ernö Henning
1961–1962 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragoslav Sirotanović
1962–1967 Hungary Ernö Henning
1968–1969 Czechoslovakia Josef Brož
1970 Tunisia Hassine Belkhouja
1970–1973 Czechoslovakia Gustáv Breznen
1973–1978 Tunisia Hassine Belkhouja
1979–1980 Tunisia Mohamed Sellami
1981–1984 Soviet Union Victor Turin
1984–1986 Tunisia Foued Kammoun
Period Head Coach
1986–1987 Tunisia Hassen Ben Cheikh
1987–1991 Poland Hubert Wagner
1991 Tunisia Hassine Belkhouja
1992–1993 Russia Sergei Alexeyev
1994–1996 Tunisia Fethi Mkaouer
1997–1998 China Shen Fu Lin
1998–1999 Netherlands Stewart Bernard
1999–2007 Italy Antonio Giacobbe
2008–2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina France Veljko Basić
2010–2016 Tunisia Fethi Mkaouer
2017–Present Italy Antonio Giacobbe

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Selección de voleibol de Túnez para niños

  • 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
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