Egypt men's national sitting volleyball team

Egypt
Association	National Paralympic Committee Egypt for Volleyball
Head coach	Rudi Sonnenbichler
Uniforms
Home	Away
Summer Paralympics
Appearances	5 (First in 2000)
Best result	(2) 2004, 2016
Appearances	5 (First in )
Best result	(2) ,

The Egypt men's national sitting volleyball team represents Egypt in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the newcomers 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:

№	Date of birth	Position
1	2 February 1975	M
2	9 March 1971	WS
3	14 October 1973	SE
4	24 February 1974	WS
5	9 June 1972	SE
6	12 April 1987	M
7	1 March 1985	WS
8	1 September 1992	WS
9	28 May 1979	WS
10	18 June 1972	L
12	29 March 1979	M

Egypt roster in 2016:

1 (S) ELSHWIKH Hesham (C) - Outside Hitter
3 KHATER Shaaban - Outside Hitter
4 (S) ABDALLA Ashraf - Opposite Spiker
5 ZEID Mohamed - Setter
6 (S) SOLIMAN Ahmed - Middle Block
7 AMER Ahmed - Outside Hitter
8 MASSOUD Hossam - Setter
9 (S) MOUSSA Elsayed - Outside Hitter
10 (S) ABDELLATIF Abdelnaby - Libero
11 EID Sabry - Outside Hitter
12 (S) ABOUELYAZEID Mohamed - Middle Block
14 (S) ABOUELKHIR Metawa - Outside Hitter

Honours[]

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Paralympic Games[]

Games	Place
1976 Toronto	N/A
1980 Arnhem	6th
1984 New York	8th
1988 Seoul	9th
1992 Barcelona	8th
1996 Atlanta	N/A
2000 Sydney	4th place
2004 Athens	Bronze
2008 Beijing	4th place
2012 London	6th place
2016 Rio	Bronze

World Championships[]

Year	Position
1983 Delden	N/A
1985 Kristiansand	N/A
1986 Pécs	N/A
1989 Las Vegas	N/A
1990 Assen	N/A
1994 Bottrop	N/A
1998 Tehran	7th place
2002 Cairo	4th place
2006 Roermond	3rd place
2010 Edmond	3rd place
2014 Elblag	4th place

Minor Tournaments[]

Sarajevo Open Championship:

Runners-Up (1): 2006
4th place (1): 2016

World ranking[]

As at 28 September 2016.^[3]

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

Coaching staff[]

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Position	Name	Active
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Therapist/Trainer

References[]

^ Men's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Egypt, london2012.com. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
^ Kwok Ng (26 September 2016). "Major Competitions". sittingvolleyball.omeka.net. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
^ worldparavolley.org. "World Ranking – Sitting Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] Men's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Egypt, london2012.com. Retrieved 25 September 2012.

[Major_Competitions-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] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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