Germany men's national sitting volleyball team
Appearance
Association | National Paralympic Committee Germany | ||
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Head coach | Michael Merten | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Summer Paralympics | |||
Appearances | 11 (First in 1976) | ||
Best result | |||
World Championship | |||
Appearances | 11 (First in 1983) | ||
Best result | |||
Sitting Volleyball European Championships | |||
Appearances | 15 (First in 1981) | ||
Best result |
The Germany men's national sitting volleyball team represents (Germany) in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches. Until 1990 team competed as West Germany in sitting volleyball.
Players[edit]
The following is the German roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1]
- SCHIFFLER Alexander
- VOGEL Martin
- SCHU Stefan
- HAHNLEIN Stefan Klaus Hans
- ALBRECHT Dominik Marcel
- WIESENTHAL Heiko
- SCHIWY Lukas
- SCHRAPP Jurgen
- HERZOG Christoph
- SAYILIR Barbaros
- TIGLER Mathis
- SCHIEWE Torben
The following is the German roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[2]
Head coach: Rudi Sonnenbichler
№ | Name | Date of birth | Position | 2012 club |
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1 | Alexander Schiffler | 20 January 1982 | UN | |
3 | Thomas Renger | 19 August 1972 | M | |
5 | Stefan Hähnlein | 12 June 1990 | SE | |
6 | Sebastian Czpakowski | 12 April 1974 | WS | |
7 | Heiko Wiesenthal | 12 February 1975 | OS | |
8 | Peter Schlorf | 4 June 1986 | M | |
9 | Jürgen Schrapp | 27 July 1974 | WS | |
10 | Christoph Herzog | 27 July 1983 | WS | |
11 | Barbaros Sayilir | 25 October 1988 | UN | |
14 | Torben Schiewe | 11 March 1985 | SE |
Honours[edit]
Paralympic Games[edit]
Games | Place |
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1976 Toronto | |
1980 Arnhem | N/A |
1984 New York | |
1988 Seoul | 6th place |
1992 Barcelona | |
1996 Atlanta | 5th place |
2000 Sydney | 5th place |
2004 Athens | 4th place |
2008 Beijing | Did not qualify |
2012 London | |
2016 Rio | 6th place |
World Championships[edit]
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European Championships[edit]
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Minor tournaments[edit]
Sarajevo Open Championship:
- Runners-Up (1): 2009
- 3rd place (2): 2007, 2016
- 4th place (3): 2010, 2012, 2014
Germany-Bosnia rivalry[edit]
Germany since team formation has been a long time European adversary to Bosnia-Herzegovina during sitting volleyball championships as teams have met at almost every major tournament in later stages of the finals.
Stage | Tournament | Opponents | Result | Details |
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GS | 1995 European Championships | Bosnia | 3:0 | |
Final | 1999 European Championships | Bosnia | 0:3 | |
QF | 2000 Summer Paralympics | BiH | 1:3 | |
Final | 2001 European Championships | BiH | 1:3 | |
GS | 2002 World Championships | BiH | 0:3 | |
Final | 2002 World Championships | BiH | 0:3 | |
Final | 2003 European Championships | BiH | 0:3 |
Set 1: (21:25)
Set 2: (18:25) Set 3: (12:25) |
SF | 2004 Summer Paralympics | BiH | 2:3 | |
Final | 2005 European Championships | BiH | 0:3 |
Set 1: (21:25)
Set 2: (14:25) Set 3: (21:25) |
GS | 2006 World Championships | BiH | 0:3 |
Set 1: (20:25)
Set 2: (18:25) Set 3: (10:25) |
Int. | 2007 Friendly (in Berlin, GER) | BiH | 1:3 | |
SF | 2007 European Championships | BiH | 2:3 |
Set 1: (25:17)
Set 2: (18:25) Set 3: (25:22) Set 4: (17:25) Set 5: (12:15) |
SF | 2009 European Championships | BiH | 0:3 |
Set 1: (22:25)
Set 2: (14:25) Set 3: (14:25) |
SF | 2012 Summer Paralympics | BiH | 0:3 |
Set 1: (19:25)
Set 2: (20:25) Set 3: (14:25) |
QF | 2014 World Championships | BiH | 1:3 |
Set 1: (21:25)
Set 2: (21:25) Set 3: (25:18) Set 4: (23:25) |
Final | 2015 European Championships | BiH | 0:3 |
Set 1: (22:25)
Set 2: (19:25) Set 3: (23:25) |
TOTAL Record | ||||
– | 14 Tournaments | Played: 15 | Won: 1; Lost: 14 |
Won Sets by Germany: 11
Won Sets by Bosnia: 45 |
World ranking[edit]
As at 28 September 2016.[4]
Rank | Movement | Country | Points | Region |
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1 | 5215 | Asia-Oceania | ||
2 | 4708 | Pan America | ||
3 | 4523 | Africa | ||
4 | 4300 | Europe | ||
5 | Germany
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3578 | Europe |
See also[edit]
- Germany at the Paralympics
- Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
- World Organization Volleyball for Disabled
References[edit]
- ^ "Sitting Volleyball | Germany v Ukraine | Men's 5th-6th Classification | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games".
- ^ Men's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Germany, london2012.com. Retrieved 26 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.