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Tunisia men's national volleyball team

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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
(Eagles of Carthage)
AssociationTunisian Volleyball Federation
ConfederationCAVB
Head coachItaly Camillo Placì
FIVB ranking 37 Steady (5 October 2025)[1]
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances7 (First in 1972)
Best result9th (1984)
World Championship
Appearances12 (First in 1962)
Best result12th (2025)
World Cup
Appearances9 (First in 1969)
Best result8th : (1981, 1991)
African Championship
Appearances22 (First in 1967)
Best resultGold (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
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 1971 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 1979 Tripoli Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 1997 Lagos Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kigali Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Tunis Team
Silver medal – second place 1983 Port Said Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Alger Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Cairo Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Durban Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sousse Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Tangier Team
Arab Championship
Gold medal – first place 1980 Damascus Team
Gold medal – first place 1984 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 1988 Riyadh Team
Gold medal – first place 1996 Cairo Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Amman Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Amman Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Manama Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Manama Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Amman Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Manama Team
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Manama Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tunis Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin Team
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Algiers Team
Silver medal – second place 1965 Brazzaville Team
Silver medal – second place 1973 Lagos Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Algiers Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Cairo Team
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal – first place 1957 Beirut Team
Gold medal – first place 1985 Rabat Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Amman Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Algiers Team
Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup
Gold medal – first place 1981 Kuwait Team
Maghreb Volleyball Championship
Gold medal – first place 1967 Team
Gold medal – first place 1968 Team
Gold medal – first place 1969 Team
Gold medal – first place 1970 Team
Gold medal – first place 1971 Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Team
Gold medal – first place 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.[citation needed]

Results

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Olympic Games

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Olympic Games record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
Japan 1964 Did not qualify
Mexico 1968 Withdrew
West Germany 1972 Preliminary round 12th 6 0 6 1 18
Canada 1976 Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980 Withdrew
United States 1984 Preliminary round 9th 5 1 4 3 14
South Korea 1988 Preliminary round 12th 7 0 7 0 21
Spain 1992 Did not qualify
United States 1996 Preliminary round 11th 5 0 5 1 15
Australia 2000 Did not qualify
Greece 2004 Preliminary round 11th 5 0 5 4 15
China 2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012 Preliminary round 11th 5 0 5 1 15
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify
Japan 2020 Preliminary round 11th 5 0 5 3 15
France 2024 Did not qualify
United States 2028 To be determined
Australia 2032
Total Preliminary round 7/17 38 1 37 13 113

World Championship

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FIVB World Championships record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML 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
Philippines 2025 Round of 16 12th 4 2 2 7 6
Poland 2027 to be determined
Qatar 2029
Total 12/22 77 16 61 71 200

World Cup

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World Cup record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
Japan 1965 Did not qualify
East Germany 1969 11th 6 0 6 0 18
Japan 1977 Did not qualify
Japan 1981 8th 7 0 7 1 21
Japan 1985 Did not qualify
Japan 1989
Japan 1991 8th 8 4 4 13 16
Japan 1995 12th 11 0 11 2 33
Japan 1999 12th 11 0 11 5 33
Japan 2003 11th 11 2 9 9 30
Japan 2007 12th 11 1 10 12 32
Japan 2011 Did not qualify
Japan 2015 12th 11 0 11 5 33
Japan 2019 12th 11 1 10 6 31
Total 10/15 85 8 86 55 242

World League

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World League record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML 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

Challenger Cup

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FIVB Challenger Cup record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
Portugal 2018 Did not enter
Slovenia 2019
Portugal 2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Portugal 2021
South Korea 2022 Quarter-finals 6th 1 0 1 1 3
Qatar 2023 Quarter-finals 8th 1 0 1 0 3
China 2024 Did not qualify
Total Quarter-finals 2/5 2 0 2 1 6

African Championship

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  Champions    Runners up    Third place  

  • Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
African Volleyball Championship record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
Tunisia 1967 Champions 1st 3 3 0 15 0
Egypt 1971 Champions 1st 5 5 0 15 3
Tunisia 1976 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 13 4
Libya 1979 Champions 1st 3 3 0 15 0
Egypt 1983 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1 16 6
Tunisia 1987 Champions 1st 5 5 0 15 2
Ivory Coast 1989 Did not compete
Egypt 1991 Third place 3rd 5 3 2 13 6
Algeria 1993 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 12 5
Tunisia 1995 Champions 1st 5 5 0 15 2
Nigeria 1997 Champions 1st 5 5 0 15 2
Egypt 1999 Champions 1st 4 4 0 12 2
Nigeria 2001 Did not compete
Egypt 2003 Champions 1st 5 4 1 13 4
Egypt 2005 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1 16 6
South Africa 2007 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1 17 3
Morocco 2009 Group stages 5th 6 4 2 13 7
Morocco 2011 Third place 3rd 5 3 2 11 7
Tunisia 2013 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 13 8
Egypt 2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 2 14 9
Egypt 2017 Champions 1st 6 6 0 18 4
Tunisia 2019 Champions 1st 6 6 0 18 3
Rwanda 2021 Champions 1st 6 6 0 18 2
Egypt 2023 Quarter-finals 5th 7 6 1 19 3
Total 11 Titles 22/24 114 98 16 326 88

Arab Championship

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Arab Championship record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
Kuwait 1977 Did not compete
Syria 1980 Champions 1st
Tunisia 1984 Champions 1st
Jordan 1986 Did not compete
Saudi Arabia 1988 Champions 1st
Syria 1992 Did not compete
Bahrain 1994 Third place 3rd
Egypt 1996 Champions 1st
Bahrain 1998 Runners-up 2nd
Jordan 2000 Champions 1st
Jordan 2002 Champions 1st
Bahrain 2006 Champions 1st 6 5 1 16 8
Bahrain 2008 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 14 5
Bahrain 2012 Champions 1st 5 5 0 15 2
Kuwait 2014 Did not compete
Egypt 2016
Egypt 2018
Bahrain 2024 Third place 3rd
Total 7 titles 12/17

Mediterranean Games

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Mediterranean Games record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML 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 2nd 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 2nd 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 Runners-up 8/17 32 18 13 63 49
* Since 2001.

All-Africa Games

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African Games record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
Republic of the Congo 1965 Runners-up 2nd
Mali 1969 Disrupted by military coup
Nigeria 1973 Runners-up 2nd
Algeria 1978 Champions 1st
Kenya 1987 Did not compete
Egypt 1991 Third place 3rd
Zimbabwe 1995 Did not compete
South Africa 1999
Nigeria 2003
Algeria 2007 Runners-up 2nd 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

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Pan Arab Games record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
Lebanon 1957 Champions 1st
Morocco 1961 Cancelled
United Arab Republic 1965 Did not compete
Syria 1976 Cancelled
Morocco 1985 Champions 1st
Syria 1992 Did not compete
Lebanon 1997
Jordan 1999 Champions 1st
Algeria 2004 Third place 3rd
Egypt 2007 Group stages 5th
Qatar 2011 Did not compete
Algeria 2023
Total 3 titles 5/10

Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup

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Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
Kuwait 1981 Champions 1st
Total 1 title 1/1

Maghreb Volleyball Championship

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Maghreb Volleyball Championship record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
Tunisia 1967 Champions 1st
Tunisia 1968 Champions 1st
Algeria 1969 Champions 1st
Morocco 1970 Champions 1st
Tunisia 1971 Champions 1st
Morocco 1972 Champions 1st
Algeria 1973 Champions 1st
Total 7 titles 7/7

Others

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  • 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

Current roster

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The following is the Tunisian roster in the 2022 World Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Italy Antonio Giacobbe

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2022–23 club
2 Ahmed 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 Khaled 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 Mohamed 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 Elyes 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 Yassine 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 Omar 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 Hamza 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 Rami 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 Selim 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 Mahdi 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 Ali 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 Aymen 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 Saddem 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 Taieb 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

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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
1984–1987 Tunisia Hassen Ben Cheikh
1987–1991 Poland Hubert Wagner
Period Head Coach
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
2017–2023 Italy Antonio Giacobbe
2024 Tunisia Noureddiine Hfaiedh
2025– Italy Camillo Placi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The FIVB World Ranking". FIVB. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  2. ^ Daily bulletin Poland
  3. ^ "Team Tunisia". en.volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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