Tunisia men's national volleyball team

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 coach Camillo Placì
FIVB ranking 37 (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 result (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
1967 Tunis Team
1971 Cairo Team
1979 Tripoli Team
1987 Tunis Team
1995 Tunis Team
1997 Lagos Team
1999 Cairo Team
2003 Cairo Team
2017 Cairo Team
2019 Tunis Team
2021 Kigali Team
1976 Tunis Team
1983 Port Said Team
1993 Alger Team
2005 Cairo Team
2007 Durban Team
2013 Sousse Team
2015 Cairo Team
1991 Cairo Team
2011 Tangier Team
Arab Championship
1980 Damascus Team
1984 Tunis Team
1988 Riyadh Team
1996 Cairo Team
2000 Amman Team
2002 Amman Team
2006 Manama Team
2012 Manama Team
2002 Amman Team
2008 Manama Team
1994 Manama Team
Mediterranean Games
2001 Tunis Team
2013 Mersin Team
All-Africa Games
1978 Algiers Team
1965 Brazzaville Team
1973 Lagos Team
2007 Algiers Team
1991 Cairo Team
Pan Arab Games
1957 Beirut Team
1985 Rabat Team
1999 Amman Team
2004 Algiers Team
Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup
1981 Kuwait Team
Maghreb Volleyball Championship
1967 Team
1968 Team
1969 Team
1970 Team
1971 Team
1972 Team
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

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
1964 Did not qualify
1968 Withdrew
1972 Preliminary round 12th 6 0 6 1 18
1976 Did not qualify
1980 Withdrew
1984 Preliminary round 9th 5 1 4 3 14
1988 Preliminary round 12th 7 0 7 0 21
1992 Did not qualify
1996 Preliminary round 11th 5 0 5 1 15
2000 Did not qualify
2004 Preliminary round 11th 5 0 5 4 15
2008 Did not qualify
2012 Preliminary round 11th 5 0 5 1 15
2016 Did not qualify
2020 Preliminary round 11th 5 0 5 3 15
2024 Did not qualify
2028 To be determined
2032
Total Preliminary round 7/17 38 1 37 13 113

World Championship

FIVB World Championships record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
1949 Did not enter
1952
1956
1960
1962 Withdrew 4 1 3 3 12
1966 Did not enter
1970 Group stages 22nd 11 3 8 11 28
1974 Group stages 18th 11 3 8 12 28
1978 Group stages 24th 9 0 9 0 27
1982 Group stages 21st 9 3 6 11 20
1986 Did not qualify
1990
1994
1998
2002 Group stages 19th 3 0 3 2 9
2006 Second round 15th 9 3 6 15 22
2010 Group stages 19th 3 0 3 1 9
2014 Group stages 21st 5 0 5 4 15
2018 Group stages 23rd 5 0 5 2 15
2022 Round of 16 16th 4 1 3 3 9
2025 Round of 16 12th 4 2 2 7 6
2027 to be determined
2029
Total 12/22 77 16 61 71 200

World Cup

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

World League

World League record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
1990 1990 to 2013 Did not participate
2013
2014 G3 GS 27th 6 1 5 6 17
2015 G3 GS 30th 6 1 5 5 16
2016 G3 GS 33rd 6 3 3 10 13
2017 G3 GS 30th 6 4 2 15 12
Total 4/28 24 9 15 36 58

Challenger Cup

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

African Championship

  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
1967 Champions 1st 3 3 0 15 0
1971 Champions 1st 5 5 0 15 3
1976 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 13 4
1979 Champions 1st 3 3 0 15 0
1983 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1 16 6
1987 Champions 1st 5 5 0 15 2
1989 Did not compete
1991 Third place 3rd 5 3 2 13 6
1993 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 12 5
1995 Champions 1st 5 5 0 15 2
1997 Champions 1st 5 5 0 15 2
1999 Champions 1st 4 4 0 12 2
2001 Did not compete
2003 Champions 1st 5 4 1 13 4
2005 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1 16 6
2007 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1 17 3
2009 Group stages 5th 6 4 2 13 7
2011 Third place 3rd 5 3 2 11 7
2013 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 13 8
2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 2 14 9
2017 Champions 1st 6 6 0 18 4
2019 Champions 1st 6 6 0 18 3
2021 Champions 1st 6 6 0 18 2
2023 Quarter-finals 5th 7 6 1 19 3
Total 11 Titles 22/24 114 98 16 326 88

Arab Championship

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

Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
1959 Did not compete
1963
1967
1971 Semi-finals 4th
1975 Did not compete
1979
1983
1987 Group stages 5th
1991 Did not compete
1993
1997
2001 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1 13 4
2005 Semi-finals 4th 5 3 2 9 8
2009 Semi-finals 4th 6 3 3 11 10
2013 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 2 11 8
2018 Quarter-finals 6th 6 2 3 9 10
2022 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 2 10 9
2026 Future event
Total Runners-up 8/17 32 18 13 63 49
* Since 2001.

All-Africa Games

African Games record
Year Round Rank GP MW ML SW SL
1965 Runners-up 2nd
1969 Disrupted by military coup
1973 Runners-up 2nd
1978 Champions 1st
1987 Did not compete
1991 Third place 3rd
1995 Did not compete
1999
2003
2007 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 2 17 8
2011 Did not compete
2015
2019
2023 Future event
Total 1 Title 5/11

Pan Arab Games

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

Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup

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

Maghreb Volleyball Championship

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

Others

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

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

Head coach: 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) ES Tunis

All Time Head coaches

Period Head Coach
1956–1957 Habib Ben Ezzedine
1957–1960 Ernö Henning
1961–1962 Dragoslav Sirotanović
1962–1967 Ernö Henning
1968–1969 Josef Brož
1970 Hassine Belkhouja
1970–1973 Gustáv Breznen
1973–1978 Hassine Belkhouja
1979–1980 Mohamed Sellami
1981–1984 Victor Turin
1984–1987 Hassen Ben Cheikh
1987–1991 Hubert Wagner
Period Head Coach
1991 Hassine Belkhouja
1992–1993 Sergei Alexeyev
1994–1996 Fethi Mkaouer
1997–1998 Shen Fu Lin
1998–1999 Stewart Bernard
1999–2007 Antonio Giacobbe
2008–2009 Veljko Basić
2010–2016 Fethi Mkaouer
2017–2023 Antonio Giacobbe
2024 Noureddiine Hfaiedh
2025– Camillo Placi

See also

References

  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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