Germany men's national sitting volleyball team

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Association National Paralympic Committee Germany for Volleyball
Head coach Rudi Sonnenbichler
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Summer Paralympics
Appearances 11 (First in 1976)
Best result (2) 1976, 1984
World Championship
Appearances 11 (First in 1983)
Best result (2) 1983, 2002
Sitting Volleyball European Championships
Appearances 15 (First in 1981)
Best result (6) 1981, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2015.

The Germany men's national sitting volleyball team represents Germany in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the more respected teams in on the court worldwide. Until 1990 team competed as West Germany in sitting volleyball.

Players

The following is the German roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1]

 Germany

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
1Schiffler, AlexanderAlexander Schiffler20 January 1982UNGermany BV Leipzig
3Renger, ThomasThomas Renger19 August 1972MGermany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
5Hahnlein, StefanStefan Hähnlein12 June 1990SEGermany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
6Czpakowski, SebastianSebastian Czpakowski12 April 1974WSGermany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
7Wiesenthal, HeikoHeiko Wiesenthal12 February 1975OSGermany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
8Schlorf, PeterPeter Schlorf4 June 1986MGermany SSC Berlin
9Schrapp, JurgenJürgen Schrapp27 July 1974WSGermany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
10Herzog, ChristophChristoph Herzog27 July 1983WSGermany BV Leipzig
11Sayilir, BarbarosBarbaros Sayilir25 October 1988UNGermany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
14Schiewe, TorbenTorben Schiewe11 March 1985SEGermany BCV Celle

Honours

Paralympic Games

Germany vs Iran during a 2016 friendly game in Tehran

[3]

Games Place
Canada 1976 Toronto  Silver
Netherlands 1980 Arnhem N/A
United States 1984 New York  Silver
Korea 1988 Seoul 6th place
Spain 1992 Barcelona  Bronze
United States 1996 Atlanta 5th place
Australia 2000 Sydney 5th place
Greece 2004 Athens 4th place
China 2008 Beijing Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012 London  Bronze
Brazil 2016 Rio 6th place

World Championships

Year Position
Netherlands 1983 Delden Runners-Up
Norway 1985 Kristiansand 7th place
Hungary 1986 Pécs 6th place
United States 1989 Las Vegas 3rd place
Netherlands 1990 Assen 5th place
Germany 1994 Bottrop 6th place
Iran 1998 Tehran5th place
Egypt 2002 Cairo Runners-Up
Netherlands 2006 Roermond 4th place
United States 2010 Edmond6th place
Poland 2014 ElblagThird place

European Championships

Games Place
Germany 1981 Bonn Runners-up
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1987 Sarajevo N/A
United Kingdom 1991 Nottingham N/A
Finland 1993 Järvenpää N/A
Slovenia 1995 Ljubljana N/A
Estonia 1997 TallinnN/A
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999 Sarajevo Runners-Up
Hungary 2001 Sárospatak Runners-Up
Finland 2003 Lappeenranta Runners-Up
Germany 2005 Leverkusen Runners-Up
Hungary 2007 Nyíregyháza 3rd place
Poland 2009 Elblag 3rd place
Netherlands 2011 Rotterdam 3rd place
Poland 2013 Elblag3rd place
Germany 2015 WarendorfRunners-Up

Minor Tournaments

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Open Championship:

Germany-Bosnia rivalry

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
GS1995 European ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia3:0
Final1999 European ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia0:3
QF2000 Summer ParalympicsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH1:3
Final2001 European ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH1:3
GS2002 World ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH0:3
Final2002 World ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH0:3
Final2003 European ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH0:3
SF2004 Summer ParalympicsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH2:3
Final2005 European ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH0:3
GS2006 World ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH0:3
Int.2007 Friendly (in Berlin, GER)Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH1:3
SF2007 European ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH2:3
SF2009 European ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH0:3
SF2012 Summer ParalympicsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH0:3
QF2014 World ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH1:3
Final2015 European ChampionshipsBosnia and Herzegovina BiH0:3
TOTAL Record
–14 TournamentsPlayed: 15Won: 1; Lost: 14

World ranking

As at 28 September 2016.[4]

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

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Germany national sitting volleyball team.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.paralympic.org/video/sitting-volleyball-germany-v-ukraine-mens-5th-6th-classification-rio-2016-paralympic-games
  2. ↑ Men's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Germany, london2012.com. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Kwok Ng (26 September 2016). "Major Competitions". sittingvolleyball.omeka.net. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  4. ↑ worldparavolley.org. "World Ranking – Sitting Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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