Germany men's national sitting volleyball team

Germany
AssociationNational Paralympic Committee Germany
Head coachMichael Merten
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Home
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Summer Paralympics
Appearances11 (First in 1976)
Best result (2) 1976, 1984
World Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1983)
Best result (2) 1983, 2002
Sitting Volleyball European Championships
Appearances15 (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. 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

  • 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
1 Alexander Schiffler 20 January 1982 UN Germany BV Leipzig
3 Thomas Renger 19 August 1972 M Germany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
5 Stefan Hähnlein 12 June 1990 SE Germany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
6 Sebastian Czpakowski 12 April 1974 WS Germany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
7 Heiko Wiesenthal 12 February 1975 OS Germany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
8 Peter Schlorf 4 June 1986 M Germany SSC Berlin
9 Jürgen Schrapp 27 July 1974 WS Germany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
10 Christoph Herzog 27 July 1983 WS Germany BV Leipzig
11 Barbaros Sayilir 25 October 1988 UN Germany TSV Bayer Leverkusen
14 Torben Schiewe 11 March 1985 SE Germany BCV Celle

Honours

Paralympic Games

Germany vs Iran during a 2016 friendly game in Tehran

[3]

Games Place
1976 Toronto  Silver
1980 Arnhem N/A
1984 New York  Silver
1988 Seoul 6th place
1992 Barcelona  Bronze
1996 Atlanta 5th place
2000 Sydney 5th place
2004 Athens 4th place
2008 Beijing Did not qualify
2012 London  Bronze
2016 Rio 6th place

Minor tournaments

Sarajevo Open Championship:

  • Runners-Up (1): 2009
  • 3rd place (2): 2007, 2016
  • 4th place (3): 2010, 2012, 2014

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
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

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

References

  1. ^ "Sitting Volleyball | Germany v Ukraine | Men's 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.