Germany men's national sitting volleyball team

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.

Germany
AssociationNational Paralympic Committee Germany for Volleyball
Head coachRudi Sonnenbichler
Uniforms
Home
Away
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.

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
1Alexander Schiffler20 January 1982UN BV Leipzig
3Thomas Renger19 August 1972M TSV Bayer Leverkusen
5Stefan Hähnlein12 June 1990SE TSV Bayer Leverkusen
6Sebastian Czpakowski12 April 1974WS TSV Bayer Leverkusen
7Heiko Wiesenthal12 February 1975OS TSV Bayer Leverkusen
8Peter Schlorf4 June 1986M SSC Berlin
9Jürgen Schrapp27 July 1974WS TSV Bayer Leverkusen
10Christoph Herzog27 July 1983WS BV Leipzig
11Barbaros Sayilir25 October 1988UN TSV Bayer Leverkusen
14Torben Schiewe11 March 1985SE BCV Celle

Honours

Paralympic Games
Germany vs Iran during a 2016 friendly game in Tehran

[3]

Games Place
1976 Toronto Silver
1980 ArnhemN/A
1984 New York Silver
1988 Seoul6th place
1992 Barcelona Bronze
1996 Atlanta5th place
2000 Sydney5th place
2004 Athens4th place
2008 BeijingDid not qualify
2012 London Bronze
2016 Rio6th 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
GS1995 European ChampionshipsBosnia3:0
Final1999 European ChampionshipsBosnia0:3
QF2000 Summer ParalympicsBiH1:3
Final2001 European ChampionshipsBiH1:3
GS2002 World ChampionshipsBiH0:3
Final2002 World ChampionshipsBiH0:3
Final2003 European ChampionshipsBiH0:3
Set 1: (21:25)
Set 2: (18:25)
Set 3: (12:25)
SF2004 Summer ParalympicsBiH2:3
Final2005 European ChampionshipsBiH0:3
Set 1: (21:25)
Set 2: (14:25)
Set 3: (21:25)
GS2006 World ChampionshipsBiH0:3
Set 1: (20:25)
Set 2: (18:25)
Set 3: (10:25)
Int.2007 Friendly (in Berlin, GER)BiH1:3
SF2007 European ChampionshipsBiH2:3
Set 1: (25:17)
Set 2: (18:25)
Set 3: (25:22)
Set 4: (17:25)
Set 5: (12:15)
SF2009 European ChampionshipsBiH0:3
Set 1: (22:25)
Set 2: (14:25)
Set 3: (14:25)
SF2012 Summer ParalympicsBiH0:3
Set 1: (19:25)
Set 2: (20:25)
Set 3: (14:25)
QF2014 World ChampionshipsBiH1:3
Set 1: (21:25)
Set 2: (21:25)
Set 3: (25:18)
Set 4: (23:25)
Final2015 European ChampionshipsBiH0:3
Set 1: (22:25)
Set 2: (19:25)
Set 3: (23:25)
TOTAL Record
–14 TournamentsPlayed: 15Won: 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
Iran
 5215 Asia-Oceania
2
Brazil
 4708 Pan America
3 1
Egypt
 4523 Africa
4 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
 4300 Europe
5
Germany
 3578 Europe
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See also

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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