Germany men's national sitting volleyball team

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Germany
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AssociationNational Paralympic Committee Germany
Head coachMichael Merten
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Home
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Away
Summer Paralympics
Appearances11 (First in 1976 )
Best result Silver medal with cup.svg (2) 1976, 1984
World Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1983 )
Best result Silver medal with cup.svg (2) 1983, 2002
Sitting Volleyball European Championships
Appearances15 (First in 1981 )
Best result Silver medal with cup.svg (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.

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Players

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

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The following is the German roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. [2]

Head coach: Rudi Sonnenbichler

NameDate of birthPosition2012 club
1 Alexander Schiffler 20 January 1982UN Flag of Germany.svg BV Leipzig
3 Thomas Renger 19 August 1972M Flag of Germany.svg TSV Bayer Leverkusen
5 Stefan Hähnlein 12 June 1990SE Flag of Germany.svg TSV Bayer Leverkusen
6 Sebastian Czpakowski 12 April 1974WS Flag of Germany.svg TSV Bayer Leverkusen
7 Heiko Wiesenthal 12 February 1975OS Flag of Germany.svg TSV Bayer Leverkusen
8 Peter Schlorf 4 June 1986M Flag of Germany.svg SSC Berlin
9 Jürgen Schrapp 27 July 1974WS Flag of Germany.svg TSV Bayer Leverkusen
10 Christoph Herzog 27 July 1983WS Flag of Germany.svg BV Leipzig
11 Barbaros Sayilir 25 October 1988UN Flag of Germany.svg TSV Bayer Leverkusen
14 Torben Schiewe 11 March 1985SE Flag of Germany.svg BCV Celle

Honours

Paralympic Games

Germany vs Iran during a 2016 friendly game in Tehran Sitting volleyball, Iran vs Germany 2016.jpg
Germany vs Iran during a 2016 friendly game in Tehran

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

Minor tournaments

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.

StageTournamentOpponentsResultDetails
GS1995 European ChampionshipsBosnia3:0
Final1999 European ChampionshipsBosnia0:3
QF 2000 Summer Paralympics BiH1:3
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)
SF 2004 Summer Paralympics BiH2:3
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)
SF 2012 Summer Paralympics BiH0:3
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]

RankMovementCountryPointsRegion
1Steady2.svg5215Asia-Oceania
2Steady2.svg4708Pan America
3Increase2.svg 1 4523Africa
4Decrease2.svg 1 4300Europe
5Steady2.svg
Germany
3578Europe

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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.