Tunisia men's national volleyball team

The Tunisia men's national volleyball team (), 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). Twelve-time African Championship winners (1967, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2026), Tunisia have participated in seven Olympics, with a best finish of ninth at Los Angeles 1984.

Results

Olympic Games {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" width="55%" ! colspan="11" |Olympic Games record |- !width="10%" |Year !width="15%" |Round !width="10%" |Rank !width="5%" | !width="5%" | !width="5%" | !width="5%" | !width="5%" | |- | 1964 | colspan="7" |Did not qualify |- | 1968 | colspan="7" |Withdrew |- | 1972 |Preliminary round|| 12th || 6 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 18 |- | 1976 | colspan="7" |Did not qualify |- | 1980 | colspan="7" |Withdrew |- | 1984 |Preliminary round|| 9th || 5 || 1 || 4 || 3 || 14 |- | 1988 |Preliminary round|| 12th || 7 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 21 |- | 1992 | colspan="7" |Did not qualify |- | 1996 |Preliminary round|| 11th || 5 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 15 |- | 2000 | colspan="7" |Did not qualify |- | 2004 |Preliminary round|| 11th || 5 || 0 || 5 || 4 || 15 |- | 2008 | colspan="7" |Did not qualify |- | 2012 |Preliminary round|| 11th || 5 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 15 |- | 2016 | colspan="7" |Did not qualify |- | 2020 |Preliminary round|| 11th || 5 || 0 || 5 || 3 || 15 |- | 2024 | colspan="7" |Did not qualify |- | 2028 | colspan="7" |Qualified |- | 2032 | colspan="7" | ''TBD|- ! Total !Preliminary round|| 7/17 || 38 || 1 || 37 || 13 || 113

World Championship FIVB World Championships recordYearRoundRank 1949Did not enter 1952 1956 1960 1962Withdrew 4 1 3 3 12 1966Did not enter 1970Group stages22nd11381128 1974Group stages18th11381228 1978Group stages24th909027 1982Group stages21st9361120 1986Did not qualify 1990 1994 1998 2002Group stages19th30329 2006Second round15th9361522 2010Group stages19th30319 2014Group stages21st505415 2018Group stages23rd505215 2022Round of 1616th41339 2025Round of 1612th42276 2027Qualified 2029to be determinedTotalRound of 16 12/2277166171200

World Cup World Cup recordYearRoundRank 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 recordYearRoundRank 19901990 to 2013 Did not participate 2013 2014 G3 GS27th615617 2015 G3 GS30th615516 2016 G3 GS33rd6331013 2017 G3 GS30th6421512Total 4/28249153658

Challenger Cup FIVB Challenger Cup recordYearRoundRank 2018Did not enter 2019 2020Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 2022Quarter-finals6th10113 2023Quarter-finals8th10103 2024Did not qualifyTotalQuarter-finals2/520216

African Championship

African Volleyball Championship recordYearRoundRank 1967Champions1st330150 1971Champions1st550153 1976Runners-up2nd541134 1979Champions1st330150 1983Runners-up2nd651166 1987Champions1st550152 1989Did not compete 1991Third place3rd532136 1993Runners-up2nd541125 1995Champions1st550152 1997Champions1st550152 1999Champions1st440122 2001Did not compete 2003Champions1st541134 2005Runners-up2nd651166 2007Runners-up2nd651173 2009Group stages5th642137 2011Third place3rd532117 2013Runners-up2nd541138 2015Runners-up2nd642149 2017Champions1st660184 2019Champions1st660183 2021Champions1st66018 2 2023Quarter-finals5th761193 2026Champions1st550151Total 12 Titles23/24114981632688

African Games African Games recordYearRoundRank 1965Runners-up2nd 1969 Disrupted by military coup 1973Runners-up2nd 1978Champions1st 1987 Did not compete 1991Third place3rd 1995 Did not compete 1999 2003 2007Runners-up2nd752178 2011 Did not compete 2015 2019 2023 Future eventTotal1 Title5/11

Arab Championship Arab Championship recordYearRoundRank 1977Did not compete 1980Champions1st 1984Champions1st 1986Did not compete 1988Champions1st 1992Did not compete 1994Third place3rd 1996Champions1st 1998Runners-up2nd 2000Champions1st 2002Champions1st 2006Champions1st651168 2008Runners-up2nd541145 2012Champions1st550152 2014Did not compete 2016 2018 2024Third place3rdTotal 8 titles12/17

Arab Games Arab Games recordYearRoundRank 1957Champions1st 1961 Cancelled 1965 Did not compete 1976 Cancelled 1985Champions1st 1992 Did not compete 1997 1999Champions1st 2004Third place3rd 2007Group stages5th 2011 Did not compete 2023Total3 titles5/10 Arab Volleyball Challenge Cup Arab Volleyball Challenge Cup recordYearRoundRank 2025Champions1st550150Total1 title1/15 5 0 15 0

Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games recordYearRoundRank 1959Did not compete 1963 1967 1971Semi-finals4th 1975Did not compete 1979 1983 1987Group stages5th 1991Did not compete 1993 1997 2001Runners-up2nd541134 2005Semi-finals4th53298 2009Semi-finals4th6331110 2013Runners-up2nd532118 2018Quarter-finals6th623910 2022Quarter-finals6th532109 2026Group stages5th532108TotalRunners-up9/173218136349 * Since 2001.

Maghreb Volleyball Championship Maghreb Volleyball Championship recordYearRoundRank 1967Champions1st 1968Champions1st 1969Champions1st 1970Champions1st 1971Champions1st 1972Champions1st 1973Champions1stTotal7 titles7/7

Others Men's European Volleyball Championship: 1958 (16th place) Cup of the five continents in Montevideo: 1969 (11th place) Afro-Arab Volleyball Friendship Cup: 1981 ( Champions) Cup of the President of Kazakhstan: 2012 ( Champions) Rashed International Tournament: 2012 ( Champions''') Torneo Internazionale Del Due Mari: 2023 ( Runner-up)

Current roster The following is the Tunisian roster in the 2026 Men's African Nations Volleyball Championship in Tunis + Tunisia national team roster No. Player Position Height Birth year Current club 3 Khaled Ben Slimene Setter 198 cm 1994 Al Ittihad SC 8 Ala Lachaal Setter 193 cm — Étoile Sportive du Sahel 4 Mohamed Ben Youssef Lasgher Opposite 192 cm 1997 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 18 Ali Bongui Opposite 201 cm 1996 Club Sportif Sfaxien 7 Ilyès Karamosli Outside hitter 198 cm 1989 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 9 Hamza Hfaiedh Outside hitter 192 cm 2002 Metalurg Pernik 14 Oussama Ben Romdhane Outside hitter 194 cm 2002 Tourcoing Lille Métropole 20 Hedi Khazri Outside hitter 190 cm 2000 Al Wasl SC 2 Ahmed Kadhi Middle blocker 199 cm 1989 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 5 Mahdi Bentaher Middle blocker 203 cm 2004 Tourcoing Lille Métropole 11 Wajdi Baroudi Middle blocker 200 cm 2002 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 13 Salim Mbareki Middle blocker 200 cm 1999 Espérance Sportive de Tunis 12 Mohamed Ridene Libero 180 cm 1996 Étoile Sportive du Sahel 19 Tayeb Korbosli Libero 188 cm 1993 Espérance Sportive de Tunis

+ Staff Nationality Staff member Role Camillo Placì Head coach Ahmed Bida Statistician Mohamed Ben Ali Statistician

All Time Head coaches PeriodHead 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 WagnerPeriodHead 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 Tunisian Volleyball Federation Tunisia men's national under-23 volleyball team Tunisia men's national under-21 volleyball team Tunisia men's national under-19 volleyball team Tunisia women's national volleyball team Tunisia women's national under-23 volleyball team Tunisia women's national under-21 volleyball team Tunisia women's national under-18 volleyball team

References

External links Official website FIVB profile