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.
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
Honours
Paralympic Games
GamesPlace 1976 Toronto 1980 Arnhem N/A 1984 New York 1988 Seoul 6th place 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 5th place 2000 Sydney 5th place 2004 Athens 4th place 2008 Beijing Did not qualify 2012 London 2016 Rio 6th place 2020 Paris 4th place
World Championships
YearPosition1983 Delden Runners-up1985 Kristiansand 7th place1986 Pécs 6th place1989 Las Vegas 3rd place1990 Assen 5th place1994 Bottrop 6th place1998 Tehran5th place2002 Cairo Runners-up2006 Roermond 4th place2010 Edmond6th place2014 ElblągThird place
European Championships
GamesPlace1981 Bonn Runners-up1987 Sarajevo N/A1991 Nottingham N/A1993 Järvenpää N/A1995 Ljubljana N/A1997 TallinnN/A1999 Sarajevo Runners-up2001 Sárospatak Runners-up2003 Lappeenranta Runners-up2005 Leverkusen Runners-up2007 Nyíregyháza 3rd place2009 Elbląg 3rd place2011 Rotterdam 3rd place2013 Elbląg3rd place2015 WarendorfRunners-up2017 Poreč5th 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.
StageTournamentOpponentsResultDetailsGS1995 European ChampionshipsBosnia3:0Final1999 European ChampionshipsBosnia0:3QF2000 Summer ParalympicsBiH1:3Final2001 European ChampionshipsBiH1:3GS2002 World ChampionshipsBiH0:3Final2002 World ChampionshipsBiH0:3Final2003 European ChampionshipsBiH0:3SF2004 Summer ParalympicsBiH2:3Final2005 European ChampionshipsBiH0:3GS2006 World ChampionshipsBiH0:3Int.2007 Friendly (in Berlin, GER)BiH1:3SF2007 European ChampionshipsBiH2:3SF2009 European ChampionshipsBiH0:3SF2012 Summer ParalympicsBiH0:3QF2014 World ChampionshipsBiH1:3Final2015 European ChampionshipsBiH0:3TOTAL Record–14 TournamentsPlayed: 15Won: 1; Lost: 14
World ranking As at 28 September 2016.
RankMovementCountryPointsRegion1 5215Asia-Oceania2 4708Pan America3 4523Africa4 4300Europe5 3578Europe
See also
Germany at the Paralympics Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics World Organization Volleyball for Disabled
References