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

Association	National Paralympic Committee Germany
Head coach	Michael Merten
Uniforms
Home Away
Summer Paralympics
Appearances	11 (First in 1976)
Best result	(2) 1976, 1984
World Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1983)
Best result	(2) 1983, 2002
Sitting Volleyball European Championships
Appearances	15 (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
1	Alexander Schiffler	20 January 1982	UN	BV Leipzig
3	Thomas Renger	19 August 1972	M	TSV Bayer Leverkusen
5	Stefan Hähnlein	12 June 1990	SE	TSV Bayer Leverkusen
6	Sebastian Czpakowski	12 April 1974	WS	TSV Bayer Leverkusen
7	Heiko Wiesenthal	12 February 1975	OS	TSV Bayer Leverkusen
8	Peter Schlorf	4 June 1986	M	SSC Berlin
9	Jürgen Schrapp	27 July 1974	WS	TSV Bayer Leverkusen
10	Christoph Herzog	27 July 1983	WS	BV Leipzig
11	Barbaros Sayilir	25 October 1988	UN	TSV Bayer Leverkusen
14	Torben Schiewe	11 March 1985	SE	BCV Celle

Honours

Paralympic Games

Germany vs Iran during a 2016 friendly game in Tehran

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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

World Championships Year Position 1983 Delden Runners-up 1985 Kristiansand 7th place 1986 Pécs 6th place 1989 Las Vegas 3rd place 1990 Assen 5th place 1994 Bottrop 6th place 1998 Tehran 5th place 2002 Cairo Runners-up 2006 Roermond 4th place 2010 Edmond 6th place 2014 Elblag Third place

European Championships Games Place 1981 Bonn Runners-up 1987 Sarajevo N/A 1991 Nottingham N/A 1993 Järvenpää N/A 1995 Ljubljana N/A 1997 Tallinn N/A 1999 Sarajevo Runners-up 2001 Sárospatak Runners-up 2003 Lappeenranta Runners-up 2005 Leverkusen Runners-up 2007 Nyíregyháza 3rd place 2009 Elblag 3rd place 2011 Rotterdam 3rd place 2013 Elblag 3rd place 2015 Warendorf Runners-up 2017 Poreč 5th 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		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

See also

• Germany portal

• Germany at the Paralympics
• Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
• World Organization Volleyball for Disabled