Volleyball competition held in Egypt
2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Men's event Host nation Egypt City Cairo Dates 11–18 November Teams 13 (from 4 confederations) Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Champions Iran (th title)Runners-up Egypt Third place Germany Fourth place Ukraine Matches played 37 Cairo 2023
The 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Men's event was for the first time held in Cairo , Egypt .[1] The winners or highest ranked team not yet qualified, will advance to the 2024 Summer Paralympics . The defending champions are Iran , and successfully defended their title, overcoming Egypt 3–0 in the final.[2]
Host selection [ edit ] Originally, Cairo was chosen as the replacement venue for the 2020 edition in Hangzhou , China after the Chinese withdrew because of the Covid-19 pandemic (the competition dates were 24–30 April).[3] [4] However, on 12 March, it was confirmed the event would be postponed until further notice.[5] The tournament was going to commence on 10–15 December 2021. Although, for a second time, the event was postponed.[6] [7] After multiple postponements, Cairo , Egypt was given the hosting rights on the 13 September 2022 for the 2023 edition.[1] This marks Egypt's first time organising the event.
Host (1)
Participating teams (12)
^ Nigeria originally entered, but withdrew right before the tournament started.[8] They were originally placed in Group C. The venue was the New Capital Sports Hall in the New Administrative Capital , near Cairo .[9] Despite the tournament being held just outside of Cairo, the event was still called Cairo 2023 .
Broadcasting rights [ edit ] Every game was broadcast on the World ParaVolley YouTube channel.
Squads ranged from 8 to 14 players for the tournament.[10]
13 teams are divided into three groups of three and a group of four. The top two in each group plays in the quarterfinals, while the eliminated teams plays in the classification group.
Group stage [ edit ] Group A [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification 1 Egypt (H) 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 102 1.471 Quarterfinals 2 Iraq 2 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 156 181 0.862 3 Rwanda 2 0 2 1 2 6 0.333 157 180 0.872
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 11 Nov 18:30 Iraq 0–3 Egypt 17–25 11–25 23–25 51–75 [10] 12 Nov 10:00 Rwanda 2–3 Iraq 22–25 25–16 20–25 26–24 13–15 106–105 [10] 14 Nov 10:00 Egypt 3–0 Rwanda 25–16 25–17 25–18 75–51 [10]
Group B [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification 1 Iran 2 2 0 6 6 0 MAX 150 73 2.055 Quarterfinals 2 Japan 2 1 1 3 3 4 0.750 149 155 0.961 3 Algeria 2 0 2 0 1 6 0.167 105 176 0.597
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 12 Nov 11:30 Japan 3–1 Algeria 26–28 25–18 25–21 25–13 101–80 [10] 13 Nov 10:00 Iran 3–0 Japan 25–13 25–14 25–21 75–48 [10] 14 Nov 11:30 Algeria 0–3 Iran 5–25 10–25 10–25 25–75 [10]
Group C [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification 1 China 2 2 0 6 6 1 6.000 168 90 1.867 Quarterfinals 2 Brazil 2 1 1 3 4 3 1.333 141 130 1.085 3 India 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 61 150 0.407
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 12 Nov 13:30 China 3–0 India 25–4 25–8 25–12 75–24 [10] 13 Nov 12:00 Brazil 1–3 China 25–18 17–25 10–25 14–25 66–93 [10] 14 Nov 13:30 India 0–3 Brazil 7–25 18–25 12–25 37–75 [10]
Group D [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification 1 Germany 3 3 0 9 9 0 MAX 225 109 2.064 Quarterfinals 2 Ukraine 3 2 1 6 6 3 2.000 198 169 1.172 3 France 3 1 2 3 3 7 0.429 185 223 0.830 4 Great Britain 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 140 247 0.567
Knockout stage [ edit ] 5–8 classification bracket [ edit ] Quarterfinals [ edit ] Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 15 Nov 11:30 Egypt 3–0 Japan 25–12 25–19 25–9 75–40 [10] 15 Nov 13:30 Iran 3–0 Iraq 25–12 25–14 25–13 75–39 [10] 15 Nov 15:00 China 1–3 Ukraine 20–25 25–22 23–25 17–25 85–97 [10] 15 Nov 17:00 Germany 3–1 Brazil 25–20 25–19 20–25 25–21 95–85 [10]
Semifinals [ edit ] Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 16 Nov 13:30 Iran 3–0 Ukraine 25–12 25–10 25–22 75–44 [10] 16 Nov 15:00 Egypt 3–1 Germany 25–20 25–20 23–25 25–18 98–83 [10]
Third place match [ edit ] Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 18 Nov 13:30 Germany 3–2 Ukraine 25–16 24–26 22–25 25–18 15–5 111–90 [10]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 18 Nov 18:00 Egypt 0–3 Iran 21–25 19–25 17–25 57–75 [10]
Classification rounds [ edit ] 5–8 Semifinals [ edit ] Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 16 Nov 10:00 Iraq 0–3 China 14–25 13–25 9–25 36–75 [10] 16 Nov 11:30 Japan 1–3 Brazil 25–21 12–25 6–25 16–25 59–96 [10]
Seventh place match [ edit ] Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 18 Nov 10:00 Japan 1–3 Iraq 26–24 14–25 21–25 13–25 74–99 [10]
Fifth place match [ edit ] Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 18 Nov 11:30 China 1–3 Brazil 21–25 22–25 28–26 20–25 91–101 [10]
9–13th placement group [ edit ] The five teams who failed to make quarterfinals all play each other in a five team group to decide the places 9–13.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification 1 Rwanda 4 4 0 12 12 0 MAX 300 169 1.775 Ninth place 2 France 4 3 1 9 9 5 1.800 306 282 1.085 Tenth place 3 Algeria 4 2 2 6 7 6 1.167 287 268 1.071 Eleventh place 4 Great Britain 4 1 3 3 4 9 0.444 255 295 0.864 Twelfth place 5 India 4 0 4 0 0 12 0.000 166 300 0.553 Thirteenth place
Final rankings [ edit ] Since Iran qualified for the Paralympics via winning the world championship, and Egypt qualified due to winning the African championship, Germany took the ticket to the Paralympics.[11]
The awards were as follows:
MVP
Best Setter
Best Attacker
Best Receiver
Best Server
Best Blocker
Best Libero
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