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 the 6th edition of this tournament (3rd using the World Cup moniker)[ 1] [ 2] and was, for the first time, held in Cairo , Egypt .[ 3] 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.[ 4]
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).[ 5] [ 6] However, on 12 March, it was confirmed the event would be postponed until further notice.[ 7] The tournament was going to commence on 10–15 December 2021. Although, for a second time, the event was postponed.[ 8] [ 9] After multiple postponements, Cairo , Egypt was given the hosting rights on the 13 September 2022 for the 2023 edition.[ 3] This marks Egypt's first time organising the event.
Host (1)
Participating teams (12)
^ Nigeria originally entered, but withdrew right before the tournament started.[ 10] They were originally placed in Group C. The venue was the New Capital Sports Hall in the New Administrative Capital , near Cairo .[ 11] 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.[ 12]
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.
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 [ 12] 12 Nov 10:00 Rwanda 2–3 Iraq 22–25 25–16 20–25 26–24 13–15 106–105 [ 12] 14 Nov 10:00 Egypt 3–0 Rwanda 25–16 25–17 25–18 75–51 [ 12]
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 [ 12] 13 Nov 10:00 Iran 3–0 Japan 25–13 25–14 25–21 75–48 [ 12] 14 Nov 11:30 Algeria 0–3 Iran 5–25 10–25 10–25 25–75 [ 12]
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 [ 12] 13 Nov 12:00 Brazil 1–3 China 25–18 17–25 10–25 14–25 66–93 [ 12] 14 Nov 13:30 India 0–3 Brazil 7–25 18–25 12–25 37–75 [ 12]
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
5–8 classification bracket[ 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 [ 12] 15 Nov 13:30 Iran 3–0 Iraq 25–12 25–14 25–13 75–39 [ 12] 15 Nov 15:00 China 1–3 Ukraine 20–25 25–22 23–25 17–25 85–97 [ 12] 15 Nov 17:00 Germany 3–1 Brazil 25–20 25–19 20–25 25–21 95–85 [ 12]
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 [ 12] 16 Nov 15:00 Egypt 3–1 Germany 25–20 25–20 23–25 25–18 98–83 [ 12]
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 [ 12]
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 [ 12]
Classification rounds [ 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 [ 12] 16 Nov 11:30 Japan 1–3 Brazil 25–21 12–25 6–25 16–25 59–96 [ 12]
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 [ 12]
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 [ 12]
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
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.[ 13]
The awards were as follows:
MVP
Best Setter
Best Attacker
Best Receiver
Best Server
Best Blocker
Best Libero
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