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]
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MVP
Best Setter
Best Attacker
Best Receiver
Best Server
Best Blocker
Best Libero
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