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