The 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Men's event was the 6th edition of this tournament (3rd using the World Cup moniker) and was, for the first time, held in Cairo, Egypt. 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.
Host selection 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). However, on 12 March, it was confirmed the event would be postponed until further notice. The tournament was going to commence on 10–15 December 2021. Although, for a second time, the event was postponed. After multiple postponements, Cairo, Egypt was given the hosting rights on the 13 September 2022 for the 2023 edition. This marks Egypt's first time organising the event.
Teams
Host (1)
Participating teams (12)
Venue The venue was the New Capital Sports Hall in the New Administrative Capital, near Cairo. Despite the tournament being held just outside of Cairo, the event was still called Cairo 2023.
New Administrative CapitalNew Capital Sports HallCapacity: 7,500
Broadcasting rights Every game was broadcast on the World ParaVolley YouTube channel.
Squads Squads ranged from 8 to 14 players for the tournament.
Format 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 Group A All times are local.
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
5–8 classification bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Classification rounds
5–8 Semifinals
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
9–13th placement group The five teams who failed to make quarterfinals all play each other in a five team group to decide the places 9–13.
Final rankings 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. RankTeam45678910111213
Team Qualified for the 2024 Paralympics
Awards The awards were as follows:
MVP Davoud Alipourian
Best Setter Davoud Alipourian
Best Attacker Hesham Salahadeen Abdel Maksod
Best Receiver Meisam Ali Pour
Best Server Elsayed Moussa Saad Moussa
Best Blocker Dominik Marcel Albrecht
Best Libero Abdelnaby Hassan Ahmed Abdellatif
See also 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Men's event 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's event 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Women's event 2023 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships 2023 Pan American Sitting Volleyball Championships 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament 2024 Paralympic Final Qualification Tournament – Men's tournament 2024 Paralympic Final Qualification Tournament – Women's tournament 2024 World ParaVolley Women's Super 6 Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official website World ParaVolley YouTube channel.