The Afghanistan men's national volleyball team represents

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

in international

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

competitions and friendly matches.

Competitive record

Asian Championship

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

— 15th place *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

— 20th place *

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

— 14th place

Asian Games

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

— 17th place

CAVA Nations League

— 5th place * 2024 — 6th place

CAVA Challenge Cup

* 2023 — 3rd place * 2024 — 4th place

Squad

Afghanistan national volleyball team 2022 The squad is made up of 14 players and 3 coaches and manager. *Head coach: Mohammad Asadollahi Saraghein *Assistant: Mohammad Sabir Noori *Assistant: Nesar Ahmad Hanafi *Team manager: Mohammad Nasir Noori *Naseer Kohistani *Gulam Rasool Haidari *Ozair Mohammad Asefi *Sayed Habib Yousufi *Abdul Malik Mamoozai *Lutfullah Azizi *Shafiqullah Chaparhari *Mohammad Sabawoon Wardak *Mohammad Imran Niazai *Besmallah Sultani *Adil Shah Zakeeri *Abdulmutaleb Mohammadi *Abadullah Pacha *Sabawoon Ghorzang

Medals

has only one bronze medal in its history of volleyball, which it won from the Asians Men's Central Zone 2015 DHAKA, BANGLADESH Afghanistan and Pakistan have faced each other in total of 19 volleyball matches. Afghanistan have won 12 whereas Pakistan have won 7. Afghanistan and India have faced each other in total of 13 volleyball matches. Afghanistan have won 8 whereas India have won 5. Afghanistan and Nepal have faced each other in total of 7 volleyball matches. Afghanistan have won 5 whereas Nepal have won 2. Afghanistan and Bhutan have faced each other in total of 6 volleyball matches. Afghanistan have won 6 whereas Bhutan have won 0. Afghanistan and Sri Lanka have faced each other in total of 11 volleyball matches. Afghanistan have won 8 whereas Sri Lanka have won 3. Afghanistan and Bangladesh have faced each other in total of 17 volleyball matches. Afghanistan have won 12 whereas Bangladesh have won 5.Afghanistan 12 wins vs Bangladesh 5 wins in volleyball.

References

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