World ParaVolley is pleased to announce that the appointed Scrutineers have verified the recent Board election results from the General Assembly on December 6, 2020. Barry Couzner OAM (AUS) was re-elected unopposed for another four-year term as President, Louise Ashcroft (CAN) was re-elected as Medical Director and Dr Ivana Pavic...
The World ParaVolley history podcast is back to unfold more stories of our sport’s colourful past. This time, we are honoured to be joined by ParaVolley PanAmerica president and former international referee Joe Campbell. In this episode Campbell breaks down the paravolley’s evolution in terms of development, innovation and refereeing....
The independent World ParaVolley Judicial Commission has suspended a Sitting Volleyball Athlete (the Player) for one year after determining that the Player had committed Intentional Misrepresentation during Classification. The Player is now classified as Sport Class Not Eligible and will be eligible for re-classification in October 2021. After considering evidence...
Please be advised that the Executive Committee of the Board has approved the postponement of the Final Men’s Qualifier for Tokyo 2020 as proposed by NPC GER, on the basis of the COVID situation in Germany. The following Motion was passed: “That the Final Qualifier for Men in Germany is...
The World ParaVolley Foundation has relaunched a campaign to raise $10,000 to build a sustainable platform that would provide growth to the sport and provide opportunities to the athletes. The support of many individual donors, corporate sponsors, foundations and program partners would make an impact in the development of the...
On 6 December, World ParaVolley held the first ever virtual Biennial General Assembly with members attending online from all four Zones of the world. The meeting was sponsored by ParaVolley equipment supplier QH, the Jiangsu Qianghuai Sporting Goods Co Ltd. from China, which have recently agreed to support World ParaVolley...
Historic initiative follows UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities’ theme ‘Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 world’ The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is to make EUR 1.8 million worth of grant funding available to its 200-plus member organisations during 2021 as part of efforts...
