The stakes were high on Day 4 of the Tokyo 2020 Men’s Qualification Tournament in Duisburg, Germany. And when the dust of the battles had settled, hosts Germany and Kazakhstan that came out as the victors on Friday. Saturday afternoon 16.00 CEST the first place and the ticket to Tokyo...
Only one spot is left to complete the semifinal line-up for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Tournament. Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Germany secured their spot on Thursday. The fourth and final semifinal place will be contested on Friday between Croatia and Canada. Kazakhstan vs. United States 3-1 (19-25, 25-19, 25-14,...
The World ParaVolley Medical Department created an infogram explaining the Sport Class Status as a result of surveys filled out by athletes and coaches after attending classification. The infogram is a helpful and interesting tool to improve the understanding about classification and remove some of the mystery and myths around...
Only two teams remain unbeaten at the Tokyo 2020 Men’s Qualification Tournament in Duisburg, Germany. Kazakhstan got the better of Germany in a hard fought battle in Pool A1, Ukraine flew past USA to claim top spot in Pool B1. In the third match of the day Croatia got their...
The first day of play of the Tokyo 2020 Men’s Qualification Tournament in Duisburg, Germany resulted in three 3-0 victories for hosts Germany, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. For Canada this meant they were at the receiving end of two of those matches. Croatia started well in all of their sets against...
Six teams have gathered in Duisburg, Germany to contest the final spot for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, to be held later this year. After more than a year without international competition it’s anyone’s guess who will be favourite. On Tuesday the first pool matches will be played, the...
After more than two years, World ParaVolley is excited with the possibility of an international beach paravolley event taking place in Portugal as part of the IWAS Festival of Sport’s 1st IWAS Guttman Games to be held from October 7 to 13 in Vila Real de San Atonio in Portugal....
From IPC The International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Tokyo 2020) have today launched the second editions of the Tokyo 2020 Playbooks, with the version for Athletes and Team Officials. Building on February’s publication, the new Playbooks...
The celebration of the International World ParaVolley Day commemorates the official start of the International Federation. On 24 April 1981, World ParaVolley was formally created at a meeting in Bonn, Germany on the occasion of the European Sitting Volleyball Championships. The current World ParaVolley Board of Directors has approved that International...
The World ParaVolley history podcast returns with fresh insights into the ever-winding story of the sport. That said, we continue celebrating the International ParaVolley Day for a second straight year with the newest episode dropping today featuring former World ParaVolley development director John Kessel. In this episode, Kessel shares some...
