Tokyo, 13th November 2019 Match 1 – JAPAN v RUSSIA Match 2 – USA v UKRAINE Match 3 – RUSSIA v UKRAINE Nomura World Super 6 Women – Bulletin 2 JAPAN v RUSSIA – 0-3 (12-25, 22-25, 18-25) The opening game of the 2019 World Super 6 tournament saw Japan...
World ParaVolley, Volleyball Canada and Volleyball Nova Scotia sign the contract for the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament World ParaVolley, Volleyball Canada and Volleyball Nova Scotia are pleased to announce that the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from...
World ParaVolley president Barry Couzner OAM and International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWASF) president Rudi Van De Abbeele met in Bonn recently on the occasion of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Conference and General Assembly. They took the opportunity to sign the agreement for sitting volleyball to be included...
World ParaVolley is pleased to announce that Ms. Anna Tomas has been appointed as the Federation’s Communications Manager. Ms. Tomas brings to World ParaVolley more than 15 years of experience as a sport information specialist, media delegate and website editor for the FIVB. She has covered both indoor volleyball and...
The World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Rules of the Game Committee has been confirmed, with the addition of the Women’s and Men’s teams’ representatives having been confirmed by the Board of Directors. Recent elections for these two positions resulted in Bill Hamiter, USA, and Michael Merten, GER having been elected to...
October, 2019 – All 2019 Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships have now been completed, and the following teams have now qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Sitting Volleyball Competition. Men Japan – Host IR Iran – 1st place, 2018 World Championships Bosnia & Herzegovina – 2nd place, 2018 World Championships...
According to Pieter Joon, our first President, and the Minutes of the Meeting, on 24 April 1981 “World ParaVolley” was formally created at a meeting in Bonn on the occasion of the European Sitting Volleyball Championships. This group was, in fact, the historic “Sitting Volleyball Committee of ISOD” and the...
World ParaVolley and USA Volleyball sign the Contract for the Tokyo 2020 Men’s Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament World ParaVolley and USA Volleyball are pleased to announce that the Tokyo 2020 Men’s Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament will be held in Edmond, Oklahoma in the period 16 to 21 March 2020. ...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2020 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List); the 2020 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes; and the 2020 Monitoring Program. The List, which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) on 23 September 2019, comes into force on 1 January 2020. The...
22-Sep-2019 Egypt Men qualify for Tokyo 2020! Egypt defeated Rwanda 3-0 (25-6, 25-11, 25-16) in the final of the Men’s ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships, winning the gold and also the ParaVolley Africa qualification spot for Tokyo 2020! Algeria defeated Kenya for Bronze 3-1 (25-21, 20-25, 25-15, 27-25) and in...
