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PARIS 2024 PARALYMPIC GAMES - Sitting Volleyball
- About the Competition
Two gold medals will be at stake at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in the men’s and women’s competitions.
The sitting volleyball competition at Paris 2024 will feature eight teams in each of the men’s and women’s competitions, with qualification through continental events. The sitting volleyball events will take place between the 29th of August and the 7th of September 2024.
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Player Eligibility
To be eligible as a player for the 2024 Paris Paralympics, players must have competed in a World ParaVolley sanctioned competition between 1 January 2022 and 30 June 2024.
Recognised sanctioned competitions are World ParaVolley events, Zone Championships and Regional Paralympic Games. These include:
2022 World Championships
2023 Zone Championships (PVA, PVPA, PVAO and PVE)
2023 World Cup
2023 Asia Para Games, African Para Games, Para PanAm Games
2024 Final Paralympic Qualifier
2023 Women’s World Super 6
2023 / 2024 Men’s World Super 6 (subject to confirming a host and event dates)The Venue – The North Paris Arena
North Paris Arena is located in the Villepinte exhibition centre in Seine-Saint-Denis. This venue will host the preliminary rounds of the boxing events and the fencing ranking round of the modern pentathlon event during the Olympic Games, as well as the sitting volleyball events during the Paralympic Games.
Winners
Paralympic Games Event Gold Silver Bronze Arnhem 1980 M Netherlands Sweden Yugoslavia Stoke Mandeville & New York 1984 M Netherlands FR Germany Sweden Seoul 1988 M Iran Netherlands Norway Barcelona 1992 M Iran Netherlands Germany Atlanta 1996 M Iran Norway Finland Sydney 2000 M Iran Bosnia & Herzegovina Finland Athens 2004 M Bosnia & Herzegovina Iran Egypt Athens 2004 W China Netherlands United States Beijing 2008 M Iran Bosnia & Herzegovina Russia Beijing 2008 W China United States Netherlands London 2012 M Bosnia & Herzegovina Iran Germany London 2012 W China United States Ukraine Rio 2016 M Iran Bosnia & Herzegovina Egypt Rio 2016 W United States China Brazil Tokyo 2020 M Iran RPC Bosnia & Herzegovina Tokyo 2020 W United States China Brazil Paris 2024 M Paris 2024 W Specific Competition Regulations (not yet available)
- Qualification
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification Process
Men Women Host France France World Championships Iran Brazil PVA Zone Championships Egypt Rwanda PVAO Zone Championships Kazakhstan China PVE Zone Championships Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy PVPA Zone Championships Brazil United States World Cup Germany Canada Paris 2024 Final Qualification Tournaments The qualified teams for Paris 2024 are as follows:
- France as host is automatically qualified.
- Iran (M) and Brazil (W) have qualified from the 2022 World Championships.
- Brazil (M) and United States (W) have qualified from the Pan American Zonal Championships.
- Kazakhstan (M) and China (W) have qualified from the Asian Zonal Championships.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (M) and Italy (W) have qualified from the European Zonal Championships.
- Egypt (M) and Rwanda (M) have qualified from the African Zonal Championships.
- Germany (M) and Canada (W) have qualified from the 2023 World Cup.
The remaining positions will be determined by:
- Final Qualification Event (3-10 April, Dali, China) – The WPV Final Qualifier is a World ParaVolley invitational event, designed with the objective to fill the last remaining qualification spot for the Paralympic Games. As such, invitations to participate in the Final Qualification Events are targeted at the eight (8) teams (including the host), not yet qualified as a result of the WPV World Championships, WPV World Cup, and Zonal Championship opportunities. Initial invitations will be offered to those teams that are the highest ranked not-yet-qualified teams, based on WPV World Rankings following the World Cup. As the host of the Final Qualification event for Women, China have already qualified, and they will not participate in the finals stage of the competition. The Final Qualification events must be completed by mid-April 2024 to meet the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games entry timelines.