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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 GamesEventGoldSilverBronze
    Arnhem 1980MNetherlandsSwedenYugoslavia
    Stoke Mandeville & New York 1984MNetherlandsFR GermanySweden
    Seoul 1988MIranNetherlandsNorway
    Barcelona 1992MIranNetherlandsGermany
    Atlanta 1996MIranNorwayFinland
    Sydney 2000MIranBosnia & HerzegovinaFinland
    Athens 2004MBosnia & HerzegovinaIranEgypt
    Athens 2004WChinaNetherlandsUnited States
    Beijing 2008MIranBosnia & HerzegovinaRussia
    Beijing 2008WChinaUnited StatesNetherlands
    London 2012MBosnia & HerzegovinaIranGermany
    London 2012WChinaUnited StatesUkraine
    Rio 2016MIranBosnia & HerzegovinaEgypt
    Rio 2016WUnited StatesChinaBrazil
    Tokyo 2020MIranRPCBosnia & Herzegovina
    Tokyo 2020WUnited StatesChinaBrazil
    Paris 2024M
    Paris 2024W

    Specific Competition Regulations (not yet available)

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  • Qualification

    Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification Process

    MenWomen
    HostFranceFrance
    World ChampionshipsIranBrazil
    PVA Zone Championships
    PVAO Zone Championships
    PVE Zone Championships
    PVPA Zone ChampionshipsBrazilUnited States
    World Cup
    Paris 2024 Final Qualification Tournaments

    The qualification process for Paris 2024 is as follows:

    1. France as host is automatically qualified.
    2. Iran (M) and Brazil (W) have qualified from the 2022 World Championships.

    The remaining positions will be determined by:

    1. Pan America – Winner (M) and Winner or highest placed non-qualified team (W) Zonal Championships
    2. Africa – Winner (M) and Winner (W) Zonal Championships
    3. Asia – Winner or highest placed non-qualified team (M) and Winner (W) Zonal Championships
    4. Europe – Winner or highest placed non-qualified teams. (M & W) Zonal Championships
    5. World Cup (Egypt) – Winner or highest placed non-qualified teams (M & W)
    6. Final Qualification Event (TBD) – Winner or highest placed non-qualified teams (M & W)
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