Sport preview: Sitting volleyball

United States women are determined delayed arrival won’t derail gold medal bid CHIBA (OIS) – The road to the Paralympics is often tricky, but no team has navigated more roadblocks en route to Tokyo 2020 than the United States women’s sitting volleyball squad. The defending gold medallists had to scramble...

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Paralympic sitting volleyball by the numbers

The sitting volleyball tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will begin on August 27 and will run until September 5 at the Makuhari Messe Hall A. The men’s competition has been featured in each of the 11 Paralympic Games since its debut in 1980, while the women’s competition started...

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Tokyo 2020 women’s preview: Eight teams chase history in Tokyo

The Tokyo 2020 women’s competition highlights the return of Japan to the Paralympic Games, opening the sitting volleyball competition against debutantes Italy on Friday, August 28 at 10.00 (local time). Italy earned their well-deserved ticket to Tokyo 2020 by finishing second at the 2019 European Sitting Volleyball Championship against gold...

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Egypt coach Elaiuty aims for medal upgrade in Tokyo

Egypt coach Mosaad Elaiuty is looking for more than just a bronze medal finish at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The African powerhouse team prevailed against hosts Brazil in a five-set encounter for a bronze medal finish at the Rio 2016 Paralympics. This time in the Japanese capital, the Egyptian...

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Updated: Where to watch Tokyo 2020 sitting volleyball

The sitting volleyball tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games starts on Friday, August 27 and ends with women’s gold medal match on September 5. Eight teams per gender will compete in Tokyo. The men’s tournament comprise of hosts Japan, reigning Olympic and world champions Iran, Bosnia Herzegovina, RPC, Brazil,...

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Tokyo 2020 sitting volleyball competition schedule confirmed

The full match schedule for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Men’s and Women’s Sitting Volleyball Tournaments has been confirmed. Competition will begin on 27 August, three days after the Opening Ceremony, and will end on 5 September, the final day of the Paralympics. The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics have been postponed...

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Cairo to close 2021 with Sitting Volleyball World Cup

Egypt’s capital city, Cairo, will conclude an action-packed 2021 after being confirmed as hosts of the Sitting Volleyball World Cup from December 10 to 15 at the Cairo International Stadium. The biggest sitting volleyball event in the World ParaVolley calendar will feature 16 teams each for the men’s and women’s...

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Canada releases roster for Tokyo 2020

The athletes set to represent Canada in women’s sitting volleyball at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games this summer have been selected, the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Volleyball Canada announced today. The team is returning 11 players who together captured a bronze medal at the Lima 2019 Parapan Am Games....

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