Tokyo, Japan, November 14, 2019 – The United States’ upturn in form continued as they posted two victories on Thursday to lead all teams in the standing in the 2019 World Super 6 for Women at the Taito Riverside Sports Centre. The reigning Paralympic Games champions have earned a total...
Tokyo, 14th November 2019 Match 4 – JAPAN v USA Match 5 – USA v RUSSIA Match 6 – JAPAN v UKRAINE Nomura World Super 6 for Women – Bulletin 3 JAPAN v USA – 0-3 (9-25 ; 10-25 ; 8-25) USA got their second win of the tournament against...
Tokyo, Japan, November 13, 2019 – European champions Russia recorded two victories, while reigning Paralympic champions the United States won their match on the opening day of the 2019 World Super 6 for Women at the Taito Riverside Sports Centre. In the tournament opener, Irina Smirnova and Ekaterina Okorokova led...
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 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...
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...
The history of volleyball for people with disabilities dates back to the 1950s. However, the first formal international organisation of the sport was formed in 1980 at the Paralympic Games in the Netherlands and was later called the ‘World Organisation of Volleyball for the Disabled’ (WOVD). The WOVD were successful...
The World ParaVolley (WPV) is looking for new hosts of the women’s Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament in 2020. The “Azzurri” will no longer host the qualifiers with the qualification of the Italian Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team to Tokyo. Six teams will vie for the last Paralympic berth in six days...
Indian state teams will clash once again at the 8th Sitting Volleyball Senior National Championships slated 27-28 July in Chennai. Participants will battle it out for the right to represent India in the 2020 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. The Paralympic Volleyball Federation of...
The 2019 European Sitting Volleyball Championships wrote an epic ending for its week-long run with Russia dominating both the men’s and women’s competition, yet again. After being down two sets to one and facing three match points, the Russian men’s team retaliated to make an epic comeback over Boznia &...
