Update to the 2025 – 2028 Sitting Volleyball Rules The World ParaVolley Board has approved the changes to the Rules and Guidelines for Sitting Volleyball for 2025 to 2028. The document below summarises the all the approved changes with new text and explanatory notes. These changes have immediate effect. Approved...
2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships Qualification Pathway As of February 2025 The World ParaVolley Sport Department is pleased to announce the qualification pathway for the 2026 Sitting ParaVolley (Sitting Volleyball) World Championships for Men and Women that will be held in Hangzhou, China in the period 10 – 17 July...
The 2025 World Abilitysport Beach Games, to be held from 18-25 October 2025 in Mersin, Türkiye will host the World Championships of the standing discipline of beach paravolley. The 2025 Beach ParaVolley World Championships have been awarded to the Local Organising Committee of the 2025 World Abilitysport Beach Games and...
World ParaVolley is pleased to announce that a host has been identified and approved for the 2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup for Men and Women. Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA Competition dates: 12 to 18 October 2025 Entry Forms and payment deadline: 1 July 2025 To assist the LOC’s planning,...
World ParaVolley Athletes’ Commission member Ivan Cosic has been re-elected to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Athlete Council Group 2i for 2025-2027. The election was held virtually via an online voting platform between 10-12 December 2024 and was available only to International Federation (IF) Athlete Commissions (ACs) that were registered and...
The Board of Directors of the World ParaVolley Foundation is excited to announce the 2024 World ParaVolley Foundation Grant recipients! The WPVF received 78 outstanding athlete and coach applications, representing 19 countries. We were overwhelmed and enthusiastic about the response received for our first WPVF grant. It was a very...
Exciting Results from the 2024 World ParaVolley General Assembly! The much-anticipated 2024 World ParaVolley General Assembly, held virtually on December 7th, has concluded with significant elections that promise to shape the future of the sport. The assembly saw the election of Juergen Schrapp from Germany as President, Elvira Stinissen from...
The 2024 World ParaVolley General Assembly will be held virtually on 7 December, 2024, at 12h00 noon UTC. We wish to reassure all members that even though we are moving forward with a virtual General Assembly, the voting on motions and the elections will be conducted under the supervision of...
Nominations for World ParaVolley Awards Since 2019 the work of the Awards Committee has resulted in over 350 awards, including Recognition, Outstanding Achievement, Distinguished Service and Honorary Life Membership Awards, which were distributed by the Board of Directors annually on 24th April, International World ParaVolley Day. The Committee’s target for...
Following input from a number of stakeholders, the World ParaVolley Sport Department has prepared the below statement regarding the impact of the delay of the ParaVolley Africa Zone Championships and the impact on the Paris 2024 Qualification process. This is important information for a number of nations, including those participating...
