After a busy month’s of Sitting Volleyball action in both Africa and the Americas, we are delighted to list below an updated list of those teams who have confirmed their qualification for Rio 2016. This leaves two spots available for both Men’s and Women’s teams, one berth is up for...
Thanks to Toronto, the Organizing Committee, the great volunteers, Technical Officials and all the participants for a great week at the 2015 Parapan Am Sitting Volleyball competition. The Parapan Am Games provided a great week of volleyball for the athletes, coaches and spectators. Kudos to the Toronto organizing committee, the...
Semi-finals in both men’s and women’s events took place today at the Parapan Am Sitting Volleyball event. Some exciting volleyball action throughout the day as teams vied for the right to compete for medals and in some cases qualifying for a spot in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. The first...
Today was the final day for men’s preliminary matches and all 6 men’s teams were in action on the final day before semifinals begin tomorrow. In the first match of the day, Canada handed Colombia a 3 set defeat by scores of 25-19, 25-23, and 25-19. The Colombians played well...
Summary – Day 4 Preliminary Rounds Today saw all 10 teams in the TO2015 Parapan Am Sitting Volleyball competition in action once again. In the first match of the day, the men from Brazil easily handled the much less experienced team from Colombia, taking the match in 3 sets by...
Summary – Day 3 Preliminary Rounds Today saw all 10 teams in the TO2015 Parapan Am Sitting Volleyball competition in action. In the first match of the day, Brazil took on Costa Rica and had little trouble disposing of them in a match that lasted only 50 minutes. The size...
Day two of the Sitting Volleyball event at the TO2015 Paralympic Games is in the books. All 10 teams were in action today; for the women it was their first day of competition. In the first match of the day, the Colombian men handed the Costa Rican men a defeat...
Day One Action – Saturday, August 8th Competition got under way today at the TO2015 Parapan Am Sitting Volleyball event with 3 men’s preliminary matches. As part of the Parapan Am Games, the Sitting Volleyball competition is a zonal qualification event for the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games so there is...
Egypt’s men’s team and Rwanda’s women’s team took home the Gold medals today at the 2015 ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships. Both teams have thereby qualified for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. While the Rwandan men put up a good fight in the final, Egypt continued on the path they...
The World Club Cup for men, to be held in Mashhad, I R Iran has a new date. Teams are due to arrive on 20 November with competition to commence on 22 November, and the finals on 28 November 2015. The departure day from Mashhad is 29 November. The postponement...
