World ParaVolley Development Survey 2024 Results Now Available! We are pleased to announce that the results of the World ParaVolley Development Survey 2024 are now available! Thank you to all our valued members who took the time to contribute. Your insightful feedback helps us understand the current landscape of ParaVolley...
(Image and text credit: Turnstone) FORT WAYNE, IN (June 3, 2025) – Turnstone Center, in partnership with World ParaVolley (WPV), Visit Fort Wayne, and the City of Fort Wayne, announced today that Fort Wayne will host the 2025 WPV Sitting ParaVolley World Cup from October 12–18, 2025. This prestigious international...
Both the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Organizing Committee of the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games (LA28) made major announcements today, with the former announcing the LA28 Paralympic Games Medal Event Programme, and the latter announcing the LA28 Paralympic Games Venue Plan. LA28 Paralympic Games Medal Event Programme Following...
World ParaVolley Sport Department Expressions of Interest to support Sitting Volleyball and Beach ParaVolley The World ParaVolley Sport Department is seeking Expressions of Interests (EOIs) for people with a passion for ParaVolley to assist the Sport Department in developing the technical operations and delivery of our key disciplines of Sitting...
It has been a little bit over 100 days since Juergen Schrapp was elected as World ParaVolley President and a lot has been happening behind the scenes – so we thought we would update you on the work achieved since he took office and how he has taken to this...
2025 – 2028 Sitting Volleyball Rules now available! 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 Sitting...
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. Men’s Teams Team Athletes KAZ 1 URAZALIYEV Bauyrzhan BEKBOLATOV Azimkhan ALTAYEV Yerbolat LAT 1 FILIPAVICS Andrejs SILOVS Dmitrijs GRANDBERGS Maksis Karlis POL...
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...
