Today, 7 July 2025, marks a historic moment: the first ever World Volleyball Day is officially here! This global celebration, powered by each and every one of you across the Global Volleyball Movement, commemorates the first public demonstration of the sport by William G. Morgan on 7 July in 1895. July 7,...
This is an International Beach ParaVolley referee course to be held in conjunction with the WPV Beach ParaVolley World Championships at the World Ability Sports Beach Games to be held in Mersin, Türkiye. This is the first ever International Beach ParaVolley refereeing course and we wish all of the candidates...
Hangzhou, China – 8 June 2025 – World ParaVolley has bestowed its highest recognition, the Honorary Life Membership, on former President Barry Couzner OAM in a special ceremony held during the 2025 Asia-Oceania Sitting Volleyball Zone Championships in Hangzhou, China. The award was presented by World ParaVolley President Juergen Schrapp,...
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...
