World ParaVolley has put together the “World ParaVolley Presents…” webinar series to offer presentations that are of interest to our membership and others. We reached out to all our stakeholders to collect suggestions on possible webinar topics and potential speakers and are pleased to have presented the first “World ParaVolley...
The World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Rules of the Game Committee would like to provide a clarification of Rule 4.1.1 Official Sitting Volleyball Rules 2022 – 2024 Chapter 2 – Participants, 4 – Teams, 4.1 –Team composition, 4.1.1. 4.1.1 For the match, a team may consist of up to 14 players...
Reminder to all nations and teams: WADA’s 2022 Prohibited List came into force on January 1, 2022 World ParaVolley wishes to remind athletes, support personnel, and members that the WADA 2022 Prohibited List is now in force as of January 1, 2022. There are important changes that you need to...
Unfortunately, the 2021 year has not been so active for the athletes but at least some of the background work of World ParaVolley has been proceeding and we have been able to break some new ground in the area of training/education and refresh our Commissions and Committees. Germany hosts I...
2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships Hangzhou, China 18–24 May 2022 The World ParaVolley Technical Commission is pleased to provide an update on the qualification for the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships. The following Table confirms the teams that are qualified. Men and Women – 16 Teams each No. M M...
World ParaVolley has the following positions available: World ParaVolley Sport Director Unfortunately, Laurent Torrecillas has resigned from the position of Sport Director for personal and business reasons that have been magnified by COVID. The Board will appoint a replacement after receiving applications and the position will be up for election...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has released its latest edition of ‘Spotlight’, which keeps stakeholders up to date on the activities being carried out by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) team and its partners. This edition looks at the Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) program. This program provides a harmonized global...
World ParaVolley is now accepting Team Leader Applications for Commissions and Committees for the 2022-2025 period Applications for the volunteer positions of Team Leader (formerly Chairs) of the World ParaVolley Commissions and Committees for the period 2022-2025 are now invited. The applications are due 30 November 2021. The current Chairs...
The World ParaVolley Board has supported the recommendations of the two Rules of the Game Committees to update the sitting volleyball and beach paravolley rules for the period 2022-24. As the two strategic disciplines of World ParaVolley, it was important that these Rules were updated as deemed necessary by the...
World ParaVolley is continuing to seek nominations for the 2022 version of the World ParaVolley Awards. The work of the World ParaVolley Awards Committee since 2019 resulted in 120 sitting volleyball recognition awards being approved and distributed by the Board of Directors on International World ParaVolley Day 2020 and over...
