From the Board of Directors: The Board of World ParaVolley fully supports the decision to postpone the Paralympic Games into 2021 in the interests of the health and safety of our athletes and officials. We recognize that the athletes, coaches, and federations now have to redesign training schedules in order...
Today, the International Paralympic Committee, along with the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, came to the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. From the IPC: Following the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President...
World ParaVolley is pleased to advise that ParaVolley Egypt has been chosen by the Board as the host of the 2020 Sitting Volleyball World Cup (men and women), replacing China at the last minute, due to the coronavirus outbreak. The inaugural World Cup competition will take place in Cairo, Egypt...
Important Message to all World ParaVolley Members RE: The coronavirus outbreak in China and the 2020 Sitting Volleyball World Cup As you are aware, there is great concern about the outbreak of the coronavirus around the world now with more cases being reported every day. It also appears that airlines...
World ParaVolley and ParaVolley Europe, with the close cooperation of Odbojkarski klub Spodnja Savinska (Slovenia), are pleased to officially announce the following courses. Level 2 Referee Course Level 1 and 2 Technical Official Courses (TD and Jury) Level 1 and 2 Classifier Courses These courses are made possible thanks to...
As we draw 2019 to a close, it is interesting to reflect on the development of World ParaVolley over the past 12 months led by the Board and Commissions. Some activities have been particularly significant and ground-breaking. External Relationships We now have new and very positive informal and formal relationships...
The IPC has released a major update to the Tokyo 2020 Qualification Regulations. There is an important update in the Sitting Volleyball section (pages 129-132). https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/qualification-criteria The change is the following: “Athlete Eligibility To be eligible for selection by an NPC, athletes must: have played in at least one international,...
World ParaVolley Receives Agitos Grant November 25th, 2019 The Agitos Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2019-2020 Grant Support Program, and World ParaVolley is happy to share the news that we have been fortunate again to have been awarded a grant. World ParaVolley has previously received funds from the...
World ParaVolley has launched a survey to request valuable feedback from athletes, coaches, and team medical personnel that attended classification at any of the 2019 Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships. The purpose of the survey is to gain insight into the classification process, and not the sport class rules per se. ...
World ParaVolley, Volleyball Canada and Volleyball Nova Scotia sign the contract for the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament World ParaVolley, Volleyball Canada and Volleyball Nova Scotia are pleased to announce that the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from...
