World ParaVolley Foundation Launches ‘Because I Can’ Campaign

Press release World ParaVolley is pleased to announce the formation of the World ParaVolley Foundation. The purpose of the Foundation is improving the lives of Para Athletes by planning and delivering fundraising activities with an initial focus on the USA.  In what must be record time for an organization such...

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2017 and 2018 – A Message from the President

A great 2017 – and an even better 2018! – Looking back and ahead – 2017 As 2017 draws to a close, it is worthwhile thinking about our achievements this year that include a number of “firsts”: ParaVolley Africa and ParaVolley Pan America had their first elections for the Board...

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World ParaVolley Newsletter – December 2017

World ParaVolley will be publishing a quarterly Newsletter, starting in December 2017. The Newsletter is being compiled by Mr. Nello Calleja, and will contain information about competitions, interesting pieces from the Zones, course schedules, etc. – basically anything ParaVolley! Click here to read the newsletter! CONTEST!!  Name the newsletter!  Winner...

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2017 World Super 6: #27 on IPC’s Top 50 of 2017!

Once again World ParaVolley has made the IPC’s annual top 50 list! The inaugural World ParaVolley World Super 6 was selected as #27 in the IPC’s list. The World Super 6 is a new event concept for World ParaVolley, and the first edition was held in Hangzhou, China earlier in...

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2018 World Championships Final Qualifier announced

In cooperation with the Korean Volleyball Association for the Disabled (KOVAD) and the Jeju Volleyball Association for Disabled (JVAD), World ParaVolley is pleased to announce the staging of the 2018 World Championships Final Qualification Tournament (M & W) in March of 2018. The Qualification event will take place in Jeju...

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World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Rankings Update!

Today World ParaVolley has released the updated World Rankings for men’s and women’s sitting volleyball. Over the past several months, teams have been vying for the top spots at their respective Zone Championships, and also fighting for automatic qualification slots for the 2018 World Championships in the Netherlands in July....

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RUS are European Champions – M & W!

RUS M & W PREVAIL AT 2017 PARAVOLLEY EUROPE SITTING VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS!!! After months of preparation, days of travel, and days of competition, Team Russia came out on top of all other teams at the 2017 ParaVolley Europe Sitting Volleyball Championships!  Both the men’s and women’s teams took home the...

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ParaVolley Europe elects new Board of Directors

On Sunday November 5th, 2017, the 13th  ParaVolley Europe General Assembly elected a new Board of Directors, which has something of a new look. The new president Branko Mihorko from Slovenia gained as many votes as federations in attendance. Mr. Mihorko has a long and varied background in sitting volleyball...

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