Hangzhou, China, 13 June 2025 – Hosts China surged from the semi-finals on Friday to set up the title match with Iran in the women’s event and Kazakhstan in the men’s event of the 2025 PVAO Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships. China women were first to confirm their finals appearance via...
Hangzhou, China, 10 June 2025 – The Preliminary Round of the 2025 PVAO Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships concluded on Wednesday at the WPV Development Centre, confirming the semi-finalists for women and men. Hosts China, Thailand, Iran and Japan confirmed their women’s semi-finals slots, while the men’s Final Four include China,...
Hangzhou, China, 10 June 2025 – Competition at the 2025 PVAO Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships continued on Tuesday at the WPV Development Centre in China’s Zheijang province with several teams strengthening their stake toward the title. In the women’s Event, titleholders and hosts China debuted in Group A with a...
Hangzhou, China, 9 June 2025 – Thailand and Japan commenced their bid in the 2025 PVAO Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships, celebrating double wins against respective opponents at the WPV Development Centre on Monday. The Thai women were first to register a victory with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-14) match...
Hangzhou, China, 8 June 2025 – Seven women’s teams and eight men’s teams are set to chase the title at the 2025 PVAO Sitting Volleyball Championships, slated from June 9-14, 2025 in Zhejiang Province’s capital city. The Championships’ Opening Ceremony, held at the at the WPV Development Centre on Sunday...
Following their narrow miss in securing a spot at the 2024 Paralympic Games, Iran’s women’s sitting volleyball team, under the guidance of coach Leyla Beryanian, is calling for increased support to guide them to success on the Asian and world stages. In a recent statement to Tehran Times, Leyla Beryanian...
Iran’s Paris 2024 Paralympic Games campaign gains momentum as their fourth stage of the men’s sitting volleyball national team’s preparation camp is set to take place from April 29 to May 6 in Tabriz. This stage of the preparation camp serves as a pivotal moment for their athletes ahead of...
Iran coach Hadi Rezaei is one that carries the significance of the weight of unparalleled success and dedication. His signature is his consistency and his body of work that is the envy of many. He is often described as a man of few words whose actions on and off the...
Mr You Liang, Vice President of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation and Director of the local organising committee, recently led a delegation to Dali to assess the ongoing preparations for the highly anticipated 2024 World ParaVolley Final Paralympics Qualifier. The inspection, conducted from March 13-14, aimed to ensure all arrangements...
In this second part of the Q&A with Japan sitting volleyball athlete Yoshihiro Iikura, who participated at the Tokyo Paralympics, he talks about his approach to his goals, his bond with his family, and his dreams for the future. Starting with the motivation that “there might be a chance” for...
