Hosts Indonesia will have the honour of opening the 2018 Asian Para Games Sitting Volleyball competition when its women’s team plays Mongolia in the opening match on Sunday, 7 October. Indonesia are making their debut at the Asian Para Games, which first started in 2010 while Mongolia finished fourth in...
Defending Asian Para Games Sitting Volleyball champions China and Iran are expected to once again be the teams to beat in the women’s and men’s competitions respectively, when the 2018 edition begins in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday. Four years ago, world No 2 China beat Iran in the women’s final...
World ParaVolley coaching instructor Wei Ping Tu was presented with the Australian Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on Thursday for his services, over many years, to the development of Volleyball in Australia. In a lavish OAM reception at Government House in Sydney, Wei Ping was one of 49...
WELCOME !!! …to the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships Final Qualifier! After months of preparation and days of travel, teams will face off from March 27th – April 1st 2018 in Jeju City, South Korea to decide who will gain the final qualification spots for the 2018 World ParaVolley...
The IPC has just announced the 2018 Agitos Grants and World ParaVolley’s application to run a development project in Korea has been approved. Only 50% of the applications lodged were successful and only 8 International Federations, of which we are one, received a grant. Only 4 of the 31 successful...
Cailiang Lu of China elected as new President of ParaVolley Asia Oceania World ParaVolley is pleased to announce that at the 2017 General Assembly of ParaVolley Asia Oceania, recently held in Hangzhou, China, the Committee for the next 4 years was elected. World ParaVolley would like to congratulate the following...
WELCOME !!! Another dominating performance saw China defeat Japan 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-11) in the 2017 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Women’s Sitting Volleyball Championship gold medal match! As has been the case with this team through the years, the Chinese women’s team dominated all opposition in the entire tournament, incredibly not...
Two of World ParaVolley’s influential Women in Sport were shortlisted by the International Paralympic Committee in honour of their impact and leadership in sport – Ms. Irene Chang (MAS) and Dr. Hayat Khattab (EGY). While Carla Qualtrough of Canada was ultimately the top choice of the IPC, it is no...
Stephen Giugni, a World ParaVolley International Referee, was recently recognised by the Australian Government for achievement and service to the community. Stephen was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia as part of the recent 2016 Australia Day celebrations. In Stephen’s case, this was for service to Volleyball including...
Sitting Volleyball powerhouses Iran Men and China Women swept all before them as they took gold in Incheon at the Asian Para-Games in late 2014.
