The Latvian Volleyball Federation (LVF) held the awarding ceremony for the country’s best athletes of 2023 at Splendid Palace in Riga on Saturday, January 13. The awards were presented in 12 categories and lifetime achievement awards, as well as appreciation awards for volleyball promoters. Andrejs Filipavičs, who helped the Latvian...
France sitting volleyball athlete Benjamin Lacroix-Desmazes is among the first 14 torchbearers revealed to carry the Olympic and Paralympic flame in Calvados, selected by the Department of Calvados and the Cities of Caen and Deauville. “Very proud to carry this symbolic flame in my hometown on May 30th! Thank you...
The Slovenian women’s sitting volleyball team wrote another amazing chapter in their remarkable story with a sensational end-of-year accolade. For the first time in history of the Slovenian Athlete of the Year Awards, the award for Disabled Athlete of the Year was given to a team. Members of the Slovenian...
Caen, France, 3 December 2023 – The Netherlands swamped Estonia 3-0 in the final – at 42 minutes the quickest match of the whole tournament – and France came back from a set down to beat Georgia 3-1 for bronze as the 2023 Sitting Volleyball Men’s European Bronze Nations League...
Caen, France, 2 December 2023 – An amazing day of twists and turns at every match and every set confirmed Sunday’s finalists at the 2023 Sitting Volleyball Men’s European Bronze Nations League here Saturday. First of all Estonia, who started the day winless, but collected to remarkable wins – both...
Caen, France, 1 December 2023 – The Netherlands are the only undefeated team after Day 1 of the 2023 Sitting Volleyball Men’s European Bronze Nations League here in this historic city of Normandy. The Dutch, who are making their debut in the competition after two years in the Golden League,...
Caen, France, 30 November 2023 – Five teams are on the starting line ahead of Friday’s 2023 Sitting Volleyball Men’s European Bronze Nations League here in this historic city – of William the Conqueror fame – of Normandy. Estonia, hosts France, Georgia and the Netherlands are all challenging defending champions...
Bosnia and Herzegovina completed a golden hat trick at the Golden nations League, following their 3-1 (19-25, 25-16, 25-14, 25-8) win over Ukraine in the final on Sunday in Balikesir, Turkey. The Bosnian team started off slowly, dropping the first set at 25-19, but recovered in the next three frames...
KSO Spid Sarajevo of Bosnia and Herzegovina finished with the gold medal, beating Kyiv Ukraine in the final of the 2023 Men’s EuroLeague, while last year’s winners Sinovi Bosne Lukavac took bronze with their win over Serbian club OKI Banja Luka on Sunday in Fermo, Italy. KSO Spid Sarajevo outclassed...
Robust Šempeter of Slovenia became the first back-to-back champions of the Women’s EuroLeague on Sunday, following their 3-1 (22-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-15) win against Kyiv Ukraine in the final at Mosir Sports Hall in Myslowice, Poland on Sunday. Italy’s Dream Volley Pisa clinched bronze after beating Hungary’s Mozdulj Mozgás Sport...
