As Sitting Volleyball gains acknowledgment as a Paralympic sport, people who have made their contribution to its growth are also getting recognition. Recently, Adolf Urnaut received the Bloudek Award, Slovenian Volleyball’s highest national sports honour, for his lifetime achievements while Peter Končnik was honoured with the Bloudek Plaque for his...
The match schedule for the European Sitting Volleyball Championships Qualifying Tournament Men is now available. Click here for the full schedule. The tournament will take place in Poreč (CRO) between 21st and 24th February and will see seven teams battle it out for the last remaining two slots of the...
ParaVolley Europe (PVE) takes a close look at how important marketing and branding is in the modern world and calls on branding experts to help the burgeoning sport of paravolley, in its latest newsletter. It also gears up for the 2019 European Sitting Volleyball Championships Men’s Qualification Tournament in Porec...
The Slovenia Men’s Sitting Volleyball team took out the honours at the ParaVolley Europe Men’s Subzone New Nations Tournament in Tourcoing, France on Sunday. The two-day tournament also featured hosts France, the Czech Republic and world No. 37 Georgia. Slovenia beat the Czech Republic and Georgia on Saturday before beating France...
The Czech Republic will take on Slovenia in the opening match of the ParaVolley Europe New Nations Subzone Men’s Sitting Volleyball Tournament, following the confirmation of the match schedule for the tournament, which will take place from 29-30 September in Tourcoing, France. A total of four countries are taking part in this...
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...
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...
World ParaVolley is offering a Level 1 Coaching Course in Lille, France, in collaboration with FF Volley. Dates: December 7-10, 2017 Location: Villeneuve d’Ascq (FRA) The deadline for registration is rapidly approaching – November 13th! Full course details can be downloaded here: Course Invitation and Information Sheet (PDF) Course Registration...
UPDATE: After under a month of the registration being open, the Level 1 Sitting Volleyball Coaching Course taking place in Luxembourg next month is full! 28 participants (including 2 translators) from 14 different countries from around the globe will take part in the first ever official World ParaVolley coaching qualification...
Today was the final day of competition at the 2015 ParaVolley Europe Women’s Sitting Volleyball Championships. CONGRATULATIONS TO UKRAINE! EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS IN WOMEN’S SITTING VOLLEYBALL! The Gold medal match certainly lived up to expectations as Russia and Ukraine battled it out over five exciting sets! It was Russia’s third 5-set...
