Listen to World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner OAM himself walk down memory lane as he talks about the colourful history of ParaVolley in this special episode in celebration of the International World ParaVolley Day. Quick Links: World ParaVolley International WorldParaVolley Day 2020 World ParaVolley Awards World ParaVolley Photography Competition Winners
It has been an action-packed four decades for ParaVolley. Here are the best of the best sitting volleyball snapshots that stood out in the 2020 World ParaVolley Photography Competition: Photo by Daniele Celesti Photo by Jonathan Shapka Photo by Daniele Celesti Photo by Daniele Celesti Photo...
World ParaVolley is taking an initiative to follow recommendations of the International Paralympic Committee and the World Health Organization in an effort to support the international sporting communities’ response to the spread of COVID-19. In light of the current situation, World ParaVolley has postponed the second edition of the Beach...
Men’s Final Qualifier – Edmond USA – cancelled On behalf of the World ParaVolley Board, I wish to express our sincere regret that we were required to cancel the Men’s Final Qualifier in the USA that would have provided the winning team a position in Tokyo 2020. This was a...
With the 2020 Women’s Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament fast approaching, Team Canada has announced its roster that will be fighting for a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. The tournament takes place February 26 to 29 at the Canada Games Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. “We are looking forward...
Important Message to all World ParaVolley Members RE: The coronavirus outbreak in China and the 2020 Sitting Volleyball World Cup As you are aware, there is great concern about the outbreak of the coronavirus around the world now with more cases being reported every day. It also appears that airlines...
The Philippine ASEAN Para Games Organising Committee confirmed the postponement of the biennial tournament’s 10th edition. Originally slated for January 18 to 24, National Paralympic Committee Philippines president and local organising committee director general Michael Barredo said the tournament will now be moved to March 20 to 28 this year...
The IPC has released a major update to the Tokyo 2020 Qualification Regulations. There is an important update in the Sitting Volleyball section (pages 129-132). https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/qualification-criteria The change is the following: “Athlete Eligibility To be eligible for selection by an NPC, athletes must: have played in at least one international,...
World ParaVolley Receives Agitos Grant November 25th, 2019 The Agitos Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2019-2020 Grant Support Program, and World ParaVolley is happy to share the news that we have been fortunate again to have been awarded a grant. World ParaVolley has previously received funds from the...
World ParaVolley has launched a survey to request valuable feedback from athletes, coaches, and team medical personnel that attended classification at any of the 2019 Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships. The purpose of the survey is to gain insight into the classification process, and not the sport class rules per se. ...
