The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the 2023 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) during its meeting on 23 September 2022 and enters into force on 1 January 2023. the 2023 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes as compared to the 2022 List; and the 2023...
Poland defeated Türkiye 3-1 (30-28, 20-25, 25-17, 25-23) to put the seal on their undefeated 2022 Silver Nations League – Men title-winning campaign in Karadeniz Eregli on Sunday. After finishing fourth in the 2021 edition, the Poles started with an impressive three straight-set wins against Italy, the Netherlands and Slovenia,...
The World ParaVolley Board is pleased to announce that Nicole Ban (CAN) has been appointed Team Leader of the Coaches Commission. Nicole has been the Head Coach of Team Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball team for 7 years and in that time has achieved considerable on-court success, including a recent 4th...
The state-of-the-art Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra will be hosting a camp and tournament from September 16 to 20. The first two days will be a camp where all athletes and coaches can train together – an opportunity to exchange ideas to further develop the discipline of beach paravolley...
The International Volleyball Hall of Fame has announced that World ParaVolley’s founding father, Pieter Joon (NED) is to be inducted into the IVHF Class of 2022 in October of this year. At a special online ceremony, the IVHF’s Executive Director, George Mulry delivered the good news in front of the...
Although we already knew that Pieter Joon, Founder of the World Organisation Volleyball for Disabled (World ParaVolley) was to be nominated to be an International Volleyball Hall of Fame induction nominee, it has come to our attention that the inductions are partly based on fan voting! So, we must all...
Amin, the son of Alireza Moamari, succeeded his father as Thailand sitting volleyball teams’ head coach after being appointed as head coach of the Italian men’s team. Amin, who previously served as the assistant coach of Thailand from 2019 to 2020, has been promoted to the head coaching position. He...
World ParaVolley is deeply saddened by the recent loss of Jouke de Haan, a leading paravolley coach and coach educator in 12 different countries across the world over nearly four decades. Jouke de Haan coached the national sitting volleyball teams of the Netherlands, Germany and Egypt with great success and...
World ParaVolley has the following positions available: World ParaVolley Sport Director Unfortunately, Laurent Torrecillas has resigned from the position of Sport Director for personal and business reasons that have been magnified by COVID. The Board will appoint a replacement after receiving applications and the position will be up for election...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has released its latest edition of ‘Spotlight’, which keeps stakeholders up to date on the activities being carried out by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) team and its partners. This edition looks at the Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) program. This program provides a harmonized global...
