A new podcast has been launched to celebrate 2023 World ParaVolley Day. World ParaVolley Chief Historian Dr Kwok Ng interviewed Helac after the 2022 World Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the latest episode, Helac talked about his experiences as a referee, coach and other roles he has in...
Agency calls on athletes, entourage and all stakeholders to note major modification concerning tramadol that is to take effect in 2024 Montreal, 21 December 2022 Further to our communication on 29 September 2022, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wishes to remind stakeholders that the 2023 List of Prohibited Substances and...
USA celebrate wildly after winning gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games – but will they claim their first ever World Championship title when they take to the courts at Sarajevo 2022? Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 3 November 2022 – Reigning Paralympic gold medallists USA are ready for a historic...
Nominations for World ParaVolley Awards Since 2019 the work of the Awards Committee has resulted in over 300 awards, including Recognition, Outstanding Achievement, Distinguished Service and Honorary Life Membership Awards, which were distributed by the Board of Directors annually on 24th April, International World ParaVolley Day. The Committee’s target for...
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...
