William “Bill” Kauffman June 13, 1969 – May 20, 2023 William “Bill” Kauffman, a member of the World ParaVolley Communications Commission and longtime press officer for USA Volleyball and the FIVB previously, passed away suddenly on 20 May 2023 at his home in Colorado Springs in the United States. He was...
Chris Seilkop has announced his intention to stand down as Team Leader for the Beach ParaVolley Commission. For the last four years Chris has led the Commission through its initial establishment, and planning for how we can secure inclusion of Beach ParaVolley into future Paralympic Games. Due to personal circumstances,...
World ParaVolley is seeking expressions of interest to host two major sitting volleyball events in 2024. Sitting Volleyball Mens and Womens Final Qualifier for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games These events must be held between 1 January and 15 April 2024 to ensure that we are able to confirm all...
World ParaVolley is seeking expressions of interest to host the 2024 Standing Beach ParaVolley World Championships. As part of building our second major discipline, World ParaVolley is seeking bids to host our premier international event for Standing Beach. World ParaVolley will establish a Standing Beach ParaVolley World Championship event each...
Awarded to worthy candidates for their outstanding contribution to the development and promotion of ParaVolley. Awarded to recognise distinguished service for work through programmes and activities enhancing and increasing the development of ParaVolley.
World ParaVolley Day is celebrated on April 24 to honour the formal creation of World ParaVolley in 1981 at a meeting held among six European representative countries in the German city of Bonn. As an independent international federation with membership in all four Zones of the world, World ParaVolley has...
Pieter Joon was inducted to the International Volleyball Hall of Fame Class of 2022, making him the very first inductee from ParaVolley. This year, Kari Miller-Ortiz of the United States and Hadi Rezaei of Iran are among the 16 nominees for the 2023 International Volleyball Hall of Fame Induction. Fans...
The World ParaVolley Medical Commission has released the Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) infographic for all athletes and teams attending in this year’s Zonal Championships, which is part of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games qualification pathway. The infographic provides the complete guidelines in accordance with the WADA policies on Therapeutic Use...
World ParaVolley and Molten offered support of Flistatec volleyballs that Team Ukraine seeks to use in their training for The Invictus Games, which will be held in Dusseldorf, Germany in September. The initiative was put forward by Richard Osborne, who is helping the Ukrainian team remotely through his instructional training...
WORLD SUPER 6 FOR MEN The World Super 6 event for Men was planned to take place in Laval, France in September. Following a series of discussions with the French Federation, and reviewing alternative locations, we regret to inform everyone that this event will not proceed in 2023. If any...
