Bosnia and Herzegovina and Germany scored their respective fourth victories on Wednesday in the 2023 Sitting Volleyball Men’s European Championship, keeping their records clean in group play. The Bosnians showed their dominance over Croatia with a 3-0 (25-17 25-19 25-23) win, keeping their undefeated record and breaking the unbeaten run...
The WPV Board has decided to openly invite Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from the World ParaVolley community to take up the position of a Commission Team Leaders for the Anti-Doping Commission and the Athlete Health and Medical Commission. There is no formal application form and we are expecting applicants to...
Following feedback from athletes and technical staff, World ParaVolley undertook a review of the location of prostheses on the Field of Play (FOP) and the wearing of compression garments. Input was requested from the Sitting Volleyball Rules of the Game Committee, Referee Commission, Coaches Commission, Technical Commission and other experienced...
The Italian men’s and women’s teams launched their campaigns for the continental titles and the Paris 2024 quotas with victories in the 2023 Sitting Volleyball Men’s & Women’s European Championships at Palamare Valter Vicentini in Caorle, Italy, on Monday. In the women’s tournament, the hosts limited Türkiye in single digits...
Peter Karreman is a name that transcends Sitting Volleyball around the globe. First known for his work in his home country of the Netherlands, Peter has spent the majority of the last decade working across Sub Saharan Africa with the Rwandan teams and beyond. First finishing 9th in London 2012...
World ParaVolley (WPV) is seeking input on the SITTING VOLLEYBALL CALENDAR for the next quadrennial (2025-2028), following the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The Sport Department has prepared a “white paper” (available here) to stimulate discussion on a range of issues, but with the objective of creating a calendar of events...
Tickets for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will go on-sale from Monday 9 October 2023, with general admission for all 22 sports starting from EUR 15. In total, Paris 2024 has 2.8 million tickets to sell on a first come, first served basis for the Paralympic Games and more than...
IPC President Andrew Parsons says Paris 2024 will set the benchmark for all future Games ⒸParis 2024 – Tomas Stevens With one year to go, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons believes Paris 2024 is on the course to deliver the most spectacular Paralympic Games in history. The Brazilian...
As the sport continues to evolve across Africa, one country continued to get more people sat on the court and playing both nationally and internationally. Key to the sports development in Uganda is Robinson Tumwesigye, who is well known in that part of the world for pushing and driving the...
Athanasios Papageorgiou has been a long-term successful ParaVolley coach, with a focus on standing volleyball and more recently, standing beach paravolley teams over many years. His successes with the German men’s team is legendary and includes a string of world titles. Atha is also an Honourary Life Member of World...
