Dutch women storm back into the Paralympics with only weeks to go! The Dutch women have participated in every single Paralympics since Sitting Volleyball was introduced for women in 2004. So, it was tears of disappointment when the team failed to qualify for Rio in March this year. They lost...
The US Women’s team new training programme gives them a shot at Gold After falling to China 3-2 in the 2014 World ParaVolley World Championships, the U.S. Women’s Sitting Team coaching staff decided to make some changes to the team’s training to best position the U.S. to win gold in...
World ParaVolley has launched a webpage dedicated to the Sitting Volleyball Competition at the Rio2016 Paralympic Games! WELCOME TO THE RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC GAMES!!! This page contains all you need to know about the Sitting Volleyball competition at the Rio2016 Paralympic Games. Here you will find: Competition schedules Match reports...
Rwandan Libero, Solange Nyiraneza, gives us an insight into her life Solange Nyiraneza I am currently 20 years old and live in the rural country, about 20 kilometers from the city of Ruhango, Rwanda. It is a wooden house with two rooms and one dining room. The toilet is outside...
Ukraine women won bronze in London 2012 – What has happened over the last 4 years for the team? After the Paralympic Games in London 2012, a lot of positive and negative changes have occurred for the team. We received huge attention from the national media and more people became...
The competition schedule for the 2016 Rio2016 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball competition has been released. DOWNLOAD THE SCHEDULE HERE (as at August 25th, 2016) Also, download the following infographics for information about the pools and the qualification paths for both the men’s and the women’s competitions: Updated Pool Composition Qualification...
In the lead up to the Rio2016 Paralympic Games, World ParaVolley will be sharing the stories of some of the athletes and teams that will be competing at the Games. The following tells the story of Canadian Women’s Team Athlete Jennifer Oakes. Up and coming Canadian superstar Jennifer Oakes gives...
(from IPC) The International Paralympic Committee and Dailymotion have announced that 680 hours of coverage from 13 sports will be live streamed on 15 high-definition channels on the IPC’s website (Paralympic.org) during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Among the HD channels is included a dedicated sitting volleyball channel, which will...
World ParaVolley is pleased to announce that today President Barry Couzner signed a homologation (approval) contract with Senoh Corporation of Japan, represented by President Tetsuya Ozaki. At a ceremony in Tokyo, history was made for World ParaVolley as this is the first time that such an agreement has been made...
In line with the IPC decision to suspend membership of the Russian Paralympic Committee and the CAS decision to dismiss the Russian appeal, World ParaVolley has no alternative but to confirm Russia are no longer eligible to participate in the Rio 2016 Sitting Volleyball competitions for men and women. Following...
