“Rwanda’s Road to Rio” chronicles Dutch coach Peter Karreman’s audacious mission to build Africa’s first Paralympic qualifying women’s sports team from scratch – Rwanda’s National Women’s Sitting Volleyball team competing in Rio 2016. Starting with novices facing stigma, poverty, and poor infrastructure, Karreman’s relentless camps in Rwanda, Slovenia, the Netherlands,...
ParaVolley Europe (PVE) have proudly announced the first-ever ParaVolley Europe Convention ‘Activation Through Coaching’ scheduled for early next year. This landmark event will bring together the paravolley community from across the continent and beyond to exchange ideas, strengthen collaboration, and shape the future of the sport, with focus on ParaVolley...
Preparations are well underway in Hangzhou for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships for Men and Women, which run from 10 to 17 July – and with the completion of the World Cup, we can now confirm the 16 Men’s and Women’s teams that have secured a slot for the...
Call for Applications: 2025 World ParaVolley Grants Program We’re excited to announce the second year of our Grants Program, supporting individuals, teams, and organizations that are making a difference through sport. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural round, this year’s program will continue to invest in initiatives that promote participation,...
The International Volleyball Hall of Fame (IVHF) honoured its induction class of 2025, on October 18 in Holyoke, USA, the birthplace of volleyball. The class includes nine members across seven different areas of the sport who set the standard and made history en route to being honored with this prestigious...
Seventeen coaches from across thirteen nations have successfully achieved their World ParaVolley Level 2 coaching qualification after completing an intensive 3 day practical in Kigali (Rwanda), marking a major milestone in the continued evolution of performance coaching in sitting volleyball. The programme brought together participants from Rwanda, Algeria, Nigeria, Kenya,...
The second Level 1 Coaching Course of the year has concluded in Kigali, marking another significant milestone in the growth of sitting volleyball across Africa. Hosted by the Rwanda National Paralympic Committee (NPC Rwanda), the intensive program brought together passionate coaches from Rwanda, South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, and Saudi...
World ParaVolley is excited to announce the development of a new Coaching Resource Library — a curated collection of high-quality educational materials designed to support coaches at all levels working in Sitting Volleyball, Beach ParaVolley, and general coaching practice. We believe that great coaches never stop learning — and that...
Every play Zachary Upp makes seems to carry the weight of years spent mastering the sport he loves. His powerful swings and quick reactions on the court are the product of a journey that began as a child’s curiosity and evolved into leadership at the highest level of sitting volleyball....
Poland once again proved untouchable on the sand, powering to a second straight world title with a commanding 2-0 (21-13, 21-10) win over Latvia in Friday’s gold medal match at the 2025 WPV Beach ParaVolley World Championships, while the United States celebrated a historic first podium finish at Pompei Beach....
