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Paralympians Sadegh Bigdeli of Iran and Heidi Peters of Canada belong to the second group of elected athletes who will join the representatives of ParaVolley Europe, ParaVolley Africa and ParaVolley Pan America in the WPV Athletes’ Commission. Bigdeli and Peters will serve as the PVAO Representative and Global Representative, respectively....
The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) and HAPGOC, the local organising committee, announced that the 4th edition of the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, originally scheduled to be held in October this year, will now be held from October 22 to 28, 2023. The decision on the new dates came after discussions...
World ParaVolley has confirmed Cairo, Egypt, to host the 2023 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Cup, following the COVID-19-related postponement of its hosting in 2021. On Saturday, WPV and ParaVolley Egypt have finalised the agreement for hosting the double-gender event from November 11 to 18, 2023 in Nasr City, a district...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), through a letter, confirmed on Tuesday the election of Croatia sitting volleyball star and captain Ivan Cosic to the inaugural WADA Athlete Council. In line with recent governance reforms that are being implemented to ensure that athlete views and experiences are integrated within all levels...
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,...
Recently the Board has submitted several applications for the development and promotion of Beach in an effort to offer the discipline of beach paravolley to our athletes with a physical impairment – thereby increasing playing opportunities. Our LA 2028 application for the inclusion of beach paravolley (along with sitting volleyball)...
The Nigeria ParaVolley Federation (NPF) is hosting World ParaVolley Level 1 refereeing and coaching courses from August 22-28 in Surulere in Nigeria’s largest city of Lagos. This initiative was jointly coordinated by World ParaVolley and ParaVolley Africa and is being staged under the development of coaches and referees in West...
World ParaVolley has received the final report of technical delegate Irene Chang, following the conclusion of the sitting volleyball event at the 11th ASEAN Para Games in Solo, Indonesia. “I congratulate Irene Chang on being a very effective TD for this event and for her great report. Many thanks, Irene,...
Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar and the Philippines have collectively and unanimously expressed their support and called for further cooperation in the development of sitting volleyball in the Southeast Asian region. During the 11th ASEAN Para Games Solo 2022 in Indonesia, a Coaches’ Workshop was conducted for the participating teams on...
