Isabelle Collot adds to the list of World ParaVolley’s trailblazing women after being named assistant sport director for sitting volleyball. She now becomes the first female to be appointed to the position in World ParaVolley history. Collot is a veteran in the sport, having played both volleyball and sitting volleyball...
World ParaVolley is deeply saddened by the recent loss of Jouke de Haan, a leading paravolley coach and coach educator in 12 different countries across the world over nearly four decades. Jouke de Haan coached the national sitting volleyball teams of the Netherlands, Germany and Egypt with great success and...
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced its PLY post-nominal initiative to recognise the Paralympians’ contribution to the Movement through their hard work, commitment to and promotion of the Paralympic values. Post-nominal letters, such as PhD or MD, are placed after a person’s name to indicate that they hold a...
Iranian coach Alireza Moameri has been appointed by the Italian Volleyball Federation (FIPAV) as the new head coach of the men’s sitting volleyball national team on Thursday, February 11. The Tehran-born 67-year-old tactician has an extensive list of successes with the Iran men’s national team in the Paralympic discipline, including...
The World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Rules of the Game Committee would like to provide a clarification of Rule 4.1.1 Official Sitting Volleyball Rules 2022 – 2024 Chapter 2 – Participants, 4 – Teams, 4.1 –Team composition, 4.1.1. 4.1.1 For the match, a team may consist of up to 14 players...
Unfortunately, Ivana Pavic has recently resigned as Development Director of World ParaVolley due to ill health. In line with the Constitution, the Board has the power to appoint a replacement until the next General Assembly which will be in December 2022, and due to the limitations in the Constitution, the...
The World ParaVolley Board is pleased to announce that Lori Okimura (USA) has been appointed Sport Director until the next General Assembly in December 2022. Significantly, Lori is the first female Sport Director in the history of World ParaVolley. Lori’s extensive experience includes 16 years as an Executive Management Consultant,...
Reminder to all nations and teams: WADA’s 2022 Prohibited List came into force on January 1, 2022 World ParaVolley wishes to remind athletes, support personnel, and members that the WADA 2022 Prohibited List is now in force as of January 1, 2022. There are important changes that you need to...
Unfortunately, the 2021 year has not been so active for the athletes but at least some of the background work of World ParaVolley has been proceeding and we have been able to break some new ground in the area of training/education and refresh our Commissions and Committees. Germany hosts I...
2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships Hangzhou, China 18–24 May 2022 The World ParaVolley Technical Commission is pleased to provide an update on the qualification for the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships. The following Table confirms the teams that are qualified. Men and Women – 16 Teams each No. M M...
