World ParaVolley has the following positions available: World ParaVolley Sport Director Unfortunately, Laurent Torrecillas has resigned from the position of Sport Director for personal and business reasons that have been magnified by COVID. The Board will appoint a replacement after receiving applications and the position will be up for election...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has released its latest edition of ‘Spotlight’, which keeps stakeholders up to date on the activities being carried out by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) team and its partners. This edition looks at the Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) program. This program provides a harmonized global...
World ParaVolley is now accepting Team Leader Applications for Commissions and Committees for the 2022-2025 period Applications for the volunteer positions of Team Leader (formerly Chairs) of the World ParaVolley Commissions and Committees for the period 2022-2025 are now invited. The applications are due 30 November 2021. The current Chairs...
The World ParaVolley Board has supported the recommendations of the two Rules of the Game Committees to update the sitting volleyball and beach paravolley rules for the period 2022-24. As the two strategic disciplines of World ParaVolley, it was important that these Rules were updated as deemed necessary by the...
On 27 October 2021 the World ParaVolley Board unanimously approved the first official Beach Development Centre that is located in Florida, USA – the Hickory Point Beach Sand Volleyball Complex. This is an exciting development for the progress of beach paravolley which is planning to be included in the LA...
Russia won its third straight women’s European title while Tokyo 2020 bronze medallists Bosnia and Herzegovina bagged its second consecutive men’s title at the conclusion of the 2021 European Sitting Volleyball Championships on Saturday in Kemer, Turkey. The women’s final was a repeat of the 2019 championship as Russia defeated...
World ParaVolley is continuing to seek nominations for the 2022 version of the World ParaVolley Awards. The work of the World ParaVolley Awards Committee since 2019 resulted in 120 sitting volleyball recognition awards being approved and distributed by the Board of Directors on International World ParaVolley Day 2020 and over...
A record 16 men’s teams are on the starting line to contest the highest sitting volleyball continental title of all with the 2021 European Championship kicking off here tomorrow at this holiday resort on the eastern Mediterranean. All eyes are on Russia and Bosnia & Herzegovina in their continuing rivalry...
The women’s tournament sets the ball rolling on Sunday, as the historic combined double gender 2021 European Sitting Volleyball Championship kicks off for a week-long extravaganza of a total 95 matches (39 women’s) that will keep the continent entertained over the next seven days. With eleven participating teams, the women’s...
Kemer, Turkey, 15 October 2021 – Branko Mihorko of Slovenia will remain president of ParaVolley Europe for another four years, the General Assembly of the zonal association confirmed here on Friday, just two days before the start of the 20th men’s and 15th women’s European Championships. Isabelle Collot of France,...
