World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner was suitably impressed with the “teamwork, enthusiasm and dedication” shown by the Sitting Volleyball competitors at the Invictus Games held in Sydney, Australia last month. World ParaVolley supported the event by donating Molten volleyballs and providing staff expertise in the planning and delivery of the...
Check out a special edition of the World ParaVolley newsletter with a great look back at all the excitement and drama from the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships held in the Netherlands in July. Relive the moment when Russia knocked over Olympic champs USA in the women’s World...
The competition schedule for Sitting Volleyball has been confirmed by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee as part of its overall sport competition plan for the Paralympic Games, with the first serve set for 28 August running through to 6 September. Just like at Rio 2016, six days of Sitting Volleyball competition...
Georgia became the first country to win back to back Invictus Games Sitting Volleyball gold medals after beating the United Kingdom 2-0 (21-14, 21-12) in the 2018 final in Sydney on Tuesday. A packed crowd at the Quaycentre in Sydney saw defending champions Georgia prove too good for United Kingdom...
Sitting Volleyball pool play at the Invictus Games was completed on Monday with Poland, Georgia, the United Kingdom, and Estonia all topping their respective groups to qualify for Tuesday’s finals. Main Photo: Poland beat France in the opening match in pool play 2-1 (12-21, 22-20, 15-13). (C/O) Invictus Games Sydney...
The Afghanistan sitting volleyball team won the majority of the crowd’s support during the pool competition at the Genea Netball Centre on Monday, despite not winning either of their pool games. Story courtesy of Invictus Games Main Photo: Afghanistan players celebrate winning a point against Team UK in their sitting volleyball...
Samual Maraldo seems to have the knack for timing. Just as the former electronic technician’s departure from the Royal Australian Navy was being processed, preparations were underway for the inaugural Invictus Games in London in 2014, and he received an unexpected call-up. Four years later, Maraldo was helping out the...
Make sure you keep up with the latest from the Sitting Volleyball at the Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia with this dedicated webpage. The Sitting Volleyball competition will take place on 22 & 23 October in the Genea Netball Centre and Quaycentre. The previous three editions of the Invictus Games has...
Iran and China continued their dominance of men’s and women’s Sitting Volleyball, winning the Asian Para Games title for the third consecutive time at Indonesia 2018. Both finals on Thursday ended in a 3-0 victory; Iran beat China in the men’s event while China defeated Iran in the women’s final....
The Chinese women’s and Iran men’s team maintained their dominance of the Asian Para Games Sitting Volleyball competition by claiming gold in the 2018 edition on Thursday. Both teams had won each of the two previous editions of the tournament in 2014 and 2010 and this year it was no...
