Rotterdam, Netherlands, 19 July, 2018 – Debutants Italy continued their dream run by beating the hosts the Netherlands in Thursday’s women’s quarterfinals to confirm a semifinal clash with Paralympic champions USA on Friday. That was one of the outstanding story lines on an action packed quarterfinal day at the Sitting...
Eindhoven, Netherlands, 19 July, 2018 – World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner OAM and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons agreed to continue the strong relationship between the two organisations for the benefit of ParaVolley and Paralympic sport the world. Mr Couzner and Mr Parsons met on Thursday on the...
Eindhoven, Netherlands, 18 July, 2018 – On the final day of preliminary competition, 2016 Paralympic champions Iran, along with the silver medallists, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Egypt, the bronze medallists from those Games, were joined by China, Russia, Ukraine, Brazil and USA in qualifying for the 2018 Men’s World Championship...
Arnhem, Netherlands, 17 July, 2018 – Paralympic champions USA, Russia, Italy and Brazil and the Ukraine joined defending champions China, hosts the Netherlands and Canada in the 2018 Sitting Volleyball Women’s World Championship quarterfinals after the completion of pool play in Arnhem on Tuesday. With the top two teams in...
Arnhem, Netherlands, 16 July, 2018 – With the second of three days of pool play completed the first quarterfinalists at the 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships in the Netherlands have been confirmed. RESULTS WOMEN – Arnhem Mon Jul 16 11:00 ITA v SLO 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-18) Mon Jul 16...
Arnhem, the Netherlands, 15 July, 2018 – Defending champions China (women) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (men) both started with straight set victories as the 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships got underway in Arnhem (women) and Venlo (men) on Sunday. The top 16 teams for each gender are in the Netherlands...
Arnhem, Netherlands, 13 July, 2018 – World ParaVolley’s journey into a thriving new era took a significant boost when its General Assembly approved the motion to add an elected female and male athlete representative to the World ParaVolley Board of Directors on Friday. Athletes at the heart With the goal...
Arnhem, Netherlands, 13 July, 2018 – The best 16 men’s and 16 women’s teams from around the world will face off, starting Sunday, for the honour to be 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Champion and for a ticket to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World...
Arnhem, the Netherlands, 11 July, 2018 – The World ParaVolley Board of Directors completed its three-day meeting in the Papendal Hotel on Tuesday on the eve of the 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships, which will take place across the Netherlands starting Sunday. Led by World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner OAM,...
Australian Volleyball coach Wei Ping Tu has received the Australian Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services, over many years, to the development of Volleyball in Australia. From China to Australia After studying Volleyball at the famous Beijing Sports University and coaching in China for many years,...
