Today the final matches of the round-robin took place with teams competing for a place in the quarter-final round. For a third day in a row we saw a five-set match, this time it was Ukraine who managed to defeat Azerbaijan in a tough 5th set, 15-10. On Monday the...
Day two of the ParaVolley Europe is now completed! The match of the day was Hungary versus Serbia, with Hungary taking the match by only two points in the fifth and final set. Results (Oct 3): Team 1 Team 2 Result Scores HUN SRB 3:2 13:25, 25:20, 25:21, 14:25, 15:13...
The ParaVolley Europe Sitting Volleyball Championships got underway today with six matches. Day one saw some great competition in all matches, with Italy participating in it’s first ParaVolley Europe Championship, and the RUS-AZE match going to five sets! Results – October 2nd Team 1 Team 2 Result Scores BIH HUN...
Working his magic at Volley-Club Sarrebourg in France. 1 – How did you get involved in Sitting Volleyball? I found out about Sitting Volleyball during the Paralympic Games several years ago. I was aware of what thepractice of the sport could bring out in disabled people. As a result, when...
After a busy month’s of Sitting Volleyball action in both Africa and the Americas, we are delighted to list below an updated list of those teams who have confirmed their qualification for Rio 2016. This leaves two spots available for both Men’s and Women’s teams, one berth is up for...
Thanks to Toronto, the Organizing Committee, the great volunteers, Technical Officials and all the participants for a great week at the 2015 Parapan Am Sitting Volleyball competition. The Parapan Am Games provided a great week of volleyball for the athletes, coaches and spectators. Kudos to the Toronto organizing committee, the...
Semi-finals in both men’s and women’s events took place today at the Parapan Am Sitting Volleyball event. Some exciting volleyball action throughout the day as teams vied for the right to compete for medals and in some cases qualifying for a spot in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. The first...
Today was the final day for men’s preliminary matches and all 6 men’s teams were in action on the final day before semifinals begin tomorrow. In the first match of the day, Canada handed Colombia a 3 set defeat by scores of 25-19, 25-23, and 25-19. The Colombians played well...
Summary – Day 4 Preliminary Rounds Today saw all 10 teams in the TO2015 Parapan Am Sitting Volleyball competition in action once again. In the first match of the day, the men from Brazil easily handled the much less experienced team from Colombia, taking the match in 3 sets by...
Summary – Day 3 Preliminary Rounds Today saw all 10 teams in the TO2015 Parapan Am Sitting Volleyball competition in action. In the first match of the day, Brazil took on Costa Rica and had little trouble disposing of them in a match that lasted only 50 minutes. The size...
