Seventeen players have been summoned to a training camp by Iran as the reigning world and Paralympic champions begin their preparations for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Head coach Hadi Rezaei have selected Sadegh Bigdeli, Hamidreza Abbasi, Mahdi Babadi, Alireza Poursemnani, Majid Lashgari, Ramezan Salehi, Morteza Mehrzad, Hossein Golestani, Mohammad...
The Americas Paralympic Committee announced that Panam Sports Executive Committee has unanimously decided to withdraw Baranquilla, Colombia as the Host City of the XX Pan American Games and the VIII Parapan American Games due to several breaches of the Host City Contract. Pan Sports and the Americas Paralympic Committee reiterated...
Dear World ParaVolley Community, Wishing you all a great start to the new year, the year of the Paris 2024 Paralympics! A month ago, our esteemed President and remarkable leader, Barry Couzner OAM, unexpectedly announced his retirement from World ParaVolley. Barry led our federation for 10 years, raising the level...
ParaVolley Africa (PVA) will conduct the draw for the forthcoming Africa Sitting Volleyball Zone Championships on Saturday, January 6. ParaVolley Africa President, Ehab Hassanein, confirmed that the draw will be conducted via Zoom at the FRMSPSH Headquarters in Rabat, Morocco at 17:00 local time (GMT+1), with the tournament scheduled from...
Agency calls on athletes, entourage, and all stakeholders to note major modification concerning tramadol The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wishes to remind stakeholders that the 2024 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List) and the 2024 Monitoring Program enter into force today (1 January 2024). The 2024 List was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee...
Denis Le Breuilly has announced his retirement from active duty with World ParaVolley after more than 30 years, serving six Federation Presidents, of involvement with volleyball for the physically impaired. This December, Le Breuilly formally confirmed that he is retiring from all his current WPV roles as: A Senior International...
The organising committee of the 2026 Asian Para Games (AINAGOC) unveiled the emblem and slogan for the Games taking place in the City of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture from 18-24 October 2026. The emblem utilises similar shapes to those used in the Asian Games emblem but has its own unique...
Nominations for World ParaVolley Awards Since 2019 the work of the Awards Committee has resulted in over 350 awards, including Recognition, Outstanding Achievement, Distinguished Service and Honorary Life Membership Awards, which were distributed by the Board of Directors annually on 24th April, International World ParaVolley Day. The Committee’s target for...
The Slovenian women’s sitting volleyball team wrote another amazing chapter in their remarkable story with a sensational end-of-year accolade. For the first time in history of the Slovenian Athlete of the Year Awards, the award for Disabled Athlete of the Year was given to a team. Members of the Slovenian...
The 2023 year-end report of World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner OAM
