World ParaVolley is deeply saddened to share the news of Mike Hulett’s passing away earlier today. Mike served as the Chair of ParaVolley Pan America for a number of years and sat on the Board of Directors for World ParaVolley as well. Mike was the head coach of the USA...
India 1’s Datar Deewarata/Abhishek Aluwala/Sahir Ali Mallick and Slovakia’s Rudolf Makovini/Martin Dubovsky/Juraj Kucej led the first day of the men’s pool play round of the Beach ParaVolley World Series in Pingtan on Thursday. India 1 and Slovakia collected two wins each by way of default and straight-set victory in their...
Festive energy from the crowd and athletes marked the colourful start of the inaugural Pingtan Beach World Series Open on Thursday at Longwangtou Beach in Fuzhou, China. The 2019 Pingtan Beach World Series Open kicked off with the opening ceremony with a great welcome to the athletes by the organising...
All eyes will be on Longwangtou Beach for the inaugural Beach ParaVolley World Series event, where hosts China and India are set for the historic first serve at the 2019 Pingtan Open on Thursday. The World ParaVolley, in its bid to make Beach ParaVolley to be a Paralympic sport for...
Budapest, Hungary, 8 May 2019 – A Drawing of Lots on Sunday in the Hungarian capital will determine the preliminary round pools at the 2019 European Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men & Women which are scheduled for 15-20 July in Budapest. The draw will be held on board a cruise...
World ParaVolley is proud to announce the appointment of USA Volleyball Board of Directors Chair Lori Okimura as the World ParaVolley Beach ParaVolley Rules of the Game Committee Chair. Okimura joins World ParaVolley at a critical time with Beach ParaVolley striving to enter the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. “Her experience...
As part of encouraging and promoting sport among people of all determinations, a sitting volleyball exhibition game, featuring players from countries across the region, including Egypt and Kazakhstan, will be held during the opening ceremony of the Nad Al Sheba Sports Tournament in Dubai on Tuesday. Organised by Dubai Sports...
An earlier version of this article included the roster for Kazakhstan. The team had to withdraw from the tournament due to issues in their visa. The former version also included Li Yue in the Chinese women’s team roster; she was replaced with Li Min. The stage is set as the...
With just over two months to go until Europe’s elite gather in the Hungarian capital for the 2019 European Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men & Women, a dedicated website for the event has been launched today. The website features a presentation of the host city and location, the list of...
The world is in for a preview of the 2020 Paralympics! A few months ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games, Tokyo will be hosting the third edition of the women’s World Super 6 event slated on 12 to 17 November 2019. Participating countries will be selected from the top-ranked teams...
