Driving the sport forwards in his country! 1 – How did you get involved in Sitting Volleyball? I got to know about Sitting Volleyball whilst speaking with Ute Maria Fischer, an International Volleyball and Sitting Volleyball referee from Germany during a tournament in 2010. I immediately started researching about it...
The World ParaVolley Classification Review Panel has been hard at work over the past year putting together the new World ParaVolley Classification Rules. The new Rules will reflect changes to the IPC 2015 Classification Code. The World ParaVolley Review Panel initiated a self-audit process in 2016, with the intent of...
World ParaVolley has released the qualification criteria for the 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships for men and women. The Championships will take place in the Netherlands in July, 2018. The Netherlands Volleyball Association (NeVoBo) will host the event, which will see teams compete in various different cities and come together...
The World ParaVolley Board is pleased to announce that a contract has been signed with the Molten Corporation for Molten volleyballs to be the official game ball for World ParaVolley events henceforth to the end of December 2020. The agreement is a landmark for World ParaVolley in that it is...
On 14th March 2017, the United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA) announced that Mr Roderick Green of team USA has accepted a 9 months ban after having tested positive for a prohibited substance due to a contaminated oral supplement. The World ParaVolley Anti-Doping Commission has been kept informed throughout the...
(from IPC) In January, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) released the Classification Model Rules and the Model of Best Practice on National Classification, both of which aim to assist the membership with the implementation of the 2015 IPC Athlete Classification Code (the Code). The model rules are compliant with the...
The World ParaVolley Board is holding the first meeting of 2017 in the Netherlands this week. On the table for consideration are the all-important Strategic Plan, Membership, Media & Communications, Beach Volleyball, Classification, Anti-Doping, HR and Development. The major events in 2017 for the teams include the World Club Cup,...
On 12 January in the city of Hangzhou, China, the World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner (2nd from right) and the China Goalball Centre Director Lu Cailling (second from left) signed the Contract to conduct the first ever World Super 6 event for women in May, 2017. Present to witness the...
World ParaVolley, in collaboration with ParaVolley Pan America and the Costa Rican Volleyball Federation (FECOVOL) will be hosting a set of courses from February 23rd-26th, 2017. Level 1 Referee, Coach, and Classifier courses will be on offer in San Jose, Costa Rica. They will be offered in English and Spanish....
From the President’s Desk As 2016 draws to a close, it is a good time to provide our members and volunteers with a summary of what has been a very active year. Board Meetings We have conducted 5 meetings during the year, including a face-to-face meeting in China at which...
