Update to the 2025 – 2028 Sitting Volleyball Rules
The World ParaVolley Board has approved the changes to the Rules and Guidelines for Sitting Volleyball for 2025 to 2028.
The document below summarises the all the approved changes with new text and explanatory notes. These changes have immediate effect.
Approved Sitting Volleyball Rule Changes for 2025-2028 – FINAL (.pdf)
Please send any comments or questions to sportdirector@worldparavolley.org
Rules of the Game
2025-2028 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Rules and Diagrams.
2025-2028 World ParaVolley Reglas Oficiales de Voleibol Sentado (Español)
2022-2024 World ParaVolley Regras Oficias de Voleibol Sentado (Português)
NOTE: In case of any doubt over any rule, the English version of the Rules of the Game shall prevail over the versions in any other language.
Sitting Volleyball Refereeing Guidelines and Instructions 2025
Goal of the Guidelines:
A major goal of the World ParaVolley Referee Commission (VRC) is to standardize the interpretation of the rules, the mechanics of the referees, and the game procedures used in matches. To help achieve this goal, the Referee Guidelines are updated regularly. These guidelines are valid for all World ParaVolley, World and Official Competitions (including Zonal Championships).
Referee Guidelines and Instructions 2025 (pdf)
Athlete Eligibility
All athletes with physical impairments are eligible to compete at the international level, provided they go through the Classification process. Many players are athletes who are amputees. In addition, two players on each team may have ‘minimal impairment’, which means their impairment may appear minimal but it may prevent them from competing in the conventional version of the sport.
Please see the Classification page for further details on Athlete Eligibility.
Team Uniform Regulations – Sitting Volleyball
World ParaVolley Team Uniform Regulations – March 2025 (PDF in A4 page format)
World ParaVolley Team Uniform Regulations – March 2025 (PDF in LETTER page format)
UNIFORM GUIDELINES – SITTING VOLLEYBALL Ver 4.0 March 2025 (PDF)
Rule Books for ParaVolley disciplines:
Sitting Volleyball
2025-2028 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Rule Book
2025-2028 World ParaVolley Reglas Oficiales de Voleibol Sentado (Español)
2022-2024 World ParaVolley Regras Oficias de Voleibol Sentado (Português)
Youth Sitting Volleyball
2022-2024 World ParaVolley Official Youth Sitting Volleyball Rules
2022-2024 Reglas Oficiales del Voleibol Sentado Juvenil (Español)