Morteza Mehrzadselakjani has not stopped winning since joining the Iranian men’s Sitting Volleyball team in 2016. The 30-year-old was fundamental in his country’s success at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Super 6 and, most recently, the 2018 World Championships in the Netherlands last month. Story courtesy of Paralympic.org Despite extending...
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has praised the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships for taking the sport ‘to the next level’. World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner OAM met Parsons on the sidelines as the quarterfinals of the event were played in the Netherlands last week. “I...
The International Paralympic Committee provides their thoughts on what were the top moments from the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships, which finished in the Netherlands on Sunday. Read the story on the IPC website or below. The Sitting Volleyball World Championships left many unforgettable moments and some surprising...
Los Angeles, USA, 23 July, 2018 – Great insight into the incredibly successful 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships, which finished on Sunday in the Netherlands, from chair of the USA Volleyball Board of Directors Lori Okimura, especially from an American perspective where the sport of Sitting Volleyball continues...
The Hague, the Netherlands, July 22, 2018 – Paralympic champions Iran added the Men’s World Championship crown to their name following a convincing 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-20) win over defending champions Bosnia & Herzegovina in the World ParaVolley 2018 Sitting Volleyball Men’s World Championship on Sunday in The Hague. It...
Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 21, 2018 – World No.7 Russia became world champions for the first time after recording a very impressive 3-1 (18-25, 27-25, 26-24, 26-24) win over 2016 Paralympic champions USA in the World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Women’s World Championship final at Luxour Theatre on Saturday. In a final,...
Rotterdam, Netherlands, 20 July, 2018 – The World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Women’s World Championship will have a new name on its trophy after USA and Russia qualified for the final after beating Italy and China in their respective semifinals at Luxor Theatre on Friday. Paralympic champions USA have lost the...
Rotterdam, Netherlands, 19 July, 2018 – Debutants Italy continued their dream run by beating the hosts the Netherlands in Thursday’s women’s quarterfinals to confirm a semifinal clash with Paralympic champions USA on Friday. That was one of the outstanding story lines on an action packed quarterfinal day at the Sitting...
Eindhoven, Netherlands, 18 July, 2018 – On the final day of preliminary competition, 2016 Paralympic champions Iran, along with the silver medallists, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Egypt, the bronze medallists from those Games, were joined by China, Russia, Ukraine, Brazil and USA in qualifying for the 2018 Men’s World Championship...
Arnhem, Netherlands, 17 July, 2018 – Paralympic champions USA, Russia, Italy and Brazil and the Ukraine joined defending champions China, hosts the Netherlands and Canada in the 2018 Sitting Volleyball Women’s World Championship quarterfinals after the completion of pool play in Arnhem on Tuesday. With the top two teams in...
