Fans in the United States will get to watch the women’s team sitting volleyball title defence at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, as the sport will be part of NBC Universal’s record 1,200-hour Paralympic coverage through its various channels and digital platforms. The network will bring behind-the-scenes look on the...
Jean Marie Vianney Nsengiyumva was appointed as the new head coach of three-time African champions Rwanda women’s sitting volleyball team ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. He replaced Egyptian coach Mossad Rashad who held the position since 2019. With Rwanda’s preparations for Tokyo 2020 set to take off in...
World ParaVolley returns to action this year with exciting tournaments to look forward to, including the much-anticipated Paralympic Games. Before the Summer Games, we complete the Tokyo 2020 men’s cast with the Sitting Volleyball Men’s Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament from June 1 to 5 in Duisburg, Germany. Two months later,...
The World ParaVolley Board recently approved China as host of the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships to be held at the World ParaVolley Hangzhou Development Centre tentatively 18th to 24th May 2022. Some seven countries initially expressed interest in hosting the event. The Board voted unanimously to approve China, thus...
(all times AST – Atlantic Standard Time – GMT-04:00) Volleyball Canada has released the schedule for the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Final Paralympic Qualification Tournament, taking place February 26 to 29, 2020, in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Canada Games Centre. The tournament is the final opportunity for the women’s teams...
On behalf of the World ParaVolley Board, I regret to advise that the planned 2020 Sitting Volleyball World Cup in China has to be relocated due to the coronavirus outbreak in the interests of our athletes and officials. This move is fully supported by the President of ParaVolley Asia Oceania,...
The Paris 2024 Organising Committee has launched the recruitment process for the Volleyball Sport Manager at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The intention is to identify the requisite Sport Manager by the spring of this year, in order for the manager to have the opportunity to attend the...
Tokyo, Japan, November 17, 2019 – Reigning Paralympic champions the United States continue their golden run, keeping their unbeaten streak and clinching the 2019 World Super 6 title at the Taito Riverside Sports Centre on Sunday. After their outstanding performance of six wins in the preliminary round without dropping a...
Tokyo, 17th November 2019 Match 13 – Bronze Medal Game – JAPAN v UKRAINE Match 14 – Gold Medal Game – USA v RUSSIA Bulletin 6 JAPAN v UKRAINE – 3-0 (25-20; 25-22; 25-10) Japan spurred on by home soil advantage to beat Ukraine 3 sets to 0 Ukraine started...
Tokyo, Japan, November 16, 2019 – The United States will enter the final round of the 2019 World Super 6 with an unbeaten record of 6-0 after earning two wins, while hosts Japan earned their first win against Ukraine at the Taito Riverside Sports Centre. The North American side started...
