WELCOME !!!
…to the Qualification Process for the Sitting Volleyball competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games!
The best 8 men’s and 8 women’s teams will face off in the Sitting Volleyball competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games!
Qualification – Team Slots
as at 15 October, 2019
| Men and Women – 8 Teams each | No. | Men | Men | Women | Women |
|
Host Nation |
1 | JPN | – | JPN | – |
|
Top 2 ranked teams – 2018 World Championships |
2 | IRI | BIH | RPC* | USA |
|
Highest ranked team (not otherwise qualified) – 2019 ParaVolley Europe Championships |
1 |
RPC* | – | ITA | – |
|
Highest ranked team (not otherwise qualified) – 2019 ParaVolley Pan America Championships |
1 |
BRA | – | BRA | – |
|
Highest ranked team (not otherwise qualified) – 2019 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Championships |
1 | CHN | – | CHN | – |
|
Highest ranked team (not otherwise qualified) – 2019 ParaVolley Africa Championships |
1 | EGY | – | RWA | – |
|
Highest ranked team (not otherwise qualified) – 2020 Paralympic Games Final Qualifier |
1 |
GER | – | CAN | – |
|
Total slots |
8 |
*RPC = Russian Paralympic Committee as per WADA
Since all players who play at the Paralympics have to hold a passport for the country they represent, all players participating in events that lead to Paralympic Qualification must also hold a passport for the country they represent.
Quick Links
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics qualification update
World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships Netherlands 2018
Tokyo 2020 – Sitting Volleyball
International Paralympic Committee
Key Links