The Norwegian Volleyball federation has invited all the clubs to join their Sitting Beachvolleyball tournament on 25th of June in Stavanger, in addition to key personnel of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports, the tournament sponsors and partners. Between 200-300 invites have been sent and the federation hopes to see activity on the court all day. …

Portugal Day, officially Day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities, is Portugal’s National Day celebrated annually on 10 June. This year the national holiday coincided with a historic day for the country’s Volleyball family, since the first ever nationwide ParaVolei meeting was organised at Lousada Sports Complex.  The first event of this kind sparked excitement and thrill among hundreds …

A 4×4 ParaVolley Beach Sitting Volleyball tournament will be organised on 16th July in Zoutelande (NED) by the club of Beach Volleyball Zoutelande. This is the 23rd edition of the tournament which has included Beach Sitting Volleyball since 2014. For general information and registration form – please click on the links below General Information Registration Form  

Branko MIHORKO, ParaVolley Europe Vice President, attended on Friday 10th June in Vienna (AUT) a dynamic workshop organised by the European Paralympics Committee. The Workshop focused on how EPC members can engage with the European Week of Sport (EWoS) and how to make use of the EWoS to better promote participation in para-sports in their countries. The participants were invited to …

ParaVolley Europe is delighted to welcome Georgia as a new member of the PVE family. Georgia has successfully organised a series of games between Azerbaijan and Georgia end April 2016 and are aiming to develop the sport by setting up their national team. In order to allow Georgia to compete sooner rather than later, the Sport Department has re-allocated the Sub-Zones …

The ParaVolley sports of sitting volleyball and sitting beach volley are developing at a very fast rate throughout Europe and in order to bring more awareness to these disciplines, ParaVolley Europe has set up an events registration procedure which can be found by clicking on the link below: Event Registration Regulations Registration form It is very simple – you fill …

First International Sitting Beach ParaVolley tournament in Slovenia! The tournaments will take place on 16th and 17th of JULY in KANAL OB SOČI (Slovenia) There will be two tournaments organised: SITTING BEACH PARAVOLLEY (World ParaVolley Rules) OPEN SITTING BEACHVOLLEY (Local Rules)  Application deadline: 1st OF JULY 2016 Minimum of 10 registered teams Choice of different accommodation offers (the accommodation will be paid …

The first Congress in Greece for Volleyball with subject “Volleyball: International trends and prospects in Greece”, organised by the “Club of friends of Greek National Volleyball teams” is currently taking place in Athens on May 14 & 15. During the Congress, several subjects related to Volleyball will be discussed such as Development, National Teams, Professional Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Coaching, Psychology, Refereeing, …

ParaVolley Europe (PVE) is looking for organisers for Sitting Volleyball Youth Camps and New Nation Tournaments. The Youth Camp should be organised during the schools’ holiday seasons so that so many countries as possible have a possibility to send players or teams. The dates for the New Nation Tournament are flexible and can be decided by the organiser. Both events …

Both the men’s and women’s competitions pools have been released ahead of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. Both Pool B feature the top two world-ranked teams for the men with I. R. Iran and Bosnia and Herzegovina and for the women with China and the USA. Below are some more details about how the team came to qualify for Rio2016: …