Great start for the Georgian Sitting volleyball team! The first-ever international matches of the Georgian national sitting volleyball men’s team took place on 28th, 29th and 30th of April 2016 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The friendly match was played against the national team of Azerbaijan. The match and the Georgian Para Volleyball Federation received great publicity as the match was broadcast in the local …

The New Nations tournament which took place in Prague between 22nd and 24th April 2016 and which was organised by the club SK Kometa Praha was a great success, gathering 6 teams from new sitting volleyball nations (with a bit of help from some other nations). Teams from Norway, Czech Republic,  France, Lithuania and Hungary played over two days and …

ParaVolley Turkey had their first Sitting Volleyball League games taking place in Fethiye-Mugla between 10th and 16th April 2016. This was the first leg of the league and had 10 teams taking part together with 99 players , 10 coaches and 16 referees . The opening ceremony was  well attended by the city representatives and local press. The first game …

Unfortunately, the Youth Camp that was planned in Elblag (POL) from 2nd to 5th June has had to be cancelled due to not enough players having registered for the event. Should you have any questions regarding youth development, please contact Suvi – suvi@paravolley.eu.  

On the 20th of April the Volleyball Association of Ireland ran its first ever 3 hour introductory Sitting Volleyball Workshop for teachers and leaders.   The workshop took place in the Irish Wheelchair Association Headquarters in Clontarf and was attended by Volleyball players, volunteers, members of Local Sports Partnerships and PE teachers.   Overall the feedback for the workshop was …

After under a month of the registration being open, the Level 1 Sitting Volleyball Coaching Course taking place in Luxembourg next month is now full! 28 participants (including 2 translators) from 14 different countries from around the globe will take part in the first ever official World ParaVolley coaching qualification for the leading ParaVolley discipline that is Sitting Volleyball, in …

The New Nations Tournament will kick off in three weeks in Prague (CZE) and will welcome 6 teams from new Sitting Volleyball Nations (FRA, NOR, HUN, LTU and CZE). This tournament is hosted by the Sport Club Kometa Praha which was founded 17 years ago in 1999 as Tennis and Volleyball club. It is now a big Volleyball club and has …

World ParaVolley has now confirmed that the Dutch National Volleyball Federation, Nevobo, will organise the 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships, for women and men. The announcement was made at the 2016 General Assembly, just prior to the start of the World ParaVolley Intercontinental in the Chinese city of Anji, where the last team for each gender hopes to qualify for …

Last weekend saw World ParaVolley Coach Commission Chairman Jouke DE HAAN (NED) and ParaVolley Marketing Director Isabelle COLLOT (FRA) deliver a Level 0 – Introduction to Sitting Volleyball Course to an audience of 26 people from all over France in cooperation with VolleySLIDE. The seminar took place in Mâcon between the 11th and 13th March and was organised by Chrystel BERNOU from the …

For the first time in the sport’s history, LuxSittingVolley in cooperation with the Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Volleyball, the Luxembourgish Paralympic Committee, ParaVolley Europe and VolleySLIDE is running a #SittingVolleyball Level 1 Coaching Course this coming May, alongside the 2017 CEV Volleyball European Championship Small Countries Division – Women qualifications. The course is open for applications from all over the world …