Competition Sitting Volleyball

Follonica (ITA) is ready to host the ParaVolley Europe Sub-Zone 3 Women with the participation of the National Teams of Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary. The tournament will take place at the PalaGolfo “Raul Micheli” on Saturday 1st October starting at 10:00 am with Italy playing against Croatia before returning to the field in the afternoon against Slovenia. The third …

As you might already be aware, the competition schedule for the 2016 Rio2016 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball competition has been released. Click on the link to get the Match Schedule (as at August 25th, 2016) with the European teams game dates and times highlighted. You will also find below some infographics: Qualification paths and the pools for both the men’s …

ParaVolley Europe is excited to announce that expressions of interest have been received from two National Federation to organise the next European Championship which will take place in 2017. The two applicants are: Croatian Paralympic Committee (CPC) for both gender proposed location: Porec (CRO) proposed dates: between end September and early November   Italian Volleyball Federation (FIPAV) for Women only …

Two weeks ago, the 23rd International 3CT Beachvolleyball Tournament took place in Zoutelande (NL) and included a 4×4 para beachvolleyball tournament. 6 mixed teams, all from Holland and who usually play in the Dutch indoor competition moved onto the beach to show their skills. The tournament was played following the international rules with the exception of the number of players …

The Nerulum Cup 2016 will take place between 27th and 30th July in Rotonda (Pz) – Italy. The tournament will include three Sitting Volleyball National Men’s teams Italy Georgia Egypt The Italian Sitting Volleyball Women’s team will be a guest for this event, making the most of the facilities to have several training sessions. The full programme can be found …

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 …

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: …

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 …