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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 …

In a bid to facilitate the organisation of events and advertise the sport to as wide an audience as possible, ParaVolley Europe has reviewed the way tournaments should be registered. The aim is to have a full list of ParaVolley events happening in all the disciplines in order to provide better support from an advertising and awareness point of view …

The National Sitting Volleyball team of China came to Italy between 27th and 30th June in order to share some training sessions and exhibition games with their Italian counterparts. On Tuesday 28th June, after a 3 hour morning training session, the first of two official matches between the two Sitting Volleyball Women Teams took place in the city center of Terni …

On the next-to-last day of the 2014-2016 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Final in Stavanger, a Sitting Beach Volleyball tournament was organised with participation of five teams accounting for 25 players. It was only the third time such kind of competition was held in Norway’s Beach Volleyball capital after a similar event ran in conjunction with the 2009 FIVB Beach …

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 …

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 …