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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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The first ever sitting volleyball training camp for the “Groupe FRANCE” took place on 4th, 5th and 6th March 2016 in Vandoeuvre les Nancy (FRA) with the objective to start the ground work towards building a potential National Team in the future. The group was hosted by the club VNVB which has its own Sitting Volleyball section which was created …

Introduction ParaVolley Europe (PVE) and VolleySLIDE (VS) are working together with World ParaVolley (WPV) regarding the implementation of a small sided game to be used for low level competitions, aimed at aiding the development of new Sitting Volleyball players. It is planned that this small sided game will be of particular use for junior, youth and young adult players. However, the …

ParaVolley Europe had their first Board meeting of 2016 in Elblag, Poland where they were hosted by the club Atak. This was the first time the board met face to face since the General Assembly which took place in October 2015 in Warendorf (GER) during the Men European Championship. As a result, the meeting was a strategic one since the …

President mr Toralv Thorkildsen has recently met the CEV President mr Aleksandar Boričić! You can read about this meeting on CEV’s webpage.

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 organizer. Both events …