Rio 2016 Sitting Volleyball pools announced!

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:

MEN

Men – Pool A	World Ranking	Qualification Path
1  Brazil	2	Host
2  Egypt	4	2015 ParaVolley Africa Champions
3  Germany	5	2015 ParaVolley Europe Silver Medalist (behind BIH who had already qualified via 2014 World Championships)
4  USA	9	2015 Parapan Am Games Silver Medalist (behind BRA who is host for Rio2016)

 

Men – Pool B	World Ranking	Qualification Path
1  IR Iran	1	2014 World Championships Bronze Medalist (behind BIH-Gold, and BRA-Silver who is host for Rio2016)
2  Bosnia & Herzegovina	3	2014 World Championships Gold Medalist
3  Russia	6	2016 Intercontinental Non-Qualified Teams Champion
4  China	7	2015 ParaVolley Asia-Oceania Silver Medalist (behind IRI who qualified via 2014 World Championship)

WOMEN

Women – Pool A	World Ranking	Qualification Path
1  Brazil	4	Host
2  Ukraine	3	2015 ParaVolley Europe Champions
3  Russia	8	2016 Intercontinental Non-Qualified Teams Champion
4  Canada	14	2015 Parapan Am Games Bronze Medalist (behind BRA who is host for Rio2016 and USA who qualified via the 2014 World Championships)

 

Women – Pool B	World Ranking	Qualification Path
1  China	1	2014 World Championships Gold Medalist
2  USA	2	2014 World Championships Silver Medalist
3  IR Iran	9	2015 ParaVolley Asia-Oceania Silver Medalist (behind CHN who qualified via 2014 World Championship)
4  Rwanda	13	2015 ParaVolley Africa Champions

 

The Rio2016 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball competition will take place at the Riocentro Pavilion 6 between the 9th and 18th September 2016.