Sitting Beach Volleyball

We are delighted at ParaVolley Europe to be partnering for the second year running with the popular Beach Volley Marathon! The organisers and location of the 28th edition of the event have already got it off to a winning start by introducing Beach ParaVolley, including a sitting version so that athletes with and without physical disabilities can play alongside each …

Further to the decision of the PVE Board of Administration back in October 2022 to appoint individual Commissioners for Beach, Coaches and Referees, the Sport Department is pleased to introduce the three individuals who will work for the next 12 months in the three areas highlighted below. Referee Commissioner – Dimos Kostopoulos Coach Commissioner – Lorenzo Giacobbi Beach Commissioner – …

Hungary struck gold at the 2022 Sitting Volleyball European Championship B after overpowering Slovenia 3-1 (18-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-18) in the final in Rouen. Slovenia had already lost most of their momentum after the first set and an attempt to retake the lead in the third proved fruitless. Hungary were in control throughout the fourth set and though Slovenia were …

Barry Couzner, World ParaVolley president, was invited by FIPAV and Paravolley Europe to attend meetings in Italy and Slovenia to discuss many topics such as development in Europe, Italiy as an example of good practise with Paravolley and strong support from NPC Italy for the future of our disciplines. He then ended up his European trip in Sarajevo (BIH), host …

If you thought the time of competitions was over, rest assured that this is not the case as ParaVolley Europe have a busy program planned throughout June and July! The summer will kick off with the inaugural edition of the Men & Women Sitting Volleyball Euroleague which will take place in Myslowice (POL) between 10th and 12th June where 6 …

World ParaVolley Board has published the updated Rules of the Game for sitting volleyball and beach paravolley for the period 2022-24.  As the two strategic disciplines of World ParaVolley, it was important that these Rules were updated as deemed necessary by the membership of the two Committees that had coaches, players, referees providing input. The Chair of the Rules of …

Between 27th and 29th July 2021, Slovenia’s capital will host the 2021 Lidl Slovenija Open Beach ParaVolley, which is the maiden international Beach ParaVolley tournament that will welcome 15 teams from nine different countries. The teams will compete in four different categories: Beach ParaVolley (Standing) and Sitting Beach Volleyball, both of them divided in two categories by gender. Although, Beach …

The 2021 Slovenia Open Beach ParaVolley competition is now taking registrations with no fewer than four separate events to be held:  Women’s Beach ParaVolley (Standing)  Men’s Beach ParaVolley (Standing)  Women’s Sitting Beach Volleyball  Men’s Sitting Beach Volleyball  The competitions will take place in Ljubljana (SLO) between 27th and 29th July 2021 and you will find below links to the following …

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 …

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 …