Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Volleyball
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Volleyball, Tokyo 2020 (Paralympics).svg
Sitting volleyball pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue Makuhari Messe
Dates27 August – 5 September 2021
Competitors96
2016
2024

Two sitting volleyball team events were held at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, one for men and one for women. They were held at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Japan.

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The Tokyo Games were the fifth time the women's sitting volleyball event was contested. It was also the fifth Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in 1976 through 2000. [1]

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [2] [3]

Qualification

There were 16 teams (8 male, 8 female) that competed in the competition. [4] [5]

During the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, the USA women won the event for the first time beating China in the final. [6] Both of these teams qualified again to be joined by six other national teams.

Men

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host Country Allocation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2018 World ParaVolley Championships15–22 July 2018 Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Hague 2Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)
2019 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Zonal Championships [7] [8] 10–15 June 2019 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok 1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
2019 ParaVolley Europe Zonal Championships – Men [9] [10] 15–20 July 2019 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 1Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC  (RPC)
2019 Parapan American Games 23–28 August 2019 Flag of Peru.svg Lima 1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
2019 ParaVolley Africa Zonal Championships [11] 19–22 September 2019 Flag of Rwanda.svg Kigali 1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)
2020 World ParaVolley Final Paralympic Qualification Event [12] 1–5 June 2021 Flag of Germany.svg Duisburg 1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Total8

Women

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host Country Allocation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2018 World ParaVolley Championships15 – 21 July 2018  Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Hague 2Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC  (RUS)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
2019 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Zonal Championships [13] 10–15 June 2019 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok 1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
2019 ParaVolley Europe Zonal Championships – Women [14] 15–20 July 2019 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
2019 Parapan American Games 23–28 August 2019 Flag of Peru.svg Lima 1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
2019 ParaVolley Africa Zonal Championships [15] 15–17 September 2019 Flag of Rwanda.svg Kigali 1Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda  (RWA)
2020 World ParaVolley Final Paralympic Qualification Event [16] 25–29 February 2020 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Halifax 1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Total8

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's team
details
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Meysam Alipour
Davoud Alipourian
Mahdi Babadi
Sadegh Bigdeli
Hossein Golestani
Mohammad Hossein Hosseini
Majid Lashkari Sanami
Mehrzad Mehravan
Morteza Mehrzad
Mohammad Nemati
Morteza Ramezani Gerakoei
Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei
Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC
Aleksandr Baichik
Anatolii Krupin
Andrei Lavrinovich
Viktor Milenin
Vladimir Pankratov
Sergei Pozdeev
Aleksandr Reznichenko
Aleksandr Savichev
Denis Shestakov
Aleksei Volkov
Evgenii Volosnikov
Ilnar Zinnatullin
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Safet Alibašić
Jasmin Brkić
Nizam Čančar
Stevan Crnobrnja
Sabahudin Delalić
Mirzet Duran
Ismet Godinjak
Dževad Hamzić
Ermin Jusufović
Adnan Manko
Asim Medić
Women's team
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Whitney Dosty
Heather Erickson
Annie Flood
Kathryn Holloway
Kaleo Kanahele Maclay
Monique Matthews
Nichole Millage
Emma Schieck
Alexis Shifflett
Lora Webster
Jillian Williams
Bethany Zummo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Gao Wenwen
Gong Bin
Hu Huizi
Lyu Hongqin
Qiu Junfei
Tang Xuemei
Wang Li
Wang Yanan
Xu Yixiao
Zhang Lijun
Zhang Xufei
Zhao Meiling
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Gizele Maria Dias
Nurya Silva
Nathalie Silva
Edwarda Dias
Ana Luísa Aparecida
Jani Freitas
Luiza Guisso Fiorese
Adria Silva
Camila Leiria
Bruna Nascimento Lima
Pâmela Pereira
Laiana Rodrigues

See also

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