Women's European Sitting Volleyball Championships

For the equivalent men's tournament, see Men's European Sitting Volleyball Championships.

Women's European Sitting Volleyball Championships

Upcoming season or competition: 2025 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Women's event
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1993;32 years ago (1993)
First season	1993
No. of teams	12 (Finals)
Continent	Europe (ParaVolley Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Italy (1st title)
Most titles	Netherlands (8 titles)
Official website	ParaVolley Europe Youtube channel

The Women's European Sitting Volleyball Championships is an international sitting volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ParaVolley Europe (PVE), the sport's European governing body. From the start, the event has been held biannually, since the inaugural edition in 1993.

The current champions are the Italy, which won their first title at the 2023 tournament in Caorle, Italy.

History

While the men's tournament started in 1981, it took twelve years to introduce a women's equivalent. In 1993, the first edition was held in Järvenpää, Finland, where four teams took part. Netherlands won the first edition, with hosts Finland coming second. ^[1] Since then, the event has been consistently held every two years.

The most successful team in the tournament is Netherlands with eight titles.

Results summary

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match			Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	4th place
1993	Järvenpää		Netherlands	3–2	Finland		Estonia	Latvia		4
1995	Ljubljana		Netherlands	3–0	Latvia		Slovenia	Lithuania		8
1997	Tallinn		Latvia	–	Lithuania		Netherlands	Slovenia		8
1999	Sarajevo		Slovenia	–	Finland		Netherlands	Latvia		6
2001	Sárospatak		Netherlands	3–1	Slovenia		Finland	Ukraine		7
2003	Lappeenranta		Netherlands	3–0	Slovenia		Finland	Ukraine		7
2005	Leverkusen		Netherlands	–	Lithuania		Slovenia	Ukraine		5
2007	Nyíregyháza		Netherlands	3–1	Ukraine		Slovenia	Lithuania		7
2009	Elbląg		Netherlands	3–1	Ukraine		Slovenia	Lithuania		8
2011	Rotterdam		Ukraine	3–1	Netherlands		Russia	Slovenia		8
2013	Elbląg		Russia	3–2	Ukraine		Slovenia	Netherlands		9
2015	Podčetrtek		Ukraine	3–2	Russia		Slovenia	Netherlands		8
2017	Poreč		Russia	3–0	Ukraine		Netherlands	Finland		9
2019	Budapest		Russia	3–0	Italy		Ukraine	Germany		9
2021	Antalya		Russia	3–1	Italy		Germany	Slovenia		11
2023	Caorle		Italy	3–1	Slovenia		Ukraine	Germany		10
2025	Gyor			–						12

Medals summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	7	1	3	11
2	Russia	4	1	1	6
3	Ukraine	2	4	2	8
4	Slovenia	1	3	6	10
5	Italy	1	2	0	3
6	Latvia	1	1	0	2
7	Finland	0	2	2	4
8	Lithuania	0	2	0	2
9	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		16	16	16	48

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• 5th – Fifth place
• 6th – Sixth place
• 7th – Seventh place
• 8th – Eighth place
• 9th – Ninth place
• 10th – Tenth place
• 11th – Eleventh place
• 12th – Twelfth place
• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
• q – may still qualify for upcoming tournament
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  •×  – Disqualified
•  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
•    – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Nation	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	Participations
Croatia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	9th	8th	9th	7th	9th	6th		6
Estonia	3rd	×	8th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		2
Finland	2nd	5th	5th	2nd	3rd	3rd	×	×	7th	6th	6th	6th	4th	6th	5rd	×		14
France	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	9th		1
Great Britain	x	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	7th	×	×	×	9th	×	8th		3
Germany	×	8th	7th	6th	6th	6th	×	6th	5th	5th	5th	5th	8th	4th	3rd	4th		14
Hungary	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	8th	7th	7th	6th	8th	7th	5th	Q	7
Italy	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	7th	2nd	2nd	1st		4
Latvia	4th	2nd	1st	4th	7th	×	×	5th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		6
Lithuania	×	4th	2nd	5th	5th	5th	2nd	4th	4th	×	×	×	×	×	×	x		8
Netherlands	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	×	10th	x		14
Poland	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	8th	×	8th	×	×	×	8th	7th		4
Russia	×	6th	×	×	×	7th	5th	7th	6th	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	x	x	11
Slovenia	×	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	5th	5th	4th	2nd		15
Turkey	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	11th	10th		2
Ukraine	×	7th	6th	×	4th	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	6th	3rd		14
Total	4	8	8	6	7	7	5	7	8	8	9	8	9	9	11	10	12

Hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

Total	Nations	Year(s)
4	Hungary	2001, 2007, 2019, 2025
2	Finland	1993, 2003
	Poland	2009, 2013
	Slovenia	1995, 2015
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1999
	Croatia	2017
	Estonia	1997
	Germany	2005
	Italy	2023
	Netherlands	2011
	Turkey	2021

See also

• Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
• World Para Volleyball Championship
• Sitting volleyball
• Men's European Sitting Volleyball Championships
• Asian Para Volleyball Championship (Asia Oceania Zone)
• African Para Volleyball Championship (Africa Zone )
• Pan American Para Volleyball Championship (America Zone)
• Euro League Club Championship

References

1. https://api.website.paravolley.eu/storage/files/9c087bc9-1a35-4393-bf7d-f80e8357f61e.pdf

External links

• Home - ParaVolley Europe