World Para Volleyball Championship

World Para Volleyball Championship was first played in 1983 and organized by World ParaVolley.

Sitting volleyball

Men's tournament

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Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983	Delden	Netherlands	Germany	Finland
1985	Kristiansand	Iran	Yugoslavia	Netherlands
1986	Pécs	Iran	Hungary	Netherlands
1989	Las Vegas	Netherlands	Hungary	Germany
1990	Assen	Iran	Netherlands	Yugoslavia
1994	Bottrop	Iran	Norway	Netherlands
1998	Tehran	Iran	Finland	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2002	Cairo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Germany	Iran
2006	Roermond	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Iran	Egypt
2010	Edmond	Iran	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Egypt
2014	Elblag	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Brazil	Iran
2018	Arnhem	Iran	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Brazil
2022	Sarajevo	Iran	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Brazil
2026	Hangzhou

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	8	1	2	11
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	3	1	7
3	Netherlands	2	1	3	6
4	Germany	0	2	1	3
5	Hungary	0	2	0	2
6	Brazil	0	1	2	3
7	Finland	0	1	1	2
	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
9	Norway	0	1	0	1
10	Egypt	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		13	13	13	39

Women's tournament

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1994	Delten	Netherlands	Latvia	Lithuania
2000	Maastricht	Netherlands	Finland	Slovenia
2002	Kamnik	Netherlands	Slovenia	Finland
2006	Roermond	Netherlands	China	Slovenia
2010	Edmond	China	United States	Ukraine
2014	Elblag	China	United States	Russia
2018	Arnhem	Russia	United States	China
2022	Sarajevo	Brazil	Canada	United States
2026	Hangzhou

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	4	0	0	4
2	China	2	1	1	4
3	Russia	1	0	1	2
4	Brazil	1	0	0	1
5	United States	0	3	1	4
6	Slovenia	0	1	2	3
7	Finland	0	1	1	2
8	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
10	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		8	8	8	24

Beach

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2024	Chongqing	Poland	India	Slovakia
2025	Mersin	Poland	Latvia	United States

Ranking

Men

Team	1983	1985	1986	1989	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022	2026
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austria	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	8
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	7	-
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	11	13	10
Czechoslovakia	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt	-	-	11	-	-	-	7	4			4	6	4
Finland		8	7	5	8	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
Germany	-	-	-	-	-	6	5		4	6	6	10	5
Great Britain	-	10	13	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hungary	-	6			4	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
Iran	-			-
Iraq	-	-	-	6	-	-	9	6	10	-	-	14	9
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	8	12	-	-	15	16
Kazakhstan	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	7
Morocco	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-
Netherlands							4	5	8	12	9	11	14
Norway	-	5	5	4	6		6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12
Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	5	-
Rwanda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	13
Serbia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	15
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sweden	-	4	8	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Switzerland	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Germany		7	6		5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	4	8
United States	-	-	12	9	-	-	-	10	9	10	10	8	6
Yugoslavia	-		4	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total teams	10	13	9	9	8	12	10	12	12	12	12	16	16	16

Women

Team	1994	2000	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022	2026
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
Brazil	-	-	-	8	10	6	5
Canada	-	-	-	-	12	-	7
China	-	-	4					-
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-
Egypt	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-
Finland	-			-	-	8	12	10
Germany	5	4	-	-	6	10	-	6
Great Britain	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-
Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	11
Iran	-	8	8	-	-	9	-	9
Italy	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5
Japan	-	5	6	7	9	9	10	-
Latvia		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania		-	5	4	8	-	-	-
Mongolia	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Netherlands					4	4	8	-
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12
Russia	4	-	-	-	7			-
Rwanda	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	8
Slovenia	-				5	7	13	4
Ukraine	6	7	7	6		5	6	7
United States	-	-	-	5
Total teams	6	8	8	8	12	12	16	13	16

Youth World Para Volleyball Championship

Junior World Championships

Year	Ref
2005 Kamnik	[2]
2007 Niterói	[2]
2009 Mashhad	[3]

See also

• Pieter Joon - World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) founder and former president
• Volleyball variations
• Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics
• World ParaVolley
• Sitting volleyball
• VolleySLIDE
• Women's European Sitting Volleyball Championships
• Men's European Sitting Volleyball Championships

References

1. Kwok Ng (26 September 2016). "Major Competitions". sittingvolleyball.omeka.net. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
2. "BH Telecom Portal: Juniori BiH u polufinalu SP-a". Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
3. "Photos: Iran's sitting volleyball team wins World Championship". Payvand.com.

External links

• VolleySlide
• Sitting volleyball on International Paralympic Committee website
• http://www.sittingvolleyball.info/book/major-competitions