Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Volleyball
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Sitting volleyball pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueMakuhari Messe
Dates27 August – 5 September 2021
Competitors96
Sitting volleyball at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen

The Tokyo Games were the fifth time the women's sitting volleyball event were 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 to 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) which competed in the competition.[4][5]

In 2016 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 Allocation——1 Japan (JPN)
2018 World ParaVolley Championships15–22 July 2018Netherlands The Hague2 Iran (IRI)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
2019 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Zonal Championships[7][8]10–15 June 2019Thailand Bangkok1 China (CHN)
2019 ParaVolley Europe Zonal Championships – Men[9][10]15–20 July 2019Hungary Budapest1 RPC (RUS)
2019 Parapan American Games23–28 August 2019Peru Lima1 Brazil (BRA)
2019 ParaVolley Africa Zonal Championships[11]19–22 September 2019Rwanda Kigali1 Egypt (EGY)
2020 World ParaVolley Final Paralympic Qualification Event[12]1–5 June 2021Germany Duisburg1 Germany (GER)
Total8

Women
Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host Country Allocation——1 Japan (JPN)
2018 World ParaVolley Championships15 – 21 July 2018 Netherlands The Hague2 RPC (RUS)
 United States (USA)
2019 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Zonal Championships[13]10–15 June 2019Thailand Bangkok1 China (CHN)
2019 ParaVolley Europe Zonal Championships – Women[14]15–20 July 2019Hungary Budapest1 Italy (ITA)
2019 Parapan American Games23–28 August 2019Peru Lima1 Brazil (BRA)
2019 ParaVolley Africa Zonal Championships[15]15–17 September 2019Rwanda Kigali1 Rwanda (RWA)
2020 World ParaVolley Final Paralympic Qualification Event[16]25–29 February 2020Canada Halifax1 Canada (CAN)
Total8

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
  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		  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		  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
  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		  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		  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

References
  1. "Standing Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. World ParaVolley. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 24 March 2020.
  3. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  4. "World Para Volley – Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Process". www.worldparavolley.org. World ParaVolley. 31 August 2018.
  5. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 13 April 2021.
  6. "Sitting volleyball: Five things we learned from Rio 2016". International Paralympic Committee. 7 October 2016.
  7. "Road to Tokyo: Bangkok to host 2019 Asia-Oceania Zone Championships". worldparavolley.org. World Para Volley. 6 February 2019.
  8. "Iran Retain PVAO Men's Championship Title". worldparavolley.org. World Para Volley. 15 June 2019.
  9. "European Sitting Volleyball Championships". EuroSittingVolley.com. ParaVolley Europe. 19 July 2019.
  10. "Russia go to Tokyo 2020, play Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2019 EuroSittingVolley final". EuroSittingVolley.com. ParaVolley Europe. 19 July 2019.
  11. Palmer, Dan (22 September 2019). "Egypt win Men's ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships and qualify for Tokyo 2020". insidethegames.biz.
  12. Pavitt, Michael (5 June 2021). "Germany beat Kazakhstan to claim final Tokyo 2020 sitting volleyball spot". insidethegames.biz.
  13. "China Win Second Consecutive Title". worldparavolley.org. World Para Volley. 15 June 2019.
  14. "Double success for Italy who make Tokyo 2020 and play Russia in EuroSittingVolley final". EuroSittingVolley.com. ParaVolley Europe. 19 July 2019.
  15. Palmer, Dan (17 September 2019). "Rwandan women's sitting volleyball team qualify for Tokyo 2020". insidethegames.biz.
  16. Morgan, Liam (9 November 2019). "Canada to host final women's sitting volleyball qualifier for Tokyo 2020". insidethegames.biz.
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