Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics information
See also: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Volleyball at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue
Riocentro Pavilion 6
Dates
9–18 September
Competitors
96from 12 nations
Medalists
Iran (IRI) (men) United States (USA) (women)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (men) China (CHN) (women)
Egypt (EGY) (men) Brazil (BRA) (women)
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Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held from 9 September to 18 September at the Riocentro Pavilion 6 in Rio de Janeiro. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women.[1]
In the men's sitting event, Bosnia and Herzegovina are the defending champions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran were the finalists in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012, with Iran winning in 2000 and 2008 and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004 and 2012.
The Rio Games will be the fourth time the women's sitting volleyball event will be contested. China are the defending champions, defeating the United States for gold in 2012. Ukraine won bronze in 2012, their first ever medal in the event.
This was the fourth Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in 1976 (when sitting volleyball was a demonstration event) through 2000.[2]
^"Sitting Volleyball - Explanatory Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^"Standing Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. World ParaVolley. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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