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The 2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Men's event was the 6th edition of the biannual secondary world championship, contested by the senior men's national sitting volleyball teams, sanctioned by World ParaVolley. It was held in Fort Wayne, United States from 12 to 18 October 2025, marking the first time the event is held in the country and first time it was held in the Americas.[1]

Host country United States
CityFort Wayne
Dates12–18 October
Teams14 (from 4 confederations)
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2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country United States
CityFort Wayne
Dates12–18 October
Teams14 (from 4 confederations)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions [[ men's national sitting volleyball team|]] (1st title)
Runners-up [[ men's national sitting volleyball team|]]
Third place [[ men's national sitting volleyball team|]]
Fourth place [[ men's national sitting volleyball team|]]
Tournament awards
MVPEgypt Hesham El Shwikh
Best SetterBrazil Gizele Dias
Best LiberoBrazil Raysson Ferreira De Abreu Silva
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Best attackerUnited States Zachary Upp
Best spikerUnited States Zachary Upp
Best blockerCroatia Ivan Cosic
Best serverEgypt Elsayed Saad Moussa
Best receiverBrazil Alex Pereira Witkowski
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Fourteen teams took part, one more than the previous edition.

The tournament acted as qualification for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Hangzhou, China, with two spots available.

Iran are the defending champions, after beating Egypt 3–0 in the 2023 final in Cairo, but couldn't defend their title after not entering. Egypt won their first title after beating Brazil 3–1 in the final.[2]

Host selection

A call for the hosting rights was first said on 25 October 2024, with the deadline for submitting interest being on 30 November 2024.[3] On 3 February 2025, American city, Fort Wayne, was given the hosting rights.[4] This marks the first time the tournament will be in the United States and first time the event is in the Americas. The event is projected to generate $2.3 million for Allen County.[5]

Quotes

“We are honored to work alongside WPV and Visit Fort Wayne to welcome the global Sitting ParaVolley community to Fort Wayne. Beyond the intense competition, this event exemplifies the power of inclusive sport and provides a transformational experience for our community.”

— Mike Mushett, CEO of Turnstone.

“Fort Wayne continues to be a recognized leader in hosting events that have a lasting and meaningful impact for participants and guests. We’re thrilled to welcome athletes from across the globe for this milestone opportunity for our community. The success of our local partners in securing the World Cup speaks to our city’s growing reputation as an inclusive, world-class destination for sports.”

— Sharon Tucker, mayor of Fort Wayne.

Preparations

  • On 19 September 2025, tickets were released.[6] One-day ticket passes were $15 while a tournament pass was $75.
  • The deadline for obtaining media accreditation was 1 October 2025.

Teams

Fourteen teams took part, one more than the previous edition. Teams had to submit an interest in entering by 1 July 2025.[7] On 14 August 2025, the teams were revealed.[8] Australia, Canada, Italy, Poland and Thailand will make their debut while Croatia, Kazakhstan, Netherlands and hosts United States return after not participating in the last edition. Algeria, China, Germany, Great Britain, defending champions Iran, Iraq, Rwanda and Ukraine all didn't enter after taking part in 2023.

More information Team, Appearance(s) ...
Team[9] Appearance(s) Previous best performance[a]
Total First Last Streak 2023
 Australia 1st Debut
 Brazil 4th 2008 2023 4 5th Runners-up (2016)
 Canada 1st Debut
 Croatia 2nd 2012 1 N/A Seventh place (2012)
 Egypt 6th 2008 2023 6 2nd Runners-up (2023)
 France 2nd 2023 2 10th Tenth place (2023)
 India 2nd 2023 2 13th Thirteenth place (2023)
 Italy 1st Debut
 Japan 2nd 2023 2 8th Eighth place (2023)
 Kazakhstan 4th 2010 2012 1 N/A Fourth place (2010)
 Netherlands 2nd 2012 1 N/A Ninth place (2012)
 Poland 1st Debut
 Thailand 1st Debut
 United States (H) 3rd 2010 2016 1 N/A Sixth place (2016)
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Venue

The venue is the Plassman Athletic Center in Fort Wayne.[10] Two courts were used for the tournament.

More information Fort Wayne ...
 Fort Wayne
Plassman Athletic Center
Capacity: Unknown
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Squads

United States

Dan Regan (OH)[11]
Nick Dadgostar (L)
Ben Aman (OH)
Eric Duda (OH)
Alex Wilson (OPP/OH)
Robbie Gaupp (OH)
James Stuck (S/OH)
Robbie Onusko (OH)
John Kremer (S)
Zach Upp (OH)
Jason Roberts (OH)
Brett Parks (OH)
Will Curtis (S/L)
Sam Surowiec (OH)

Format

The fourteen teams play in two groups of seven where the top two will advance to the semifinals. The third and fourth place teams play in the 5–8 ranking bracket. The fifth and sixth place teams play in the 9–12 ranking bracket. The seventh place team in both groups play in the 13th place match.

Group stage

  • All times are local.
  • The top two teams qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
  • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Tiebreakers

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority is given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 is made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Pool A

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 6 6 0 17 18 2 9.000 481 329 1.462 Semifinals
2  United States (H) 6 5 1 16 17 4 4.250 505 401 1.259
3  Poland 6 4 2 12 13 8 1.625 470 422 1.114 5–8 bracket semifinals
4  Canada 6 3 3 8 10 11 0.909 463 449 1.031
5  Thailand 6 2 4 7 8 13 0.615 412 477 0.864 9–12 bracket semifinals
6  France 6 1 5 2 4 17 0.235 373 493 0.757
7  Italy 6 0 6 1 3 18 0.167 367 500 0.734 13th place match
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Source: 2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup
(H) Host
More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 October11:00Kazakhstan 3–0 Italy25–1525–2325–10  75–48Report
12 October13:30United States 3–0 Thailand25–2325–1425–22  75–59Report
12 October18:00Canada 1–3 Poland29–3113–2525–2323–25 90–104Report
12 October20:00France 3–2 Italy22–2525–1425–2123–2517–15112–100Report
13 October09:00Kazakhstan 3–0 Poland25–1225–1525–11  75–38Report
13 October11:00United States 3–0 Canada25–1725–2325–16  75–56Report
13 October18:00France 0–3 Thailand15–2517–2519–25  51–75Report
13 October20:00United States 3–0 Italy25–1525–1425–17  75–46Report
14 October11:00Kazakhstan 3–0 Canada25–1525–1625–22  75–53Report
14 October13:30Thailand 3–1 Italy25–2225–1713–2525–23 88–87Report
14 October18:00United States 3–1 Poland25–1922–2525–2125–20 97–85Report
14 October20:00Kazakhstan 3–0 France25–2125–1025–14  75–45Report
15 October09:00Poland 3–0 Thailand25–1525–1625–18  75–49Report
15 October11:00Canada 3–0 France25–1625–2025–15  75–51Report
15 October15:30Poland 3–0 Italy25–1825–925–19  75–46Report
15 October18:00United States 2–3 Kazakhstan25–2721–2525–2225–1712–15108–106Report
15 October20:00Canada 3–2 Thailand24–2623–2527–2525–1915–9114–104Report
16 October09:00Poland 3–1 France25–1225–1818–2525–10 93–65Report
16 October11:00Kazakhstan 3–0 Thailand25–1525–825–14  75–37Report
16 October18:00Canada 3–0 Italy25–1225–1725–11  75–40Report
16 October20:00United States 3–0 France25–1525–2025–14  75–49Report
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Pool B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 6 6 0 17 18 3 6.000 498 290 1.717 Semifinals
2  Egypt 6 5 1 15 16 4 4.000 467 296 1.578
3  Croatia 6 4 2 13 15 6 2.500 462 333 1.387 5–8 bracket semifinals
4  Japan 6 3 3 9 9 9 1.000 351 387 0.907
5  Netherlands 6 2 4 6 6 12 0.500 366 361 1.014 9–12 bracket semifinals
6  Australia 6 1 5 3 3 16 0.188 230 458 0.502
7  India 6 0 6 0 1 18 0.056 221 470 0.470 13th place match
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Source: 2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup
More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 October09:00Brazil 3–0 Australia25–625–225–7  75–15Report
12 October11:00Egypt 3–0 India25–425–625–6  75–16Report
12 October18:00Japan 0–3 Croatia15–2511–2516–25  42–75Report
12 October20:00Netherlands 3–0 Australia25–925–1225–14  75–35Report
13 October11:00Egypt 3–0 Japan25–1025–1125–22  75–43Report
13 October13:30Brazil 3–2 Croatia17–2522–2525–1825–1415–8104–90Report
13 October18:00Netherlands 3–0 India25–525–925–11  75–25Report
13 October20:00Egypt 3–0 Australia25–625–725–8  75–21Report
14 October09:00Brazil 3–0 Japan25–1425–925–17  75–40Report
14 October11:00India 1–3 Australia21–2525–2017–2520–25 83–95Report
14 October18:00Egypt 3–1 Croatia25–2212–2525–1225–13 87–72Report
14 October20:00Brazil 3–0 Netherlands25–825–2225–13  75–43Report
15 October09:00Croatia 3–0 India25–725–1025–3  75–20Report
15 October11:00Japan 3–0 Netherlands25–2326–2425–23  76–70Report
15 October18:00Croatia 3–0 Australia25–825–1025–9  75–27Report
15 October20:00Egypt 1–3 Brazil25–1921–2522–2512–25 80–94Report
16 October09:00Japan 3–0 Australia25–2025–825–9  75–37Report
16 October11:00Croatia 3–0 Netherlands25–1425–2025–19  75–53Report
16 October13:30Brazil 3–0 India25–925–725–6  75–22Report
16 October18:00Egypt 3–0 Netherlands25–2225–1325–15  75–50Report
16 October20:00Japan 3–0 India25–1825–1425–23  75–55Report
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Knockout stage

13th place match

 
13th place match
 
  
 
17 October
 
 
 Italy3
 
 
 India0
 
More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 October15:30Italy 3–0 India25–1125–1525–14  75–40Report
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9–12 bracket

 
9–12 semifinalsNinth place match
 
      
 
17 October
 
 
 Thailand3
 
17 October
 
 Australia0
 
 Thailand1
 
17 October
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Netherlands3
 
 
 France1
 
Eleventh place match
 
 
17 October
 
 
 Australia0
 
 
 France3

9–12 semifinals

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 October09:00Netherlands 3–1 France25–2016–2525–2025–17 91–82Report
17 October09:00Thailand 3–0 Australia25–1425–1425–17  75–45Report
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Eleventh place match
More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 October18:00Australia 0–3 France16–2512–2517–25  45–75Report
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Ninth place match
More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 October20:00Thailand 1–3 Netherlands13–2525–1623–2518–25 79–91Report
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5–8 bracket

 
5–8 semifinalsFifth place match
 
      
 
17 October
 
 
 Poland3
 
18 October
 
 Japan0
 
 Poland3
 
17 October
 
 Canada2
 
 Croatia2
 
 
 Canada3
 
Seventh place match
 
 
18 October
 
 
 Japan0
 
 
 Croatia3

5–8 semifinals

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 October11:00Poland 3–0 Japan25–1725–1225–15  75–44Report
17 October13:30Canada 3–2 Croatia19–2525–1711–2525–2315–995–99Report
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Seventh place match
More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 October10:00Japan 0–3 Croatia18–2516–2514–25  48–75Report
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Fifth place match
More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 October12:00Poland 3–2 Canada16–2525–1621–2525–1515–9102–90Report
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1–4 bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
17 October
 
 
 Kazakhstan0
 
18 October
 
 Egypt3
 
 Egypt3
 
17 October
 
 Brazil1
 
 Brazil3
 
 
 United States0
 
Third place
 
 
18 October
 
 
 Kazakhstan3
 
 
 United States1

Semifinals

More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 October18:00Kazakhstan 0–3 Egypt12–2523–2518–25  53–75Report
17 October20:00United States 0–3 Brazil18–2519–2524–26  61–76Report
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3rd place match
More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 October12:00Kazakhstan 3–1 United States25–2325–1815–2525–23 90–89Report
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Final
More information Date, Time ...
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 October15:00Egypt 3–1 Brazil25–1922–2525–1525–21 97–80Report
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Final rankings

By being the two highest ranked teams not yet qualified for the world championship, Poland and Croatia took the two available spots.

More information Rank, Team ...
RankTeam
 Egypt
 Brazil
 Kazakhstan
4 United States
5 Poland
6 Canada
7 Croatia
8 Japan
9 Netherlands
10 Thailand
11 France
12 Australia
13 Italy
14 India
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Team Qualified for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships

Notes

  1. [a]
    Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.

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