Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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Two sitting volleyball team events were held at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, one for men and one for women. They were held at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Japan.
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| Sitting volleyball at the XVI Paralympic Games | |
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Sitting volleyball pictogram of the 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
| Venue | Makuhari Messe |
| Dates | 27 August – 5 September 2021 |
| Competitors | 96 |
The Tokyo Games were the fifth time the women's sitting volleyball event was 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 until 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) that competed in the competition.[4][5]
During the 2016 Olympic Games 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 qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Country Allocation | N/a | N/a | 1 |  Japan (JPN) |
| 2018 World ParaVolley Championships | 15–22 July 2018 |  The Hague | 2 |  Iran (IRI)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) |
| 2019 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Zonal Championships[7][8] | 10–15 June 2019 |  Bangkok | 1 |  China (CHN) |
| 2019 ParaVolley Europe Zonal Championships – Men[9][10] | 15–20 July 2019 |  Budapest | 1 |  RPC (RPC) |
| 2019 Parapan American Games | 23–28 August 2019 |  Lima | 1 |  Brazil (BRA) |
| 2019 ParaVolley Africa Zonal Championships[11] | 19–22 September 2019 |  Kigali | 1 |  Egypt (EGY) |
| 2020 World ParaVolley Final Paralympic Qualification Event[12] | 1–5 June 2021 |  Duisburg | 1 | Germany (GER) |
| Total | 8 |
Women
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Country Allocation | N/a | N/a | 1 | Japan (JPN) |
| 2018 World ParaVolley Championships | 15 – 21 July 2018 | The Hague | 2 | RPC (RUS) United States (USA) |
| 2019 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Zonal Championships[13] | 10–15 June 2019 | Bangkok | 1 | China (CHN) |
| 2019 ParaVolley Europe Zonal Championships – Women[14] | 15–20 July 2019 | Budapest | 1 |  Italy (ITA) |
| 2019 Parapan American Games | 23–28 August 2019 | Lima | 1 | Brazil (BRA) |
| 2019 ParaVolley Africa Zonal Championships[15] | 15–17 September 2019 | Kigali | 1 | Rwanda (RWA) |
| 2020 World ParaVolley Final Paralympic Qualification Event[16] | 25–29 February 2020 |  Halifax | 1 | Canada (CAN) |
| Total | 8 |
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 |