With men and women going for gold across 10 days of quick-paced competition, Sitting Volleyball offered plenty of thrills at London 2012.
Sitting Volleyball emerged in the Netherlands in the 1950s, a combination of Volleyball and a German game called Sitzbal. It really began to increase in popularity during the 1960s, and has since grown into one of the most fast-paced and exciting Paralympic sports. It is now played by athletes in more than 50 countries around the world.
Competition dates
Thursday 30 August -- Saturday 8 September 2012
Competition venue
ExCeL
Number of medal events
One men's and one women's competition
Number of competitors
198: 110 men and 88 women
Ten teams compete in the men's and eight teams in the women's competitions, with 11 athletes on each team (six players and five substitutes).
Each country is limited to one men's and one women's team.
Classification
In Sitting Volleyball there are two categories of classification: disabled and minimal disablility. A maximum of one minimally disabled player may be on the court for each team at any one time.
The basics
Sitting Volleyball is played by two teams of six. The object of the game is to land the ball in the opposition's half of the court. The rules of Sitting Volleyball are very similar to its Olympic counterpart, however a part of an athlete's body between the buttocks and the shoulder must be in contact with the court whenever a shot, or attempt at a shot, is made.
Each team is allowed three touches of the ball before it must cross over the net (in addition to a legal block). The key attacking move is the set and spike, in which a player feeds the ball (the set) for a teammate to hit it into the opposition's court (the spike).
The match starts with three front-row players in a line near the net, and three back-row players in a line towards the back of the court. At each serving opportunity, the players rotate one space.
Each team has the opportunity to have one libero amongst their players on court. The libero is a specialist defensive player, and may not play any attacking shots. The libero is easy to identify as their kit is a different colour to the rest of the team.
For a complete set of rules, please refer to the international federation, the World Organisation Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD).
Results:
Men
Gold: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
Godinjak, Ismet
Manko, Adnan
Kesmer, Adnan
Medic, Asim
Duran, Mirzet
Cancar, Nizam
Hamzic, Dzevad
Kadric, Benis
Alibasic, Safet
Jusufovic, Ermin
Delalic, Sabahudin
Silver: IRAN
Khaleghi, Mohammad
Lashgarisanami, Majid
Peidayesh, Reza
Alipourian, Davood
Eiri, Ahmad
Hassanpour, Naser
Bigdeli, Sadegh
Eimery, Jalil
Ebrahimi Baladezaei, Seyedsaeid
Zirahi, Isa
Salehi Hajikolaei, Ramezan
Bronze: GERMANY
Schrapp, Jurgen
Herzog, Christoph
Sayilir, Barbaros
Schiewe, Torben
Schlorf, Peter
Wiesenthal, Heiko
Czpakowski, Sebastian
Haehnlein, Stefan
Renger, Thomas
Schiffler, Alexander
Women
Gold: CHINA
Lu, Hong Qin
Tan, Yanhua
Su, Li Mei
Zheng, Xiong Ying
Wang, Yanan
Li, Liping
Zhang, Xu Fei
Yang, Yan Ling
Zhang, Lijun
Sheng, Yu Hong
Tang, Xue Mei
Silver: USA
Maymon, Brenda
Webster, Lora
Gerlosky, Michelle
Holloway, Kathryn
Erickson, Heather
Burkland, Monique
Miller, Kari
Aldrich, Allison
Millage, Nichole
Kanahele, Kaleo
Lancaster, Kendra
Bronze: UKRAINE
Brik, Valentyna
Ponomarenko, Larysa
Shatylo, Olega
Osetynska, Inna
Klochkova, Larysa
Yudina, Ilona
Manankova, Olena
Pryvalykhina, Margaryta
Churkina, Anzhelika
Sinchuk, Larysa
Kuznetsova, Galyna
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org.
To watch videos on demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on
Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.
Sitting Volleyball emerged in the Netherlands in the 1950s, a combination of Volleyball and a German game called Sitzbal. It really began to increase in popularity during the 1960s, and has since grown into one of the most fast-paced and exciting Paralympic sports. It is now played by athletes in more than 50 countries around the world.
Competition dates
Thursday 30 August -- Saturday 8 September 2012
Competition venue
ExCeL
Number of medal events
One men's and one women's competition
Number of competitors
198: 110 men and 88 women
Ten teams compete in the men's and eight teams in the women's competitions, with 11 athletes on each team (six players and five substitutes).
Each country is limited to one men's and one women's team.
Classification
In Sitting Volleyball there are two categories of classification: disabled and minimal disablility. A maximum of one minimally disabled player may be on the court for each team at any one time.
The basics
Sitting Volleyball is played by two teams of six. The object of the game is to land the ball in the opposition's half of the court. The rules of Sitting Volleyball are very similar to its Olympic counterpart, however a part of an athlete's body between the buttocks and the shoulder must be in contact with the court whenever a shot, or attempt at a shot, is made.
Each team is allowed three touches of the ball before it must cross over the net (in addition to a legal block). The key attacking move is the set and spike, in which a player feeds the ball (the set) for a teammate to hit it into the opposition's court (the spike).
The match starts with three front-row players in a line near the net, and three back-row players in a line towards the back of the court. At each serving opportunity, the players rotate one space.
Each team has the opportunity to have one libero amongst their players on court. The libero is a specialist defensive player, and may not play any attacking shots. The libero is easy to identify as their kit is a different colour to the rest of the team.
For a complete set of rules, please refer to the international federation, the World Organisation Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD).
Results:
Men
Gold: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
Godinjak, Ismet
Manko, Adnan
Kesmer, Adnan
Medic, Asim
Duran, Mirzet
Cancar, Nizam
Hamzic, Dzevad
Kadric, Benis
Alibasic, Safet
Jusufovic, Ermin
Delalic, Sabahudin
Silver: IRAN
Khaleghi, Mohammad
Lashgarisanami, Majid
Peidayesh, Reza
Alipourian, Davood
Eiri, Ahmad
Hassanpour, Naser
Bigdeli, Sadegh
Eimery, Jalil
Ebrahimi Baladezaei, Seyedsaeid
Zirahi, Isa
Salehi Hajikolaei, Ramezan
Bronze: GERMANY
Schrapp, Jurgen
Herzog, Christoph
Sayilir, Barbaros
Schiewe, Torben
Schlorf, Peter
Wiesenthal, Heiko
Czpakowski, Sebastian
Haehnlein, Stefan
Renger, Thomas
Schiffler, Alexander
Women
Gold: CHINA
Lu, Hong Qin
Tan, Yanhua
Su, Li Mei
Zheng, Xiong Ying
Wang, Yanan
Li, Liping
Zhang, Xu Fei
Yang, Yan Ling
Zhang, Lijun
Sheng, Yu Hong
Tang, Xue Mei
Silver: USA
Maymon, Brenda
Webster, Lora
Gerlosky, Michelle
Holloway, Kathryn
Erickson, Heather
Burkland, Monique
Miller, Kari
Aldrich, Allison
Millage, Nichole
Kanahele, Kaleo
Lancaster, Kendra
Bronze: UKRAINE
Brik, Valentyna
Ponomarenko, Larysa
Shatylo, Olega
Osetynska, Inna
Klochkova, Larysa
Yudina, Ilona
Manankova, Olena
Pryvalykhina, Margaryta
Churkina, Anzhelika
Sinchuk, Larysa
Kuznetsova, Galyna
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org.
To watch videos on demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on
Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.
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