World Para Volleyball Championship was first played in 1983 and organized by World ParaVolley.
Sitting volleyball Men's tournament
1983 Delden 1985 Kristiansand 1986 Pécs 1989 Las Vegas 1990 Assen 1994 Bottrop 1998 Tehran 2002 Cairo 2006 Roermond 2010 Edmond 2014 Elbląg 2018 Arnhem 2022 Sarajevo 2026 Hangzhou
Medal table
Women's tournament 1994 Delden 2000 Maastricht 2002 Kamnik 2006 Roermond 2010 Edmond 2014 Elbląg 2018 Arnhem 2022 Sarajevo 2026 Hangzhou
Medal table
Beach 2024 Chongqing 2025 Mersin
Ranking
Men Team 1983 1985 1986 1989 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - - - 9 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 8 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 15 - - - - - - - - 6 7 8 7 - 13 - - - - - - - - 7 9 11 13 10 11 - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 - - - 7 4 4 6 4 7 8 7 5 8 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 5 4 6 6 10 5 6 - 10 13 7 9 - - - - - - - - - 6 4 5 - 7 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 9 6 10 - - 14 9 12 - - - - - - 11 8 12 - - 15 16 16 - - - - - - 8 - - - - 9 7 - - - - - - - 9 - - - - - - 4 5 8 12 9 11 14 - - 5 5 4 6 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 12 12 10 - - - - - - - - 5 4 5 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 13 8 - - - - - - - - - 11 - - 15 - - - - - - 7 10 - - - - - - - - 4 8 - 7 8 - - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 7 6 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 7 4 8 9 - - 12 9 - - - 10 9 10 10 8 6 5 - 4 - - - - - - - - - - Total teams 10 13 9 9 8 12 10 12 12 12 12 16 16 16
Women Team 1994 2000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 - - - - - - - 13 - - - - 8 10 6 5 - - - - 12 - 7 4 - - 4 - - - - - - - 16 - - - - - - - - 15 - - - - - 8 12 10 - - - - - - - - - 16 5 4 - - 6 10 - 6 12 - - - - 11 11 - - - - - - - - - 14 11 15 - 8 8 - - 9 - 9 7 - - - - - - 4 5 5 - 5 6 7 9 9 10 - 8 - - - - - - - - 13 - - - - - - - - - 5 4 8 - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - 4 4 8 - 9 - - - - - 12 - 12 - 4 - - - 7 - - - - - - - - 11 8 11 - 5 7 13 4 10 - - - - - - - - 14 6 7 7 6 5 6 7 6 - - - 5 Total teams 6 8 8 8 12 12 16 13 16
Youth World Para Volleyball Championship Junior World Championships YearRef 2005 Kamnik 2007 Niterói 2009 Mashhad
See also Pieter Joon - World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) founder and former president Volleyball variations Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics World ParaVolley Sitting volleyball VolleySLIDE Women's European Sitting Volleyball Championships Men's European Sitting Volleyball Championships
References
External links
VolleySlide Sitting volleyball on International Paralympic Committee website https://www.sittingvolleyball.info/book/major-competitions