The Women's European Sitting Volleyball Championships is an international sitting volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ParaVolley Europe (PVE), the sport's European governing body. From the start, the event has been held biannually, since the inaugural edition in 1993.

The current champions are the Italy, which won their second title at the 2025 tournament in Győr, Hungary.

History While the men's tournament started in 1981, it took twelve years to introduce a women's equivalent. In 1993, the first edition was held in Järvenpää, Finland, where four teams took part. Netherlands won the first edition, with hosts Finland coming second. Since then, the event has been consistently held every two years.

The most successful team in the tournament is Netherlands with eight titles.

Results summary YearHostFinal3rd place matchTeamsChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd place4th place1993 Järvenpää3–241995 Ljubljana3–081997 Tallinn–81999 Sarajevo–62001 Sárospatak3–172003 Lappeenranta3–072005 Leverkusen–52007 Nyíregyháza3–172009 Elbląg3–182011 Rotterdam3–182013 Elbląg3–292015 Podčetrtek3–282017 Poreč3–092019 Budapest3–092021 Antalya3–1112023 Caorle3–1102025 Gyor3–09

Medals summary

Participating nations <onlyinclude> Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place 5th – Fifth place 6th – Sixth place 7th – Seventh place 8th – Eighth place 9th – Ninth place 10th – Tenth place 11th – Eleventh place 12th – Twelfth place Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament q – may still qualify for upcoming tournament – Did not qualify – Disqualified – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown. Nation 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 Participations × × × × × × × × × × 9th 8th9th 7th 9th 6th 9th 73rd ×8th × × × × × × × × × × × × × x 22nd 5th 5th2nd3rd3rd × × 7th 6th 6th 6th4th 6th 5rd × x 14 × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 9th 8th 2 x × × × × × × × × 7th × × × 9th × 8th x 3 × 8th 7th 6th 6th 6th× 6th 5th 5th 5th 5th 8th4th3rd4th 5th 15 × × × ×× × ×× × 8th 7th 7th 6th8th 7th 5th7th 8 × × × × × × × × × × × × 7th2nd2nd1st1st 54th2nd1st4th 7th × × 5th × × × × × × × × x 6 ×4th2nd 5th 5th 5th2nd4th4th × × × × × × x x 81st1st3rd3rd1st1st1st1st1st2nd4th4th3rd × 10th x2nd 15 × × × × × × × ×8th ×8th × × × 8th 7th 6th 5 × 6th × × × 7th 5th 7th 6th3rd1st2nd1st1st1st x x 11 ×3rd4th1st2nd2nd3rd3rd3rd4th3rd3rd 5th 5th4th2nd4th 16 × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×11th 10th x 2 × 7th 6th ×4th4th4th2nd2nd1st2nd1st2nd3rd 6th3rd3rd 15Total 4 8 8 6 7 7 5 7 8 8 9 8 9 9 11 10 9

Hosts List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

Nations Year(s) 4 2001, 2007, 2019, 2025 2 1993, 2003 2009, 2013 1995, 2015 1 1999 2017 1997 2005 2023 2011 2021

See also Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics World Para Volleyball Championship Sitting volleyball Men's European Sitting Volleyball Championships Asian Para Volleyball Championship (Asia Oceania Zone) African Para Volleyball Championship (Africa Zone ) Pan American Para Volleyball Championship (America Zone) Euro League Club Championship

References

External links

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