Sitting volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics explained

Event:Volleyball
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates:30 August – 8 September
Gold: (men)
(women)
Silver: (men)
(women)
Bronze: (men)
(women)
Prev:2008
Next:2016

Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held from 30 August to 8 September at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women.

In the men's sitting event, Iran were the defending champions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran were the finalists in 2000, 2004 and 2008, with Iran winning in 2000 and 2008 and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004. These two countries met once more in the final in Beijing, with Iran emerging victorious by 3–0. Egypt finished fourth in Beijing, beaten 2–3 by Russia, who took bronze.[1] [2] Bosnia and Herzegovina's men's team won the gold in 2012, beating Iran 3-1, although Iran had also won by 3-1 against them in the group stage.

The London Games marked the third time the women's sitting event was held. China were the defending champions. The Netherlands took silver, and the United States bronze, in 2004. In Beijing, China was again victorious, while the US and the Netherlands switched places to ascend the podium with silver and bronze, respectively.

This was the third Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in 1976 (when sitting volleyball was a demonstration event) through 2000.[3]

Medalists

Men's team
Ismet Godinjak
Adnan Manko
Adnan Kešmer
Asim Medić
Mirzet Duran
Nizam Čančar
Dževad Hamzić
Benis Kadrić
Safet Alibašić
Sabahudin Delalić (captain)
Ermin Jusufović
Coach: Mirza Hrustemović

Majid Lashgari Sanami
Reza Peidayesh
Davoud Alipourian
Ahmad Eiri
Nasser Hassanpour Alinazari
Sadegh Bigdeli
Jalil Eimery (captain)
Saeid Ebrahimi Baladezaei
Isa Zirahi
Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei
Mohammad Khaleghi
Coach: Hadi Rezaei

Alexander Schiffler
Thomas Renger
Stefan Haehnlein
Sebastian Czpakowski
Heiko Wiesenthal
Peter Schlorf
Jürgen Schrapp (captain)
Christoph Herzog
Barbaros Sayilir
Torben Schiewe
Coach: Rudolf Sonnenbichler
Women's team
Tang Xue Mei
Lu Hong Qin (captain)
Tan Yanhua
Su Li Mei
Zheng Xiong Ying
Wang Yanan
Li Liping
Zhang Xu Fei
Yang Yan Ling
Zhang Lijun
Sheng Yu Hong
Coach: Zhang Jun

Lora Webster
Brenda Maymon
Michelle Gerlosky
Kathryn Holloway
Heather Erickson
Monique Burkland
Kari Miller
Allison Aldrich
Nichole Millage
Kaleo Kanahele
Kendra Lancaster (captain)
Coach: William Hamiter

Margaryta Pryvalykhina
Anzhelika Churkina (captain)
Larysa Sinchuk
Galyna Kuznetsova
Olena Manankova
Ilona Yudina
Larysa Klochkova
Olga Shatylo
Larysa Ponomarenko
Valentyna Brik
Coach: Viktor Tymoshenko

Classification

In sitting volleyball there are two categories of classification: disabled and minimal disability. A maximum of one minimally disabled player may be on the court for each team at any one time.

A part of the player's body between the buttocks and the shoulders must be in contact with the court when playing or attempting to play the ball.[4]

Qualification

There were 18 teams, 10 men's teams and 8 women's teams, taking part. Each country can enter one team per tournament.

Men's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament.

Preliminary round

Group B

Final round

Women's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament.

Preliminary round

Group B

Final round

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=23&gender=m&medal=medals&npc=all&games=all Men's Volleyball at the Paralympics
  2. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/results.html?eclass=&sport=volleyball&competition=2008PG&gender=m&discipline=Sitting&event= Men's Sitting Volleyball at the 2008 Paralympics - International Paralympic Committee
  3. Web site: Standing Volleyball . worldparavolley.org . . 4 May 2021.
  4. Web site: London 2012. 8 August 2012. 29 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120829013313/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/sitting-volleyball/classification/. dead.