Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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{{Infobox Paralympic event
| event = Volleyball
| games = 2020 Summer
| image = Volleyball, Tokyo 2020 (Paralympics).svg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Sitting volleyball pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
| venue = Makuhari Messe
| dates = 27 August – 5 September 2021
| competitors = 96
| nations =
| prev = 2016
| next = 2024
}}
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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.
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldparavolley.org/disciplines/standing-volleyball/ |title=Standing Volleyball |website=worldparavolley.org |publisher=World ParaVolley |access-date=4 May 2021}}
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.{{cite press release |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/joint-statement-from-the-international-olympic-committee-and-the-tokyo-2020-organising-committee|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|title=Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee |website=Olympic.org |date=24 March 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/52091224 |title=Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021 |work=BBC Sport |date=30 March 2020}}
Qualification
There were 16 teams (8 male, 8 female) that competed in the competition.{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldparavolley.org/tokyo-2020-paralympic-games-qualification-process/ |title=World Para Volley – Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Process |date=31 August 2018 |website=www.worldparavolley.org|publisher=World ParaVolley}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_04_07%20Tokyo%20QG_0.pdf |title=2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide |date=13 April 2021 |publisher=International Paralympic Committee}}
During the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, the USA women won the event for the first time beating China in the final.{{Cite web|title=Sitting volleyball: Five things we learned from Rio 2016|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/sitting-volleyball-five-things-we-learned-rio-2016|date=7 October 2016|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|language=en}} Both of these teams qualified again to be joined by six other national teams.
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Medalists
See also
References
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External links
- [https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/VBS/PG2020-_VBS_B99_VBS-------------------------------.pdf Results book] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905075323/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/VBS/PG2020-_VBS_B99_VBS-------------------------------.pdf |date=2021-09-05 }}
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Category:Events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:International volleyball competitions hosted by Japan