2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's event

2022 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's event

Tournament details
Host nation	Bosnia and Herzegovina
City	Sarajevo
Dates	4–11 November
Teams	13 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Slovenia
Official website
Sarajevo 2022
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The 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's event was the 8th edition of this tournament. For the first time, the competition was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1][2] The winners secure a ticket to the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Russia were the defending champions, but couldn't defend their title due to their suspension because of the war in Ukraine. Brazil won their first title, beating Canada, 3–2, in the final.^[3][4][5]

Host selection

•  China, (Hangzhou) (original hosts but withdrew)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)

Originally, the tournament was supposed to be in Hangzhou, China on the 18–24 May.^[6] But due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the tournament was postponed and China had to withdraw as hosts.

On 1 April 2022, the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, was awarded the hosting rights in the new dates of 4–11 November.^[1][2]

Qualified teams

The teams who were invited to participate are as follows:^[7]

After the revealing of the teams, China, Egypt, Japan and Netherlands all withdrew, but Poland was brought in. Despite Poland's inclusion, the number of teams went down to 13.

Seeding

Due to the Reduction of teams, there were only three groups. One with five teams and two with four. The numbers indicate their seeding.

Venue

The venue was the Arena Hotel Hills in Sarajevo.

Sarajevo		Sarajevo
		Arena Hotel Hills
		Capacity: unknown

Broadcasting rights

Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) is the host broadcaster for the 2022 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Championships. Every game not broadcast is on YouTube.

Format

13 teams are split into three groups, one with five teams and 2 with four. Every team advances to the Knockout Stage. The three group winners advance straight to the Quarter Finals, while the other ten go into the Eighth Finals. The five winners in the Eighth Finals advance to the Quarter Finals, while the five losers play in a 9–13 classification group.

Group Stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Rwanda	4	4	0	11	12	4	3.000	361	286	1.262	Quarter-Finals
2	Ukraine	4	3	1	10	11	3	3.667	308	174	1.770	Eighth Finals
3	Poland	4	2	2	6	7	6	1.167	269	269	1.000
4	Hungary	4	1	3	3	4	9	0.444	227	289	0.785
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	131	300	0.437

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	18:45	Rwanda	3–1	Poland	26–24	23–25	25–15	25–17		99–81	[8]
5 Nov	11:30	Ukraine	3–0	Hungary	25–6	25–11	25–6			75–23	[8]
5 Nov	15:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Rwanda	10–25	9–25	5–25			24–75	[8]
6 Nov	11:30	Poland	0–3	Ukraine	8–25	18–25	12–25			38–75	[8]
6 Nov	16:30	Hungary	0–3	Poland	21–25	18–25	12–25			51–75	[8]
6 Nov	16:45	Ukraine	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–2	25–9	25–11			75–22	[8]
7 Nov	09:00	Rwanda	3–2	Ukraine	10–25	25–23	25–21	16–25	15–9	91–103	[8]
7 Nov	09:15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Hungary	11–25	12–25	20–25			43–75	[8]
7 Nov	18:45	Hungary	1–3	Rwanda	14–25	18–25	25–21	21–25		78–96	[8]
7 Nov	19:00	Poland	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–19	25–11	25–14			75–44	[8]

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	278	201	1.383	Quarter-Finals
2	Canada	3	2	1	7	8	5	1.600	283	256	1.105	Eighth Finals
3	Slovenia	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	227	256	0.887
4	Iran	3	0	3	0	3	9	0.333	215	290	0.741

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	19:00	United States	3–1	Iran	25–13	25–12	20–25	25–16		95–66	[8]
5 Nov	09:15	Canada	3–1	Slovenia	25–18	25–21	19–25	25–22		94–86	[8]
5 Nov	19:00	Iran	1–3	Slovenia	21–25	25–27	25–20	16–25		87–97	[8]
6 Nov	09:00	United States	3–2	Canada	22–25	25–22	21–25	25–12	15–7	108–91	[8]
6 Nov	19:30	Canada	3–1	Iran	25–10	25–14	23–25	25–13		98–62	[8]
7 Nov	11:30	Slovenia	0–3	United States	12–25	15–25	17–25			44–75	[8]

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	248	164	1.512	Quarter-Finals
2	Italy	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	242	206	1.175	Eighth Finals
3	Finland	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	171	224	0.763
4	Germany	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	198	265	0.747

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Nov	09:00	Brazil	3–0	Germany	25–17	25–17	25–16			75–50	[8]
5 Nov	11:45	Italy	3–0	Finland	25–12	25–12	25–10			75–34	[8]
5 Nov	19:30	Germany	1–3	Finland	25–23	17–25	15–25	17–25		74–98	[8]
6 Nov	09:15	Brazil	3–1	Italy	25–17	23–25	25–12	25–21		98–75	[8]
6 Nov	19:45	Italy	3–1	Germany	25–18	17–25	25–12	25–19		92–74	[8]
7 Nov	11:45	Finland	0–3	Brazil	13–25	11–25	15–25			39–75	[8]

Knockout Stage

Bracket

Eighth Finals

Quarterfinals

Bronze Medal match

Gold Medal match

8 November

Rwanda

9 November

Bye

Rwanda

0

8 November

Slovenia

3

Slovenia

3

10 November

Finland

0

Slovenia

0

8 November

Canada

3

Canada

3

9 November

Hungary

0

Canada

3

8 November

Italy

1

Italy

3

11 November

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0

Canada

2

8 November

Brazil

3

United States

9 November

Bye

United States

3

8 November

Germany

0

Poland

0

10 November

Germany

3

United States

0

8 November

Brazil

3

3rd place match

Brazil

9 November

11 November

Bye

Brazil

3

Slovenia

0

8 November

Ukraine

0

United States

3

Ukraine

3

Iran

1

Eighth Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Nov	09:00	Italy	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–5	25–6	25–8			75–19	[8]
8 Nov	09:15	Canada	3–0	Hungary	25–8	25–11	25–12			75–31	[8]
8 Nov	11:30	Slovenia	3–0	Finland	25–17	25–14	25–15			75–46	[8]
8 Nov	11:45	Poland	0–3	Germany	12–25	24–26	20–25			56–76	[8]
8 Nov	15:30	Ukraine	3–1	Iran	26–24	21–25	25–23	25–20		97–92	[8]

Quarter Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Nov	09:00	Rwanda	0–3	Slovenia	20–25	8–25	24–26			52–76	[8]
9 Nov	11:30	Brazil	3–0	Ukraine	25–9	25–22	25–17			75–48	[8]
9 Nov	11:45	United States	3–0	Germany	25–10	25–14	25–9			75–33	[8]
9 Nov	15:30	Italy	1–3	Canada	26–24	22–25	17–25	14–25		79–99	[8]

Semi Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Nov	15:30	Slovenia	0–3	Canada	14–25	16–25	21–25			51–75	[8]
10 Nov	15:45	United States	0–3	Brazil	23–25	18–25	17–25			58–75	[8]

Bronze Medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Nov	11:30	Slovenia	0–3	United States	8–25	14–20	10–25			32–70	[8]

Gold Medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Nov	16:30	Canada	2–3	Brazil	23–25	25–18	25–21	17–25	6–15	96–104	[8]

Classification rounds

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	10 November
	Rwanda	0
					11 November
	Italy	3
					Italy	3
	10 November
					Germany	0
	Ukraine	1
	Germany	3
					Seventh place
					11 November
					Rwanda	0
					Ukraine	3

5–8 Semi Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Nov	11:30	Rwanda	0–3	Italy	17–25	8–25	8–25			33–75	[8]
10 Nov	11:45	Ukraine	1–3	Germany	20–25	25–18	22–25	29–31		96–99	[8]

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Nov	09:00	Rwanda	0–3	Ukraine	18–25	18–25	27–29			63–79	[8]

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Nov	09:15	Italy	3–0	Germany	25–14	25–19	25–13			75–46	[8]

9–13th placement group

The five losers in the Eighth Finals all play each other in a five team group to decide the places 9–13.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	4	4	0	12	12	0	MAX	301	178	1.691	Ninth place
2	Finland	4	3	1	9	9	4	2.250	293	269	1.089	Tenth place
3	Hungary	4	2	2	6	6	7	0.857	282	280	1.007	Eleventh place
4	Poland	4	1	3	3	5	9	0.556	295	307	0.961	Twelfth place
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	163	300	0.543	Thirteenth place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Nov	18:45	Hungary	0–3	Finland	25–27	19–25	21–25			65–77	[8]
9 Nov	09:15	Iran	3–0	Poland	25–10	25–15	25–21			75–46	[8]
9 Nov	18:45	Finland	0–3	Iran	16–25	21–25	19–25			56–75	[8]
9 Nov	19:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Hungary	13–25	11–25	10–25			34–75	[8]
10 Nov	09:00	Iran	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–12	25–9	25–13			75–34	[8]
10 Nov	09:15	Poland	1–3	Finland	20–25	13–25	25–10	23–25		81–85	[8]
10 Nov	18:45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Poland	9–25	15–25	23–25			47–75	[8]
10 Nov	19:00	Hungary	0–3	Iran	7–25	24–26	11–25			42–76	[8]
11 Nov	09:00	Poland	1–3	Hungary	29–31	25–19	19–25	20–25		93–100	[8]
11 Nov	09:15	Finland	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–17	25–16	25–15			75–48	[8]

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Canada
	United States
4	Slovenia
5	Italy
6	Germany
7	Ukraine
8	Rwanda
9	Iran
10	Finland
11	Hungary
12	Poland
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also

• 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Men's event
• 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event
• 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Women's event
• 2023 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships
• 2023 Pan American Sitting Volleyball Championships
• 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament
• 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament
• 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Men's event
• 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event
• 2024 Paralympic Final Qualification Tournament – Men's tournament
• 2024 Paralympic Final Qualification Tournament – Women's tournament
• Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Website
• World ParaVolley YouTube Channel

References