Team Iran's Sitting Volleyball at Paris 2024
Team Iran Men’s Sitting Volleyball team booked Paris 2024 ticket by its triumph at the 2022 WPV World Championship,
where they achieved their eighth world title.
The squad also celebrates its tenth
Paralympic appearance at the Paris 2024 Games.
Paris 2024 event program
Volleyball at the 2024 Summer
Paralympics in Paris, France will take place between 29 August and 7 September
2024.
The competitions will feature eight
teams in both the men’s and women’s tournaments. The eight participating teams
were drawn into two pools of four each for the preliminary phase of the
competition.
Men’s Pool A consists of France,
Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan.
Men’s Pool B also includes Iran, Brazil,
Germany and Ukraine.
The Venue
The sitting volleyball events will be
held at the North Paris Arena, located in the Villepinte Exhibition Centre in
Seine-Saint-Denis. This venue will also host the preliminary rounds of the
boxing events and fencing ranking round of the modern pentathlon event during
the Olympic Games.
The North Paris Arena will be taken
down after the Games. The Villepinte Exhibition Centre’s nine halls will
continue to host fairs open to members of the public and professionals all year
round.
Department: Seine-Saint-Denis (93)
City: Villepinte
Distance from the Olympic and Paralympic Village: 23 km
Games venues nearby: Stade de France, Le Bourget sport
climbing venue, the Aquatics centre, Olympic and Paralympic Village
Brief history of Iran Men's Sitting Volleyball at Paralympics
Iran men’s sitting volleyball players
made their Paralympic debut since 1988.
Ranked atop over the past four
decades as the most decorated team in sitting volleyball, Iran’s men remained
unrivaled during their nine Paralympic appearances with seven golds and two
silvers.
Seoul
1988
In the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games,
with the participation of 10 teams, the Iranian men’s sitting volleyball team
was crowned for the first time and was standing atop the podium by grabbing the
gold medal to stamp their world-class status in the Paralympic scene.
Barcelona 1992
Iran’s men in their second Paralympic
appearance defend their title at Barcelona 1992.
Sitting Volleyball player Ali Kashfia
carried national flag at the opening ceremony of Barcelona 1992.
Atlanta 1996
At Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games, Team
Iran’s sitting volleyball won its third Paralympic gold, under the lead of Head
Coach Jaber Khalafzadeh.
For the second time, sitting volleyball
player Ali Kashfia carried national flag at the athletes’ parade in the opening
ceremony of Atlanta 1996.
Sydney 2000
Paralympic Games, Team Iran’s sitting
volleyball won its fourth Paralympic gold medal in a row, under the lead of
Head Coach Hadi Rezaei.
Athens 2004
Iran’s men finished in runner up at
2004 Athens Paralympic Games.
Beijing 2008
Paralympic Games, Team Iran’s sitting
volleyball won its fifth Paralympic gold medal, under the lead of Head Coach
Hadi Rezaei.
London 2012
Iran’s sitting volleyball players
stood the second place at London 2012 Paralympics.
Rio 2016
Iran sent two sitting volleyball
teams, including men and women, to the Paralympics in Rio 2016.
Men’s squad won its six Paralympic
gold, while Women ranked fifth in their first Paralympic appearance.
Tokyo 2020
At Tokyo Paralympic Games, Iran’s men
claimed their seventh gold, under the lead of Head Coach Hadi Rezaei.