2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships Qualification Pathway
As of February 2025
The World ParaVolley Sport Division is happy to announce the qualification pathway for the 2026 Sitting ParaVolley (Sitting Volleyball) World Championships for Males and Girls that shall be held in Hangzhou, China within the interval 10 – 17 July 2026.
A complete of 32 groups (16 Males and 16 Girls) will qualify to the premier occasion of the World ParaVolley. The 4 2025 Zone Championships shall be offering over half of the accessible slots per gender.
MEN
|
Slots |
||||
| Host |
1 |
CHN |
– |
– |
| Paris 2024 Gold Medallist |
1 |
IRI |
– |
– |
| LA2028 Host |
1 |
USA |
– |
– |
| 2025 PVPA Zonal Championships |
2 |
– |
||
| 2025 PVAO Zonal Championships |
2 |
– |
||
| 2025 PVA Zonal Championships |
2 |
– |
||
| 2025 PVE Zonal Championships |
3 |
|||
| 2025 World Cup |
2 |
– |
||
| Subsequent Highest World Ranked Groups, not already certified as of 31/12/2025 |
2 |
– |
||
| TOTAL |
16 |
WOMEN
| Slots | ||||
| Host |
1 |
CHN |
– |
– |
| Paris 2024 Gold Medallist |
0 |
USA |
– |
– |
| LA2028 Host |
1 |
USA |
– |
– |
| 2025 PVPA Zonal Championships |
2 |
– |
||
| 2025 PVAO Zonal Championships |
2 |
– |
||
| 2025 PVA Zonal Championships |
2 |
– |
||
| 2025 PVE Zonal Championships |
3 |
|||
| 2025 World Cup |
2 |
– |
||
| Subsequent Highest World Ranked Groups, not already certified as of 31/12/2025 |
3 |
|||
| TOTAL |
16 |
All athletes who play at occasions that lead into Paralympic Video games Qualification occasions or are Paralympic Video games Qualification occasions should maintain a passport for the nation they signify.
If any of the above occasions are usually not held in 2025, slots shall be allotted as follows:
- Zonal Championships – Highest ranked groups from the respective Zone, based mostly on WPV World Rankings as at 31/12/2025,
- World Cup – Subsequent highest ranked groups, not but certified based mostly on WPV World Rankings as at 31/12/2025.
