Competition: | Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event |
Gender: | svb |
Continent: | Europe |
Year: | 2023 |
Size: | 275 |
City: | Caorle |
Dates: | 9–15 October |
Teams: | 12 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Champions: | BIH |
Title Number: | 11 |
Second: | GER |
Third: | UKR |
Fourth: | POL |
Matches: | 46 |
Website: | Caorle 2023 |
Last: | 2021 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event |
Next: | 2025 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event |
The 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event was the 21th edition of this tournament. For the first time, the competition was held in Caorle, Italy.[1] The winners qualify for the 2024 Summer Paralympics. The defending champions are Bosnia and Herzegovina. They successfully defended their title after defeating Germany, 3–2, in the final.
Caorle, Italy was given the hosting rights on the 8 February 2023.[1] This marks the first time the tournament will be held in Italy.
Nine countries automatically qualified, while three secured their places via the 2022 qualifier in Rouen, France.[2] [3]
Host (1)
Automatic Qualifiers (7)
2022 qualifier teams (3)
Replacement (1)
The venue was the Palamare Valter Vicentini in Caorle.[4]
Caorle | ||
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Palamare Valter Vicentini | ||
Capacity: unknown | ||
Every game will be broadcast on ParaVolley Europe YouTube channel.
Teams can select 12 players for the tournament.[5]
The draw took place on 13 May 2023 in Caorle.[6]
12 teams are split into two group of six. The top four in each group plays in the Quarterfinals, while the bottom 2 in each group plays in the classification rounds.
The four losers that failed to make the quarter finals all play each other in a four team group to decide the places 9–12. Games against the teams that have already played each other are carried over.
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width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Team Qualified for the 2024 Paralympics |
The awards were as follows:
MVP
Best Setter
Best Attacker
Best Receiver
Best Server
Best Blocker
Best Libero
Green Card award