2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event explained

Competition:Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event
Gender:svbw
Continent:Europe
Year:2023
Size:275
City:Cairo
Dates:12–18 November
Teams:10
Confederations:4
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:CHN
Second:CAN
Third:BRA
Fourth:GER
Matches:33
Website:Cairo 2023
Last:2016 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event
Next:2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event

The 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event was for the first time held in Cairo, Egypt.[1] The winners or highest ranked team not yet qualified, will advance to the 2024 Summer Paralympics. The reigning champions are United States, but they didn't enter this time around. China won the title, dispatching Canada 3–1 in the final.[2]

History

[3] [4]

  1. 2008 Intercontinental Cup
  2. 2010 World Cup
  3. 2012 Intercontinental Cup
  4. 2016 Intercontinental Cup
  5. 2023 World Cup

Host selection

Originally, Cairo was chosen as the replacement venue for the 2020 edition in Hangzhou, China after the Chinese withdrew because of the Covid-19 pandemic (the competition dates were 24–30 April).[5] [6] However, on 12 March, it was confirmed the event would be postponed until further notice.[7] The tournament was going to commence on 10–15 December 2021. Although, for a second time, the event was postponed.[8] [9] After multiple postponements, Cairo, Egypt was given the hosting rights on the 13 September 2022 for the 2023 edition.[1] This marks Egypt's first time organising the event.

Teams

Host (1)

Participating teams (9)

Venue

The venue was the New Capital Sports Hall in the New Administrative Capital, near Cairo.[10] Despite the tournament being held just outside of Cairo, the event was still called Cairo 2023.

New Administrative Capital
New Capital Sports Hall
Capacity: 7,500

Broadcasting rights

Every game was broadcast on the World ParaVolley YouTube channel.

Squads

Squads ranged from 7 to 14 players for the tournament.[11]

Format

10 teams are split into two group of five. The top four in each group plays in the Quarterfinals, while the bottom team in each group plays in the classification match. 

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

5–8 classification bracket

Fifth place match

Final rankings

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccTeam Qualified for the 2024 Paralympics

Awards

The awards were as follows:

MVP

  • Heidi Amanda Peters

Best Setter

  • Sarah Anne Melenka

Best Attacker

  • Xu Yixiao

Best Receiver

  • Su Limei

Best Server

  • Heidi Amanda Peters

Best Blocker

  • Janaina Petit Cunha

Best Libero

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cairo to host the Sitting Volleyball World Cup in 2023 < World ParaVolley. September 13, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2023 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Cup Day 8: Iran and China earn top podium finishes in Cairo < World ParaVolley. November 18, 2023.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230628060901/https://www.worldparavolley.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sitting-Volleyball-Magazine-FINAL-WEBSITE-ONLINE-ONLY.pdf
  4. sittingvolleyball.wordpress
  5. Web site: Coronavirus - 2020 Sitting Volleyball World Cup < World ParaVolley. January 30, 2020.
  6. Web site: New host for the 2020 Sitting Volleyball World Cup announced < World ParaVolley. February 24, 2020.
  7. Web site: Announcement: Postponement of the 2020 World Cup in Egypt < World ParaVolley. March 12, 2020.
  8. Web site: Cairo to close 2021 with Sitting Volleyball World Cup < World ParaVolley. July 27, 2021.
  9. Web site: 2021 Sitting Volleyball World Cup postponed < World ParaVolley. September 17, 2021.
  10. Web site: لأول مرة فى التاريخ.. مصر تتأهل للدور النهائي من كأس العالم للكرة الطائرة البارالمبية | المصري اليوم.
  11. Web site: 2023 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Cup < World ParaVolley.