Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from 7 September to 15 September. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women.
| Volleyball at the XIII Paralympic Games | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Paralympic sitting volleyball | ||||||||||
| Venue | China Agricultural University Gymnasium | |||||||||
| Dates | 7–15 September | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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In the men's sitting event, Bosnia and Herzegovina were the defending champions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran had been the finalists in both 2000 and 2004, with Iran winning in 2000 and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004. These two countries met once more in the final in Beijing, with Iran emerging victorious by 3 goals to nil. Egypt, the bronze medal-winners of 2008, finished fourth, beaten 2:3 by Russia, who took bronze.[1][2]
The Beijing Games marked the second time the women's sitting event was held. China were the defending champions, while the Netherlands had taken silver, and the United States bronze, in 2004. In Beijing, China was again victorious, while the United States and the Netherlands switched places to ascend the podium with silver and bronze, respectively.[3]
This was the second Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in 1976 (when sitting volleyball was a demonstration event) through 2000.[4]
Medalists
editClassification
editClassification is an important work for Paralympic athletes, after the classification, athletes can compete in a fair situation.[5]
Athletes meeting the disability requirement can take part in this sport, but only 2 minimum requirements player can be on the team, and only 1 of them can be on the court.
Qualification
editThere were 16 teams, 8 male and 8 female taking part in this sport.
Teams
editMen
editWomen
editMen's tournament
editPreliminary round
editGroup A
edit| Team | P | W | L | Sets | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 9:1 | 6 |
 Russia (RUS)
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 7:3 | 4 |
 China (CHN)
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 3:6 | 2 |
 Iraq (IRQ)
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 0:9 | 0 |
| 2008-09-07 15:30 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
|
3–0 | China (CHN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Khaled Nasr Eld Elhelaly (Egypt) |
| (25–14, 25–22, 25–17) | ||||
| 2008-09-08 11:50 |
Russia (RUS)
|
3–0 | China (CHN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,000 Referees: France Marcoux (Canada) |
| (25–22, 25–22, 25–23) | ||||
| 2008-09-08 19:30 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
|
3–0 | Iraq (IRQ)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 500 Referees: Jung Mal Soon (Korea) |
| (25–6, 25–14, 25–16) | ||||
| 2008-09-09 15:30 |
Iraq (IRQ)
|
0–3 | Russia (RUS)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Joseph Campbell (United States) |
| (13–25, 8–25, 15–25) | ||||
| 2008-09-10 11:30 |
Russia (RUS)
|
1–3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 400 Referees: Janko Plesnik (Slovenia) |
| (21–25, 22–25, 25–18, 16–25) | ||||
| 2008-09-10 19:30 |
Iraq (IRQ)
|
0–3 | China (CHN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Ronaldo Tadeu Chaves (Brazil) |
| (9–25, 17–25, 12–25) | ||||
Group B
edit| Team | P | W | L | Sets | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iran (IRI)
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 9:0 | 6 |
 Egypt (EGY)
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 6:3 | 4 |
 Brazil (BRA)
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 3:6 | 2 |
 Japan (JPN)
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 0:9 | 0 |
| 2008-09-07 11:30 |
Iran (IRI)
|
3–0 | Japan (JPN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Matijn Meulenkamp (Netherlands) |
| (25–7, 25–7, 25–5) | ||||
| 2008-09-07 19:30 |
Egypt (EGY)
|
3–0 | Brazil (BRA)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Anton Probst (Germany) |
| (25–8, 25–14, 25–17) | ||||
| 2008-09-08 15:30 |
Iran (IRI)
|
3–0 | Brazil (BRA)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Viktor Feldshteyn (Ukraine) |
| (25–9, 25–11, 25–8) | ||||
| 2008-09-09 11:35 |
Iran (IRI)
|
3–0 | Egypt (EGY)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Khalid Salem Shanishah (Libya) |
| (27–25, 25–12, 25–18) | ||||
| 2008-09-09 19:30 |
Brazil (BRA)
|
3–0 | Japan (JPN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: An Qi (China) |
| (25–20, 25–17, 25–10) | ||||
| 2008-09-10 15:30 |
Egypt (EGY)
|
3–0 | Japan (JPN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 600 Referees: Xia Xin (China) |
| (25–8, 25–11, 25–15) | ||||
Final Round
edit| Semifinals | Gold medal game | ||||||||
| A1 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 3 | |||||||
| B2 |  Egypt
| 0 | |||||||
| A1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 0 | |||||||
| B1 |  Iran
| 3 | |||||||
| B1 | Iran
| 3 | |||||||
| A2 |  Russia
| 0 | Bronze medal game | ||||||
| B2 | Egypt
| 2 | |||||||
| A2 | Russia
| 3 | |||||||
Semifinals
edit| 2008-09-12 12:30 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
|
3–0 | Egypt (EGY)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 400 Referees: Anton Probst (Germany) |
| (25–18, 25–21, 25–20) | ||||
| 2008-09-12 18:00 |
Iran (IRI)
|
3–0 | Russia (RUS)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gabor Karadi (Hungary) |
| (25–22, 25–13, 25–20) | ||||
Bronze medal match
edit| 2008-09-15 16:00 |
Egypt (EGY)
|
2–3 | Russia (RUS)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Martijn Meulenkamp (Netherlands) |
| (25–22, 16–25, 25–19, 20–25, 9–15) | ||||
Gold medal match
edit| 2008-09-15 18:30 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
|
0–3 | Iran (IRI)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Viktor Feldshteyn (Ukraine) |
| (22–25, 18–25, 22–25) | ||||
5-8 Classification
edit| 5-8 Semifinals | 5-6 game | ||||||||
| A3 |  China
| 3 | |||||||
| B4 |  Japan
| 0 | |||||||
| A3 | China
| 3 | |||||||
| B3 | Brazil
| 1 | |||||||
| B3 | Brazil
| 3 | |||||||
| A4 |  Iraq
| 1 | 7-8 game | ||||||
| B4 | Japan
| 0 | |||||||
| A4 | Iraq
| 3 | |||||||
Women's tournament
editPreliminary round
editGroup A
edit| Team | P | W | L | Sets | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Netherlands (NED)
|
3 | 9 | 3 | 9:3 | 6 |
 Slovenia (SLO)
|
3 | 8 | 5 | 8:5 | 4 |
 Ukraine (UKR)
|
3 | 5 | 6 | 5:6 | 2 |
| Japan (JPN)
|
3 | 1 | 9 | 1:9 | 0 |
| 2008-09-07 14:00 |
Japan (JPN)
|
0–3 | Netherlands (NED)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (4–25, 21–25, 18–25) | ||||
| 2008-09-08 9:00 |
Slovenia (SLO)
|
3-1 | Japan (JPN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (25–19, 21–25, 25–19, 25–9) | ||||
| 2008-09-08 12:00 |
Ukraine (UKR)
|
1–3 | Netherlands (NED)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (14–25, 25–23, 21–25, 19–25) | ||||
| 2008-09-09 16:00 |
Slovenia (SLO)
|
3-1 | Ukraine (UKR)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (11–25, 25–18, 25–17, 25–22) | ||||
| 2008-09-10 12:00 |
Ukraine (UKR)
|
3-0 | Japan (JPN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (25–16, 25–14, 25–18) | ||||
| 2008-09-10 16:00 |
Slovenia (SLO)
|
2–3 | Netherlands (NED)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (25–23, 17–25, 16–25, 25–22, 11–15) | ||||
Group B
edit| Team | P | W | L | Sets | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China (CHN)
|
3 | 9 | 0 | 9:0 | 6 |
 United States (USA)
|
3 | 6 | 3 | 6:3 | 4 |
 Lithuania (LTU)
|
3 | 3 | 4 | 3:4 | 2 |
 Latvia (LAT)
|
3 | 1 | 9 | 1:9 | 0 |
| 2008-09-07 9:00 |
Lithuania (LTU)
|
0–3 | United States (USA)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (15–25, 18–25, 9–25) | ||||
| 2008-09-07 21:00 |
Latvia (LAT)
|
0–3 | China (CHN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (4–25, 7–25, 16–25) | ||||
| 2008-09-08 9:00 |
Lithuania (LTU)
|
0–3 | China (CHN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (18–25, 17–25, 14–25) | ||||
| 2008-09-09 12:00 |
Latvia (LAT)
|
1–3 | Lithuania (LTU)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (25–16, 16–25, 19–25, 19–25) | ||||
| 2008-09-09 16:00 |
United States (USA)
|
0–3 | China (CHN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (14–25, 21–25, 19–25) | ||||
| 2008-09-10 9:00 |
United States (USA)
|
3–0 | Latvia (LAT)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (25–12, 25–17, 25–11) | ||||
Final Round
edit| Semifinals | Gold medal game | ||||||||
| A1 |  Netherlands
| 2 | |||||||
| B2 |  United States
| 3 | |||||||
| B2 | United States
| 0 | |||||||
| A2 | China
| 3 | |||||||
| B1 |  Slovenia
| 0 | |||||||
| A2 | China
| 3 | Bronze medal game | ||||||
| A1 | Netherlands
| 3 | |||||||
| B1 | Slovenia
| 0 | |||||||
Semifinals
edit| 2008-09-11 12:00 |
Netherlands (NED)
|
2–3 | United States (USA)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (25–19, 23–25, 26–28, 27–25, 10–15) | ||||
| 2008-09-11 19:00 |
China (CHN)
|
0–3 | Slovenia (SLO)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (25–21, 25–12, 25–19) | ||||
Bronze medal match
edit| 2008-09-14 14:00 |
Slovenia (SLO)
|
0–3 | Netherlands (NED)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (17–25, 16–25, 24–25) | ||||
Gold medal match
edit| 2008-09-14 18:00 |
United States (USA)
|
0–3 | China (CHN)
|
China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (17–25, 16–25, 24–26) | ||||
5-8th Classification
edit| 5-8 Semifinals | 5-6 game | ||||||||
| A3 |  Ukraine
| 3 | |||||||
| B4 |  Latvia
| 0 | |||||||
| A3 | Ukraine
| 3 | |||||||
| B3 |  Lithuania
| 0 | |||||||
| B3 | Lithuania
| 3 | |||||||
| A4 | Japan
| 1 | 7-8 game | ||||||
| B4 | Latvia
| 3 | |||||||
| A4 | Japan
| 2 | |||||||
References
edit- ^ Men's Volleyball at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ Men's Sitting Volleyball at the 2008 Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ Women's Volleyball at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ "Standing Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. World ParaVolley. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Ng, Kwok (2012). When Sitting is Not Resting: Sitting Volleyball. Bloomington, IL: Authorhouse. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4772-1789-4.
- "Schedules and Results - Sitting Volleyball". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2008-09-24.