Sitting volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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
VenueChina Agricultural University Gymnasium
Dates7–15 September
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Iran (IRI) (men)
 China (CHN) (women)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (men)
 United States (USA) (women)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Russia (RUS) (men)
 Netherlands (NED) (women)
2004
2012

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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team   Iran (IRI)

Davoud Alipourian
Sadegh Bigdeli
Saeid Ebrahimi
Jalil Imeri (captain)
Mehdi Hamidzadeh
Nasser Hassanpour
Mohammad Hosseinifar
Mohammad Khaleghi
Reza Peidayesh
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Ramezan Salehi (libero)
Issa Zirahi
Coach: Hadi Rezaei

  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)

Safet Alibašić
Sabahudin Delalić (captain)
Mirzet Duran
Esad Durmišević
Ismet Godinjak
Dževad Hamzić
Ermin Jusufović
Hidaet Jusufović (libero)
Zikret Mahmić
Adnan Manko
Asim Medić
Ejub Mehmedović
Coach: Mirza Hrustemović

  Russia (RUS)

Alexander Baychik
Tanatkan Bukin
Dmitriy Gordiyenko
Evgeny Kuzovnikov
Andrey Lavrinovich
Viktor Milenin
Sergey Uporov
Sergey Pozdeev
Alexander Savichev
Maksim Timchenko
Aleksei Volkov (libero)
Sergey Yakunin (captain)
Coach: Victor D'Yakov

Women's team   China (CHN)

Li Liping
Liang Fen
Liu Lijuan
Lu Chunli
Lu Hongqin (captain)
Sheng Yuhong
Tan Yanhua
Yang Yanling
Zhang Lijun
Zhang Xufei
Zheng Xiongying (libero)
Zhong Haihong
Coach: Zhang Jun

  United States (USA)

Allison Aldrich
Heather Erickson
Alexandra Gouldie
Kathryn Holloway
SuGui Kriss
Kendra Lancaster
Hope Lewellen
Brenda Maymon (captain)
Gina McWilliams
Nichole Millage
Kari Miller (libero)
Lora Webster
Coach: Michael Hulett

  Netherlands (NED)

Sanne Bakker (libero)
Karin van der Haar-Kramp
Karin Harmsen-Roosen
Paula List
Djoke van Marum
Elvira Stinissen
Josien Ten Thije-Voortman
Rika de Vries
Petra Westerhof (captain)
Coach: John Bestebroer

Classification

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Classification 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

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There were 16 teams, 8 male and 8 female taking part in this sport.

Teams

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  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Safet Alibasic
Sabahudin Delalic
Mirzet Duran
Esad Durmisevic
Ismet Godinjak
Dzevad Hamzic
Ermin Jusufovic
Hidaet Jusufovic
Zikret Mahmic
Adnan Manko
Asim Medic
Ejub Mehmedovic
  Iraq
Saeed Al Mimar
Salah Al Shammari
Hussain Al Ugbi
Naser Alaibi
Ahmed Dahash
Muayad Hattab
Hadi Juboori
Majeed Kaabi
Mahdi Khayoon
Majeed Majeed
Abdulmunem Mohmmed
Ahmed Whailani
  China
Gao Hui
Ding Xiaochao
Dou Wencheng
Huang Chunji
Li Ji
Li Lei
Li Mingfa
Tong Jiao
Wang Haidong
Wang Xiaolang
Zhang Zhongmin
Zhou Canming
  Russia
Alexander Baychik
Tanatkan Bukin
Dimitriy Gordiyenko
Evgeny Kuzovnikov
Andreu Lavrinovich
Viktor Milenin
Sergey Pozdeev
Maksim Timchenko
Sergey Uporov
Alexey Volkov
Sergey Yakunin
  Iran
Davoud Alipourian
Sadegh Bigdeli
Seyed Saeid Ebrahimi Baladezaei
Jalil Eimery
Mahdi Hamid Zageh
Naser Hassanpour Alinazari
Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Far
Mohammad Khaleghi
Reza Peidayesh
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Ramzan Salehi Hajikolaei
Isa Zirahi
  Egypt
Ashrad Zaghloul Abd Alla
Abd Elaal Mohamed Abd Elaal
Rezek Abd Ellatif
Abdel Nabi Hassan Abdel Latif
Mohamed Abouelyazeid
Taher Adel Elabahaey
Hesham Salah Elshwikh
Mohamed Abd Elhamed Emara
Salah Atta Hassanein
Hossam Massoud Massoud
El Saad Mossa
Ahmed Soliman
  Japan
Shun Azuma
Satoshi Kanao
Susumu Kaneda
Tetsuo Minakawa
Kaname Nakayama
Susumu Takasago
Yoshihito Takeda
Tsutomu Tanabe
Koji Tanaka
Arata Yamamoto
Atsushi Yonezawa
Hitoshi Yoshida
  Brazil
Wellington Anunciacao
Samuel Arantes
Giovani Freitas
Guilherme Gomes
Renato Leite
Rodrigo Mello
Wescley Oliveira
Diogo Rebolcas
Deivisson Santos
Claudio Silva
Daniel Silva
Gilberto Silva

Women

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  United States
Allison Aldrich
Heather Erickson
Alexandra Gouldie
Katie Holloway
Sugui Kriss
Kendra Lancaster
Hope Lewellen
Brenda Maymon
Gina McWilliams
Nichole Millage
Kari Miller
Lora Webster
  China
Li Liping
Liang Fen
Liu Lijuan
Lu Chunli
Lu Hongqin
Sheng Yuhong
Tan Yanhua
Yang Yanling
Zhang Lijun
Zhang Xufei
Zheng Xiongying
Zhong Haihong
  Lithuania
Malda Baumgarde
Liudmila Budiniene
Ruta Cvirkiene
Virginija Dmitrijeva
Rita Latauskaite
Karolina Lingyte
Neringa Susinskyte
Jolita Urbutiene
Jurate Verbuviene
Virginija Ziltye
  Latvia
Inara Barkane
Una Dzalba
Ivonna Gailite
Oksana Gromova
Diana Ivanova
Olga Jegorova
Irina Jermolenko
Liga Karliete
Nellija Rusina
Linda Sila
Zanna Skutane
  Netherlands
Sanne Bakker
Rika de Vries
Karin Harmsen-Roosen
Paula List
Elvira Stinissen
Josien Ten Thije-Voortman
Karin van der Haar-Kramp
Djoke van Marum
Petra Westerhof
  Slovenia
Marinka Cencelj
Danica Gosnak
Emilie Gradisek
Bogomira Jakin
Ana Justin
Sasa Kotnik
Boza Kovacic
Suzana Ocepek
Alenka Sart
Stefaka Tomic
Anita Urnaut
  Japan
Sachie Awano
Junko Fujii
Noriko Kaneda
Emi Kaneki
Yukari Okahira
Shiori Omura
Mamiko Osada
Yoko Saito
Haruni Sakamoto
Tomoko Sakamoto
Kiyoko Tomiya
  Ukraine
Anzhelika Churkina
Oleksandra Granovska
Larysa Klochkova
Galyna Kuznetsova
Liubov Lomakina
Alla Lysenko
Inna Osetynska
Margaryta Pryvalykhina
Ilona Yudina

Men's tournament

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2008-09-14
14:00
  Slovenia (SLO) 0–3   Netherlands (NED) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
(17–25, 16–25, 24–25)
 

Gold medal match

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Men's Volleyball at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. ^ Men's Sitting Volleyball at the 2008 Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  3. ^ Women's Volleyball at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  4. ^ "Standing Volleyball". worldparavolley.org. World ParaVolley. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. ^ Ng, Kwok (2012). When Sitting is Not Resting: Sitting Volleyball. Bloomington, IL: Authorhouse. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4772-1789-4.
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