The 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Men's event was the 13th edition of this tournament. For the first time, the competition was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winners secure a ticket to the

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. Iran were the defending champions and successfully defended their title triumphing over Bosnia and Herzegovina in straight sets.

Host selection

* , ( Hangzhou) (original hosts but withdrew) * ( Sarajevo) Originally, the tournament was supposed to be in Hangzhou,

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on the 18–24 May. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was postponed and China had to withdraw as hosts. On 1 April 2022, the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, was awarded the hosting rights in the new dates of 4–11 November.

Qualified teams

The teams who were invited to participate are as follows, the numbers next to the countries are their world rankings prior to the tournament: Africa (2) * (5) * (14)

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(3) * (4) * (13) * (10) Asia (4) * (9) * (1) * (17) * (11) Europe (7) * (H) (2) * (12) * (8) * (15) * (16) * (21) * (7)

Seeding

The seeding and groups were as follows:

Venue

The venue was the Arena Hotel Hills in Sarajevo.

Broadcasting rights

Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( BHRT) is the host broadcaster for the 2022 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Championships. The games involving Bosnia and Herzegovina were broadcast on ( BHRT), while every game not broadcast is on YouTube.

Format

16 teams are split into four groups of four, where every team advances to the Round of 16. In the Round of 16, teams who finished 1st play the teams that finished fourth, and the teams who finished 2nd play the teams that finished third. The eight winners advance to the Quarter Finals, while the eight losers play in a 9–16 classification bracket.

Group stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Classification rounds

;5–8th place bracket ;9–16th place bracket ;13–16th place bracket

Results

Round of 16

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Bronze Medal match

Gold Medal match

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Classification round

5–8 Semi Finals

7th place match

5th place match

9–16 Classification games

9–12 Semi Finals

9th place match

11th place match

13–16 Semi Finals

13th place match

15th place match

Final standing

External links

Official WebsiteWorld ParaVolley YouTube Channel

References

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