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at the

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was held from 9 September to 18 September at the Riocentro Pavilion 6 in

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. Two

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team events were held, one for men and one for women. In the men's sitting event,

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are the defending champions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and

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were the finalists in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012, with Iran winning in 2000 and 2008 and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004 and 2012. The Rio Games will be the fourth time the women's sitting volleyball event will be contested.

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are the defending champions, defeating the

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for gold in 2012. Ukraine won bronze in 2012, their first ever medal in the event. This was the fourth Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in

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(when sitting volleyball was a demonstration event) through

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Classification

In sitting volleyball there are two categories of

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: disabled and minimal disability. A maximum of one minimally disabled player may be on the court for each team at any one time. A part of the player's body between the buttocks and the shoulders must be in contact with the court when playing or attempting to play the ball.http://www.worldparavolley.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/A.1-Sitting-Volleyball-Rules-2013-2016-w-diagrams-guidelines.pdf

Qualification

There will be 16 teams, 8 men's teams and 8 women's teams, taking part. Each country can enter one team per tournament. Men's Qualification Women's Qualification

Men's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a knockout stage.

Preliminary round

The teams were divided into two groups of four countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for win, one point for a loss. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.

Group A

Group B

Knock-out stage

Women's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a knockout stage.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knock-out stage

Medalists

References

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2016 Summer Paralympics events

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International volleyball competitions hosted by Brazil