2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Men's event

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's event.

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.^[1][2] The winners secure a ticket to the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Iran were the defending champions and successfully defended their title triumphing over Bosnia and Herzegovina in straight sets.^[3][4][5]

2022 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Men's event

Tournament details
Host nation	Bosnia and Herzegovina
City	Sarajevo
Dates	4–11 November
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (8th title)
Runners-up	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Egypt
Official website
Sarajevo 2022
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Host selection

•  China, (Hangzhou) (original hosts but withdrew)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)

Originally, the tournament was supposed to be in Hangzhou, China on the 18–24 May.^[6] 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.^[1][2]

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:^[7]

Africa (2)  Egypt (5)  Rwanda (14)

Americas (3)  Brazil (4)  Canada (13)  United States (10)

Asia (4)  Kazakhstan (9)  Iran (1)  Iraq[a] (17)  Japan (11)

Europe (7)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) (2)  Croatia (12)  Germany (8)  Netherlands (15)  Poland (16)  Serbia (21)  Ukraine (7)

1. Iraq replaced China, who withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seeding

The seeding and groups were as follows:

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)  United States (8)  Japan (9)  Serbia (16)	Iran (2)  Kazakhstan (7)  Croatia (10)  Iraq (15)	Brazil (3)  Germany (6)  Canada (11)  Poland (14)	Egypt (4)  Ukraine (5)  Rwanda (12)  Netherlands (13)

Venue

The venue was the Arena Hotel Hills in Sarajevo.

Sarajevo		Sarajevo
		Arena Hotel Hills
		Capacity: unknown

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	160	1.556
2	United States	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	227	199	1.141
3	Serbia	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	171	205	0.834
4	Japan	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	140	225	0.622

Source: ^[8]
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	15:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Serbia	25–17	25–7	25–22			75–46	[8]
4 Nov	17:30	United States	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–15	25–14			75–48	[8]
5 Nov	09:00	Serbia	3–0	Japan	25–14	25–18	25–23			75–55	[8]
5 Nov	19:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	United States	25–17	25–13	24–26	25–21		99–77	[8]
6 Nov	09:15	Japan	0–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8–25	14–25	15–25			37–75	[8]
6 Nov	15:45	United States	3–0	Serbia	25–17	25–22	25–13			75–52	[8]

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Iran	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	129	1.744
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	187	190	0.984
3	Iraq	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	184	224	0.821
4	Croatia	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	189	242	0.781

Source: ^[8]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	15:45	Iran	3–0	Iraq	25–11	25–17	25–15			75–43	[8]
4 Nov	17:30	Kazakhstan	3–0	Croatia	25–21	25–22	25–23			75–66	[8]
5 Nov	09:15	Iraq	3–1	Croatia	25–16	25–12	17–25	25–21		92–74	[8]
5 Nov	18:45	Iran	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–12	25–18	25–7			75–37	[8]
6 Nov	18:45	Kazakhstan	3–0	Iraq	25–13	25–17	25–19			75–49	[8]
6 Nov	19:00	Croatia	0–3	Iran	18–25	15–25	16–25			49–75	[8]

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Brazil	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	255	188	1.356
2	Germany	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	247	210	1.176
3	Canada	3	1	2	3	3	6	0.500	183	211	0.867
4	Poland	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	149	225	0.662

Source: ^[8]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	15:30	Germany	3–0	Canada	25–15	25–22	25–15			75–52	[8]
4 Nov	17:30	Brazil	3–0	Poland	25–16	25–8	25–11			75–35	[8]
5 Nov	11:30	Poland	0–3	Canada	23–25	16–25	22–25			61–75	[8]
5 Nov	15:45	Brazil	3–2	Germany	23–25	25–19	17–25	25–18	15–10	105–97	[8]
6 Nov	11:30	Germany	3–0	Poland	25–18	25–16	25–19			75–53	[8]
6 Nov	11:45	Canada	0–3	Brazil	23–25	14–25	19–25			56–75	[8]

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Egypt	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	177	1.407
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	231	184	1.255
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	2	3	8	0.375	207	158	1.310
4	Rwanda	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	206	163	1.264

Source: ^[8]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Nov	17:45	Egypt	3–0	Netherlands	25–11	25–19	25–19			75–49	[8]
4 Nov	19:45	Ukraine	3–0	Rwanda	25–20	25–15	25–22			75–57	[8]
5 Nov	11:45	Netherlands	3–2	Rwanda	20–25	25–20	25–22	23–25	15–11	108–103	[8]
5 Nov	15:30	Egypt	3–1	Ukraine	25–15	24–26	25–17	25–23		99–81	[8]
6 Nov	09:00	Rwanda	0–3	Egypt	19–25	15–25	12–25			46–75	[8]
6 Nov	15:30	Ukraine	3–0	Netherlands	25–18	25–17	25–15			75–50	[8]

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Bronze Medal match

Gold Medal match

7 November

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

8 November

Croatia

0

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

7 November

Kazakhstan

0

Kazakhstan

3

9 November

Serbia

0

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3

7 November

Egypt

0

Egypt

3

8 November

Poland

0

Egypt

3

7 November

Germany

1

Germany

3

11 November

Netherlands

0

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0

7 November

Iran

3

Iran

3

8 November

Japan

0

Iran

3

7 November

United States

0

United States

3

9 November

Iraq

2

Iran

3

7 November

Brazil

0

3rd place match

Brazil

3

8 November

11 November

Rwanda

0

Brazil

3

Egypt

1

7 November

Ukraine

0

Brazil

3

Ukraine

3

Canada

1

Classification rounds

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	9 November
	Kazakhstan	1
					10 November
	Germany	3
					Germany	3
	9 November
					United States	0
	United States	3
	Ukraine	1
					Seventh place
					10 November
					Kazakhstan	3
					Ukraine	2

9–16th place bracket

	9–16th place quarterfinals				9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place
	8 November
	Serbia	0
					9 November
	Croatia	3
					Croatia	3
	8 November
					Poland	0
	Netherlands	2
									10 November
	Poland	3
									Croatia	1
	8 November
									Iraq	3
	Iraq	3
					9 November
	Japan	0
					Iraq	3
	8 November
					Canada	0			Eleventh place
	Canada	3
									10 November
	Rwanda	1
									Poland	2
									Canada	3

13–16th place bracket

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place
	9 November
	Serbia	1
					10 November
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands	0
	9 November
					Rwanda	3
	Japan	0
	Rwanda	3
					15th place
					10 November
					Serbia	3
					Japan	1

Results

Round of 16

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Nov	09:00	Iran	3–0	Japan	25–5	25–18	25–9			75–32	[8]
7 Nov	09:15	Brazil	3–0	Rwanda	25–21	25–14	25–10			75–45	[8]
7 Nov	11:30	United States	3–2	Iraq	25–20	25–21	16–25	21–25	15–9	102–100	[8]
7 Nov	11:45	Ukraine	3–1	Canada	25–21	25–23	23–25	26–24		99–93	[8]
7 Nov	15:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Croatia	25–18	25–17	25–19			75–54	[8]
7 Nov	15:45	Egypt	3–0	Poland	25–1	25–11	25–12			75–24	[8]
7 Nov	18:45	Kazakhstan	3–0	Serbia	25–19	25–10	25–15			75–44	[8]
7 Nov	19:00	Germany	3–0	Netherlands	25–10	25–10	25–14			75–34	[8]

Quarter Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Nov	09:00	Iran	3–0	United States	25–18	25–15	25–17			75–50	[8]
8 Nov	11:30	Brazil	3–0	Ukraine	25–14	25–16	25–23			75–53	[8]
8 Nov	15:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–12	26–24	25–18			76–54	[8]
8 Nov	19:00	Egypt	3–1	Germany	27–25	16–25	25–11	25–16		93–77	[8]

Semi Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Nov	15:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	Egypt	25–13	25–19	25–20			75–52	[8]
9 Nov	19:00	Iran	3–0	Brazil	25–20	25–20	25–15			75–55	[8]

Bronze Medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Nov	11:45	Egypt	1–3	Brazil	21–25	25–20	23–25	24–26		93–96	[8]

Gold Medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Nov	20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Iran	24–26	30–32	12–25			66–83	[8]

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Classification round

5–8 Semi Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Nov	15:45	Ukraine	1–3	United States	25–22	17–25	15–25	8–25		65–97	[8]
9 Nov	18:45	Kazakhstan	2–3	Germany	17–25	25–20	25–23	17–25	9–15	93–108	[8]

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Nov	15:30	Kazakhstan	3–2	Ukraine	25–21	23–25	25–13	23–25	19–17	115–101	[8]

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Nov	15:45	Germany	3–0	United States	25–8	25–16	25–21			75–45	[8]

9–16 Classification games

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Nov	09:15	Japan	0–3	Iraq	15–25	18–25	20–25			53–75	[8]
8 Nov	11:45	Rwanda	1–3	Canada	25–20	27–29	12–25	22–25		86–99	[8]
8 Nov	15:45	Poland	3–2	Netherlands	25–22	25–22	22–25	23–25	15–8	110–102	[8]
8 Nov	18:45	Croatia	3–0	Serbia	25–13	25–12	25–23			75–48	[8]

9–12 Semi Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Nov	11:30	Croatia	3–0	Poland	25–18	25–23	25–17			75–58	[8]
9 Nov	11:45	Canada	0–3	Iraq	17–25	22–25	19–25			58–75	[8]

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Nov	11:45	Croatia	1–3	Iraq	25–18	23–25	21–25	23–25		92–93	[8]

11th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Nov	11:30	Poland	2–3	Canada	26–24	26–24	14–25	17–25	14–16	97–114	[8]

13–16 Semi Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Nov	09:00	Serbia	1–3	Netherlands	15–25	25–17	20–25	23–25		83–92	[8]
9 Nov	09:15	Rwanda	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–22	25–21			75–65	[8]

13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Nov	09:15	Netherlands	0–3	Rwanda	22–25	19–25	27–29			68–79	[8]

15th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Nov	09:00	Serbia	3–1	Japan	28–26	21–25	25–19	25–23		99–93	[8]

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Iran
	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Brazil
4	Egypt
5	Kazakhstan
6	Ukraine
7	Germany
8	United States
9	Iraq
10	Croatia
11	Canada
12	Poland
13	Rwanda
14	Netherlands
15	Serbia
16	Japan

Qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics

See also

• 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's event
• 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event
• 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Women's event
• 2023 Asia and Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships
• 2023 Pan American Sitting Volleyball Championships
• 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Men's tournament
• 2024 African Sitting Volleyball Championships – Women's tournament
• 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Men's event
• 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event
• 2024 Paralympic Final Qualification Tournament – Men's tournament
• 2024 Paralympic Final Qualification Tournament – Women's tournament
• 2024 World ParaVolley Women's Super 6
• Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Website
• World ParaVolley YouTube Channel