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Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held from 9 to 18 September at the Riocentro Pavilion 6 in Rio de Janeiro. Two team events were held, one for men and one for women.[1]
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In the men's sitting event, Bosnia and Herzegovina were the defending champions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran 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 was the fourth time the women's sitting volleyball event was contested. China were the defending champions, having defeated the United States 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 1976 (when sitting volleyball was a demonstration event) through 2000.[2]
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Classification
In sitting volleyball there are two categories of classification: 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.[3]
Qualification
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16 teams took part: eight men's teams and eight women's teams. Each country could enter one team per tournament.
Men's qualification
Women's qualification
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Men's competition
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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
Source: Paralympic.org
Knock-out stage
| Semi-finals | Gold medal | |||||
| 16 September | ||||||
 Egypt | 0 | |||||
| 18 September | ||||||
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | |||||
| 16 September | ||||||
 Iran | 3 | |||||
 Brazil | 0 | |||||
| Iran | 3 | |||||
| Bronze medal | ||||||
| 18 September | ||||||
| Egypt | 3 | |||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||
Women's competition
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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 a win, one point for a loss. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.
Group A
Group B
Source: Paralympic.org
Knock-out stage
| Semi-finals | Gold medal | |||||
| 17 September | ||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||
| 18 September | ||||||
 United States | 3 | |||||
| United States | 3 | |||||
| 17 September | ||||||
 China | 0 | |||||
 Ukraine | 0 | |||||
| China | 3 | |||||
| Bronze medal | ||||||
| 18 September | ||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||
| Ukraine | 0 | |||||
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Medalists
References
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