Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The Sitting Volleyball competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics will held in China Agricultural University Gymnasium between Sep 7,2008 to Sep 15,2008.
There are two medals in this sport.

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Sitting Volleyball logo of the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Classfication

Classification is an important work for paralympic athletes, after the classification, athletes can compete in a fair situation.
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.

Event

Since the classification, there may be more than 1 medals in a single event, for example, only 1 medals will be awarded in the men's 100 metre in the Summer Olympics, but there will be more than 10 medals in the same event at the Summer Paralympics.

Men's x1
Women's x1

Qualification

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

Men's

Qualified by 2006 World Sitting Volleyball Championships
Qualifed by sitting volleyball event in 2006 Pan-Arab Games
- Iraq
Qualifed by sitting volleyball event in 2006 FESPIC Games
- Japan
Qualifed by sitting volleyball event in Para-pan American Games
- Brazil
Qualifed by European Sitting Volleyball Championships
- Russia
Qualifed as host nation
- China

Men Tournament

Group A

Team	P	W	L	Sets	Points
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	6:0	4
Russia	1	1	0	3:0	2
Iraq	1	0	1	0:3	0
China	2	0	2	0:6	0

2008-09-07 15:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 – 0	China	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Khaled Nasr Eld ELHELALY (Egypt)
	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3

2008-09-08 11:30	Russia	3 – 0	China	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,000 Referees: France MARCOUX (Canada)
	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3

2008-09-08 19:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 – 0	Iraq	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 500 Referees: JUNG Mal Soon (Korea)
	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3

2008-09-09 15:30	Iraq	–	Russia	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4

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