Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Volleyball
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Volleyball
Venue China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Dates 7–15 September 2008
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s)  Iran (IRI) (men)
 China (CHN) (women)
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (men)
 United States (USA) (women)
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Russia (RUS) (men)
 Netherlands (NED)

Sitting volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from 7 September to 15 September. Two events were contested, men's team and women's team.

In the men's sitting event, Bosnia and Herzegovina were the defending champions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran had been the finalists in both 2000 and 2004, with Iran winning in 2000 and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004. These two countries met once more in the final in Beijing, with Iran emerging victorious by 3 goals to nil. Egypt, the bronze medal-winners of 2008, finished fourth, beaten 2:3 by Russia, who took bronze.[1][2]

The Beijing Games marked the second time the women's sitting event was held. China were the defending champions, while the Netherlands had taken silver, and the United States bronze, in 2004. In Beijing, China was again victorious, while the United States and the Netherlands switched places to ascend the podium with silver and bronze, respectively.[3]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Iran (IRI)

Davoud Alipourian
Sadegh Bigdeli
Saeid Ebrahimi
Jalil Imeri (captain)
Mehdi Hamidzadeh
Nasser Hassanpour
Mohammad Hosseinifar
Mohammad Khaleghi
Reza Peidayesh
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Ramezan Salehi (libero)
Issa Zirahi
Coach: Hadi Rezaeigarkani

  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)

Safet Alibašić
Sabahudin Delalić (captain)
Mirzet Duran
Esad Durmišević
Ismet Godinjak
Dževad Hamzić
Ermin Jusufović
Hidaet Jusufović (libero)
Zikret Mahmić
Adnan Manko
Asim Medić
Ejub Mehmedović
Coach: Mirza Hrustemović

  Russia (RUS)

Alexander Baychik
Tanatkan Bukin
Dmitriy Gordiyenko
Evgeny Kuzovnikov
Andrey Lavrinovich
Viktor Milenin
Sergey Uporov
Sergey Pozdeev
Alexander Savichev
Maksim Timchenko
Aleksei Volkov (libero)
Sergey Yakunin (captain)
Coach: Victor D'Yakov

Women's team  China (CHN)

Li Liping
Liang Fen
Liu Lijuan
Lu Chunli
Lu Hongqin (captain)
Sheng Yuhong
Tan Yanhua
Yang Yanling
Zhang Lijun
Zhang Xufei
Zheng Xiongying (libero)
Zhong Haihong
Coach: Zhang Jun

  United States (USA)

Allison Aldrich
Heather Erickson
Alexandra Gouldie
Kathryn Holloway
SuGui Kriss
Kendra Lancaster
Hope Lewellen
Brenda Maymon (captain)
Gina McWilliams
Nichole Millage
Kari Miller (libero)
Lora Webster
Coach: Michael Hulett

  Netherlands (NED)

Sanne Bakker (libero)
Karin van der Haar-Kramp
Karin Harmsen-Roosen
Paula List
Djoke van Marum
Elvira Stinissen
Josien Ten Thije-Voortman
Rika de Vries
Petra Westerhof (captain)
Coach: John Bestebroer

Classification

Classification is an important work for Paralympic athletes, after the classification, athletes can compete in a fair situation.[4]
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.

Qualification

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

Teams

Men

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Safet Alibasic
Sabahudin Delalic
Mirzet Duran
Esad Durmisevic
Ismet Godinjak
Dzevad Hamzic
Ermin Jusufovic
Hidaet Jusufovic
Zikret Mahmic
Adnan Manko
Asim Medic
Ejub Mehmedovic		  Iraq
Saeed Al Mimar
Salah Al Shammari
Hussain Al Ugbi
Naser Alaibi
Ahmed Dahash
Muayad Hattab
Hadi Juboori
Majeed Kaabi
Mahdi Khayoon
Majeed Majeed
Abdulmunem Mohmmed
Ahmed Whailani		  China
Gao Hui
Ding Xiaochao
Dou Wencheng
Huang Chunji
Li Ji
Li Lei
Li Mingfa
Tong Jiao
Wang Haidong
Wang Xiaolang
Zhang Zhongmin
Zhou Canming		  Russia
Alexander Baychik
Tanatkan Bukin
Dimitriy Gordiyenko
Evgeny Kuzovnikov
Andreu Lavrinovich
Viktor Milenin
Sergey Pozdeev
Maksim Timchenko
Sergey Uporov
Alexey Volkov
Sergey Yakunin
 Iran
Davoud Alipourian
Sadegh Bigdeli
Seyed Saeid Ebrahimi Baladezaei
Jalil Eimery
Mahdi Hamid Zageh
Naser Hassanpour Alinazari
Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Far
Mohammad Khaleghi
Reza Peidayesh
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Ramzan Salehi Hajikolaei
Isa Zirahi		  Egypt
Ashrad Zaghloul Abd Alla
Abd Elaal Mohamed Abd Elaal
Rezek Abd Ellatif
Abdel Nabi Hassan Abdel Latif
Mohamed Abouelyazeid
Taher Adel Elabahaey
Hesham Salah Elshwikh
Mohamed Abd Elhamed Emara
Salah Atta Hassanein
Hossam Massoud Massoud
El Saad Mossa
Ahmed Soliman		  Japan
Shun Azuma
Satoshi Kanao
Susumu Kaneda
Tetsuo Minakawa
Kaname Nakayama
Susumu Takasago
Yoshihito Takeda
Tsutomu Tanabe
Koji Tanaka
Arata Yamamoto
Atsushi Yonezawa
Hitoshi Yoshida		  Brazil
Wellington Anunciacao
Samuel Arantes
Giovani Freitas
Guilherme Gomes
Renato Leite
Rodrigo Mello
Wescley Oliveira
Diogo Rebolcas
Deivisson Santos
Claudio Silva
Daniel Silva
Gilberto Silva

Women

 United States
Allison Aldrich
Heather Erickson
Alexandra Gouldie
Katie Holloway
Sugui Kriss
Kendra Lancaster
Hope Lewellen
Brenda Maymon
Gina McWilliams
Nichole Millage
Kari Miller
Lora Webster		  China
Li Liping
Liang Fen
Liu Lijuan
Lu Chunli
Lu Hongqin
Sheng Yuhong
Tan Yanhua
Yang Yanling
Zhang Lijun
Zhang Xufei
Zheng Xiongying
Zhong Haihong		  Lithuania
Malda Baumgarde
Liudmila Budiniene
Ruta Cvirkiene
Virginija Dmitrijeva
Rita Latauskaite
Karolina Lingyte
Neringa Susinskyte
Jolita Urbutiene
Jurate Verbuviene
Virginija Ziltye		  Latvia
Inara Barkane
Una Dzalba
Ivonna Gailite
Oksana Gromova
Diana Ivanova
Olga Jegorova
Irina Jermolenko
Liga Karliete
Nellija Rusina
Linda Sila
Zanna Skutane
 Netherlands
Sanne Bakker
Rika de Vries
Karin Harmsen-Roosen
Paula List
Elvira Stinissen
Josien Ten Thije-Voortman
Karin van der Haar-Kramp
Djoke van Marum
Petra Westerhof		  Slovenia
Marinka Cencelj
Danica Gosnak
Emilie Gradisek
Bogomira Jakin
Ana Justin
Sasa Kotnik
Boza Kovacic
Suzana Ocepek
Alenka Sart
Stefaka Tomic
Anita Urnaut		  Japan
Sachie Awano
Junko Fujii
Noriko Kaneda
Emi Kaneki
Yukari Okahira
Shiori Omura
Mamiko Osada
Yoko Saito
Haruni Sakamoto
Tomoko Sakamoto
Kiyoko Tomiya		  Ukraine
Anzhelika Churkina
Oleksandra Granovska
Larysa Klochkova
Galyna Kuznetsova
Liubov Lomakina
Alla Lysenko
Inna Osetynska
Margaryta Pryvalykhina
Ilona Yudina

Men's Tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Team P W L Sets Points
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 3309:16
 Russia (RUS) 3217:34
 China (CHN) 3123:62
 Iraq (IRQ) 3030:90
2008-09-07
15:30		  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 3 – 0  China (CHN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,800
Referee(s): Khaled Nasr Eld Elhelaly (Egypt)
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 14
22
17
2008-09-08
11:50		  Russia (RUS) 3 – 0  China (CHN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee(s): France Marcoux (Canada)
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 22
22
23
2008-09-08
19:30		  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 3 – 0  Iraq (IRQ) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 500
Referee(s): Jung Mal Soon (Korea)
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 6
14
16
2008-09-09
15:30		  Iraq (IRQ) 0 – 3  Russia (RUS) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,300
Referee(s): Joseph Campbell (United States)
13
8
15		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
25
2008-09-10
11:30		  Russia (RUS) 1 – 3  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 400
Referee(s): Janko Plesnik (Slovenia)
21
22
25
16		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4		 25
25
18
25
2008-09-10
19:30		  Iraq (IRQ) 0 – 3  China (CHN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee(s): Ronaldo Tadeu Chaves (Brazil)
9
17
12		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
25

Group B

Team P W L Sets Points
 Iran (IRI) 3309:06
 Egypt (EGY) 3216:34
 Brazil (BRA) 3123:62
 Japan (JPN) 3030:90
2008-09-07
11:30		  Iran (IRI) 3 – 0  Japan (JPN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,350
Referee(s): Matijn Meulenkamp (Netherlands)
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 7
7
5
2008-09-07
19:30		  Egypt (EGY) 3 – 0  Brazil (BRA) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee(s): Anton Probst (Germany)
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 8
14
17
2008-09-08
15:30		  Iran (IRI) 3 – 0  Brazil (BRA) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee(s): Viktor Feldshteyn (Ukraine)
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 9
11
8
2008-09-09
11:35		  Iran (IRI) 3 – 0  Egypt (EGY) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,800
Referee(s): Khalid Salem Shanishah (Libya)
27
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
12
18
2008-09-09
19:30		  Brazil (BRA) 3 – 0  Japan (JPN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee(s): An Qi (China)
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 20
17
10
2008-09-10
15:30		  Egypt (EGY) 3 – 0  Japan (JPN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 600
Referee(s): Xia Xin (China)
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 8
11
15

Final Round

  Semifinals            
  A1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3  
  B2  Egypt 0   Gold medal game
      A1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
  Semifinals   B1  Iran 3
  B1  Iran 3
  A2  Russia 0   Bronze medal game
    B2  Egypt 2
    A2  Russia 3

Semifinals

2008-09-12
12:30		  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 3 – 0  Egypt (EGY) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 400
Referee(s): Anton Probst (Germany)
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 18
21
20
2008-09-12
18:00		  Iran (IRI) 3 – 0  Russia (RUS) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee(s): Gabor Karadi (Hungary)
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 22
13
20

Bronze medal match

2008-09-15
16:00		  Egypt (EGY) 2 – 3  Russia (RUS) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,400
Referee(s): Martijn Meulenkamp (Netherlands)
25
16
25
20
9		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5		 22
25
19
25
15

Gold medal match

2008-09-15
18:30		  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 0 – 3  Iran (IRI) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee(s): Viktor Feldshteyn (Ukraine)
22
18
22		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
25

5-8 Classification

  5-8Semifinals            
  A3  China 3  
  B4  Japan 0   5-6 game
      A3  China 3
  5-8Semifinals   B3  Brazil 1
  B3  Brazil 3
  A4  Iraq 1   7-8 game
    B4  Japan 0
    A4  Iraq 3

Women's Tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Team P W L Sets Points
 Netherlands (NED) 3939:36
 Slovenia (SLO) 3858:54
 Ukraine (UKR) 3565:62
 Japan (JPN) 3191:90
2008-09-07
14:00		  Japan (JPN) 0 – 3  Netherlands (NED) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
4
21
18		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
25
2008-09-08
9:00		  Slovenia (SLO) 3 - 1  Japan (JPN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
25
21
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4		 19
25
19
9
2008-09-08
12:00		  Ukraine (UKR) 1 – 3  Netherlands (NED) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
14
25
21
19		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4		 25
23
25
25
2008-09-09
16:00		  Slovenia (SLO) 3 - 1  Ukraine (UKR) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
11
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4		 25
18
17
22
2008-09-10
12:00		  Ukraine (UKR) 3 - 0  Japan (JPN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 16
14
18
2008-09-10
16:00		  Slovenia (SLO) 2 – 3  Netherlands (NED) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
25
17
16
25
11		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5		 23
25
25
22
15

Group B

Team P W L Sets Points
 China (CHN) 3909:06
 United States (USA) 3636:34
 Lithuania (LTU) 3343:42
 Latvia (LAT) 3191:90
2008-09-07
9:00		  Lithuania (LTU) 0 – 3  United States (USA) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
15
18
9		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
25
2008-09-07
21:00		  Latvia (LAT) 0 – 3  China (CHN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
4
7
16		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
25
2008-09-08
9:00		  Lithuania (LTU) 0 – 3  China (CHN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
18
17
14		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
25
2008-09-09
12:00		  Latvia (LAT) 1 – 3  Lithuania (LTU) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
25
16
19
19		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4		 16
25
25
25
2008-09-09
16:00		  United States (USA) 0 – 3  China (CHN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
14
21
19		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
25
2008-09-10
9:00		  United States (USA) 3 – 0  Latvia (LAT) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 12
17
11

Final Round

  Semifinals            
  A1  Netherlands 2  
  B2  United States 3   Gold medal game
      B2  United States 0
  Semifinals   A2  China 3
  B1  Slovenia 0
  A2  China 3   Bronze medal game
    A1  Netherlands 3
    B1  Slovenia 0

Semifinals

2008-09-11
12:00		  Netherlands (NED) 2 – 3  United States (USA) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
25
23
26
27
10		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5		 19
25
28
25
15
2008-09-11
19:00		  China (CHN) 0 – 3  Slovenia (SLO) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 21
12
19

Bronze medal match

2008-09-14
14:00		  Slovenia (SLO) 0 – 3  Netherlands (NED) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
17
16
24		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
25

Gold medal match

2008-09-14
18:00		  United States (USA) 0 – 3  China (CHN) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
17
16
24		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
26

5-8th Classification

  5-8 Semifinals            
  A3  Ukraine 3  
  B4  Latvia 0   5-6 game
      A3  Ukraine 3
  5-8 Semifinals   B3  Lithuania 0
  B3  Lithuania 3
  A4  Japan 1   7-8 game
    B4  Latvia 3
    A4  Japan 2

References

  1. ↑ Men's Volleyball at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. ↑ Men's Sitting Volleyball at the 2008 Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  3. ↑ Women's Volleyball at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  4. ↑ Ng, Kwok (2012). When Sitting is Not Resting: Sitting Volleyball. Bloomington, IL: Authorhouse. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4772-1789-4.
  • "Schedules and Results - Sitting Volleyball". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
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