Olympic Games Paris 2024

Sitting volleyball: nations know their opponents

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It's all done! The pools for the sitting volleyball tournaments at the next Paralympic Games have been decided. With less than 100 days to go until the start of the competitions, the nations making up the women's and men's tournaments are now set for the future.

The sitting volleyball tournaments at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will take place from 29 August to 7 September at the Arena Paris Nord. This will be the 12th appearance of sitting volleyball for the men's tournament, while the women's tournament will be celebrating its 6th edition.

This Paralympic Games will mark the debut of the French teams in the competition. As a young nation in sitting volleyball, France will be looking to compete with the best teams in the world.

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Women's tournament

8 nations will be taking part in Paris 2024. They include France, the host country, along with the 7 best nations in the world rankings:

Canada: 1st
Brazil: 2nd
United States: 3rd
China: 4th
Rwanda: 5th
Slovenia: 6th
Italy: 7th
France: 30th

Pool A
France
United States
China
Italy

Pool B
Canada
Brazil
Rwanda
Slovenia

Men's tournament

Les Bleus will have their work cut out against the leading nation in this discipline: Iran. Iran is the reigning world champion (2022) and Paralympic champion (2021).

The nations present and their world rankings:

Iran: 1st
Brazil: 2nd
Egypt: 3rd
Bosnia-Herzegovina: 4th
Germany: 5th
Ukraine: 6th
Kazakhstan: 7th
France: 23rd

Pool A
France
Egypt
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Kazakhstan

Pool B
Iran
Brazil
Germany
Ukraine

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