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2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event

The 2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Women's event was the 6th edition of the biannual secondary world championship, contested by the senior women's national sitting volleyball teams, sanctioned by World ParaVolley. It was held in Fort Wayne, United States from 12 to 18 October 2025, marking the first time the event is held in the country and first time it was held in the Americas.[1]

2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation United States
CityFort Wayne
Dates12–18 October
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions United States (3rd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Italy
Fourth place Canada
Tournament awards
MVPUnited States Emma Schieck
Best SetterBrazil Gizele Dias
Best LiberoUnited States Bethany Zummo
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Best spikerUnited States Nicole Nieves
Best blockerItaly Sara Cirelli
Best serverCanada Heidi Amanda Peters
Best receiverNetherlands Anne Raben
Official website
Official website

Six teams took part, four fewer than the previous edition.

The tournament acted as qualification for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Hangzhou, China, with two spots available.

China are the defending champions, after beating Canada 3–1 in the 2023 final in Cairo, but couldn't defend their title after not entering. United States won their third title after beating Brazil 3–2 in the final.[2]

Host selection

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A call for the hosting rights was first said on 25 October 2024, with the deadline for submitting interest being on 30 November 2024.[3] On 3 February 2025, American city, Fort Wayne, was given the hosting rights.[4] This marks the first time the tournament will be in the United States and first time the event is in the Americas. The event is projected to generate $2.3 million for Allen County.[5]

Quotes

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“We are honored to work alongside WPV and Visit Fort Wayne to welcome the global Sitting ParaVolley community to Fort Wayne. Beyond the intense competition, this event exemplifies the power of inclusive sport and provides a transformational experience for our community.”

— Mike Mushett, CEO of Turnstone.

“Fort Wayne continues to be a recognized leader in hosting events that have a lasting and meaningful impact for participants and guests. We’re thrilled to welcome athletes from across the globe for this milestone opportunity for our community. The success of our local partners in securing the World Cup speaks to our city’s growing reputation as an inclusive, world-class destination for sports.”

— Sharon Tucker, mayor of Fort Wayne.

Preparations

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  • On 19 September 2025, tickets were released.[6] One-day ticket passes were $15 while a tournament pass was $75.
  • The deadline for obtaining media accreditation was 1 October 2025.

Teams

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Six teams took part, four less than the previous edition. Teams had to submit an interest in entering by 1 July 2025.[7] On 14 August 2025, the teams were revealed.[8] Italy will make their debut while hosts United States return after not participating in the last edition. China, Egypt, Mongolia, Rwanda, Slovenia and Ukraine all didn't enter after taking part in 2023.

Team[9] Appearance(s) Previous best performance[a]
Total First Last Streak 2023
 Brazil 4th 2012 2023 4 3rd Third place (2016, 2023)
 Canada 3rd 2016 3 2nd Runners-up (2023)
 Germany 2nd 2023 2 4th Fourth place (2023)
 Italy 1st Debut
 Netherlands 4th 2008 2023 2 9th Champions (2008)
 United States (H) 4th 2008 2016 1 N/A Champions (2010, 2016)

Venue

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The venue is the Plassman Athletic Center in Fort Wayne.[10] Two courts were used for the tournament.

Fort Wayne
Plassman Athletic Center
Capacity: Unknown

Squads

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Format

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The six teams all play each other in one group where the top four will advance to the semifinals. The fifth and sixth place teams play in the fifth place game.

Group stage

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  • All times are local.
  • The top four teams qualify for the knockout stage.
  • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
  • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Tiebreakers

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  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority is given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 is made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 15 15 2 7.500 417 300 1.390 Semifinals
2  United States (H) 5 3 2 10 12 6 2.000 406 352 1.153
3  Canada 5 3 2 9 9 7 1.286 361 354 1.020
4  Italy 5 3 2 8 10 8 1.250 398 321 1.240
5  Germany 5 1 4 2 4 14 0.286 271 421 0.644 Fifth place match
6  Netherlands 5 0 5 1 2 15 0.133 297 402 0.739
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
12 October13:30Canada 3–0 Germany25–1925–2125–18  75–58Report
12 October15:30Brazil 3–0 Netherlands25–925–1725–16  75–42Report
12 October15:30United States 2–3 Italy25–1825–1822–2517–2514–16103–102Report
13 October13:30United States 3–0 Netherlands25–1925–2025–13  75–52Report
13 October15:30Canada 3–1 Italy25–2019–2525–2126–24 95–90Report
13 October15:30Brazil 3–1 Germany21–2525–1625–1525–13 96–69Report
14 October13:30Germany 3–2 Netherlands15–2522–2525–1725–2315–10102–100Report
14 October15:30United States 3–0 Canada25–1326–2425–23  76–60Report
14 October15:30Brazil 3–0 Italy25–1825–2125–17  75–56Report
15 October13:30Italy 3–0 Netherlands25–1325–1225–23  75–48Report
15 October13:30United States 3–0 Germany25–1825–1425–10  75–42Report
15 October15:30Canada 0–3 Brazil23–2516–2517–25  56–75Report
16 October13:30Canada 3–0 Netherlands25–2025–1525–20  75–55Report
16 October15:30United States 1–3 Brazil14–2523–2525–2115–25 77–96Report
16 October15:30Italy 3–0 Germany25–025–025–0  75–0Report

Knockout stage

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Fifth place match

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Fifth place
 
  
 
17 October
 
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Netherlands1
 
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 October11:00Germany 3–1 Netherlands25–1723–2526–2425–23 99–89Report

Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
17 October
 
 
 Brazil3
 
18 October
 
 Italy0
 
 Brazil2
 
17 October
 
 United States3
 
 United States3
 
 
 Canada0
 
Third place
 
 
18 October
 
 
 Italy3
 
 
 Canada1

Semifinals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 October13:30United States 3–0 Canada25–1725–1425–22  75–53Report
17 October15:30Brazil 3–0 Italy25–1425–1525–7  75–36Report

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 October10:00Canada 1–3 Italy26–2420–2513–2518–25 77–99Report

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 October17:00United States 3–2 Brazil24–2620–2525–1825–2015–12109–101Report

Final rankings

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Despite two spots being on offer for the world championship, only Germany qualified via this championship as everyone else qualified through another route. Therefore, the vacant qualification spot was redistributed to being another spot via the world rankings. Brazil achieved their best result, placing second.

RankTeam
 United States
 Brazil
 Italy
4 Canada
5 Germany
6 Netherlands
Team Qualified for the 2026 Sitting Volleyball World Championships

Notes

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  1. ↑ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.

See also

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References

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