Women's European Sitting Volleyball Championships

Women's European Sitting Volleyball Championships
Upcoming season or competition:; 2025 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Women's event
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1993
First season	1993
No. of teams	9 (Finals)
Continent	Europe (ParaVolley Europe)
Most recent; champions	Italy; (2nd title)
Most titles	Netherlands ; (8 titles)
Official website	ParaVolley Europe Youtube channel

The Women's European Sitting Volleyball Championships is an international sitting volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ParaVolley Europe (PVE), the sport's European governing body. From the start, the event has been held biannually, since the inaugural edition in 1993.

The current champions are the Italy, which won their second title at the 2025 tournament in Győr, Hungary.

History

While the men's tournament started in 1981, it took twelve years to introduce a women's equivalent. In 1993, the first edition was held in Järvenpää, Finland, where four teams took part. Netherlands won the first edition, with hosts Finland coming second.^[1] Since then, the event has been consistently held every two years.

The most successful team in the tournament is Netherlands with eight titles.

Results summary

Year	Host	Final			3rd place match		Teams
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place	Teams
1993	Järvenpää	Netherlands	3–2	Finland	Estonia	Latvia	4
1995	Ljubljana	Netherlands	3–0	Latvia	Slovenia	Lithuania	8
1997	Tallinn	Latvia	–	Lithuania	Netherlands	Slovenia	8
1999	Sarajevo	Slovenia	–	Finland	Netherlands	Latvia	6
2001	Sárospatak	Netherlands	3–1	Slovenia	Finland	Ukraine	7
2003	Lappeenranta	Netherlands	3–0	Slovenia	Finland	Ukraine	7
2005	Leverkusen	Netherlands	–	Lithuania	Slovenia	Ukraine	5
2007	Nyíregyháza	Netherlands	3–1	Ukraine	Slovenia	Lithuania	7
2009	Elbląg	Netherlands	3–1	Ukraine	Slovenia	Lithuania	8
2011	Rotterdam	Ukraine	3–1	Netherlands	Russia	Slovenia	8
2013	Elbląg	Russia	3–2	Ukraine	Slovenia	Netherlands	9
2015	Podčetrtek	Ukraine	3–2	Russia	Slovenia	Netherlands	8
2017	Poreč	Russia	3–0	Ukraine	Netherlands	Finland	9
2019	Budapest	Russia	3–0	Italy	Ukraine	Germany	9
2021	Antalya	Russia	3–1	Italy	Germany	Slovenia	11
2023	Caorle	Italy	3–1	Slovenia	Ukraine	Germany	10
2025	Gyor	Italy	3–0	Netherlands	Ukraine	Slovenia	9

Medals summary


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	7	2	3	12
2	Russia	4	1	1	6
3	Ukraine	2	4	3	9
4	Italy	2	2	0	4
5	Slovenia	1	3	6	10
6	Latvia	1	1	0	2
7	Finland	0	2	2	4
8	Lithuania	0	2	0	2
9	Estonia	0	0	1	1
9	Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		17	17	17	51

Participating nations

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
5th – Fifth place
6th – Sixth place
7th – Seventh place
8th – Eighth place
9th – Ninth place
10th – Tenth place
11th – Eleventh place
12th – Twelfth place
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
q – may still qualify for upcoming tournament
• – Did not qualify
•× – Disqualified
× – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
– Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Nation	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	Participations
Croatia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	9th	8th	9th	7th	9th	6th	9th	7
Estonia	3rd	×	8th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	x	2
Finland	2nd	5th	5th	2nd	3rd	3rd	×	×	7th	6th	6th	6th	4th	6th	5rd	×	x	14
France	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	9th	8th	2
Great Britain	x	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	7th	×	×	×	9th	×	8th	x	3
Germany	×	8th	7th	6th	6th	6th	×	6th	5th	5th	5th	5th	8th	4th	3rd	4th	5th	15
Hungary	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	8th	7th	7th	6th	8th	7th	5th	7th	8
Italy	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	7th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	5
Latvia	4th	2nd	1st	4th	7th	×	×	5th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	x	6
Lithuania	×	4th	2nd	5th	5th	5th	2nd	4th	4th	×	×	×	×	×	×	x	x	8
Netherlands	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	×	10th	x	2nd	15
Poland	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	8th	×	8th	×	×	×	8th	7th	6th	5
Russia	×	6th	×	×	×	7th	5th	7th	6th	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	x	x	11
Slovenia	×	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	5th	5th	4th	2nd	4th	16
Turkey	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	11th	10th	x	2
Ukraine	×	7th	6th	×	4th	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	6th	3rd	3rd	15
Total	4	8	8	6	7	7	5	7	8	8	9	8	9	9	11	10	9

Hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

Total	Nations	Year(s)
4	Hungary	2001, 2007, 2019, 2025
2	Finland	1993, 2003
	Poland	2009, 2013
	Slovenia	1995, 2015
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1999
	Croatia	2017
	Estonia	1997
	Germany	2005
	Italy	2023
	Netherlands	2011
	Turkey	2021

References

^ "Sitting Volleyball - European Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-05-30.

External links

Home - ParaVolley Europe

[1] "Sitting Volleyball - European Championships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-05-30.

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