Beijing 2008 Paralympic Sitting Volleyball
Below are the Qualifications for Participating in Beijing 2008
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Sitting Volleyball
Men and Women
Events (2)
Men (1)
Women (1)
8 team tournament
8 team tournament
Athlete Quota
Men
96 (8 teams x 12 players)
Women
96 (8 teams x 12 players)
Total
192
Qualification System Principles
Event
Qualification
Total
2006 WOVD Triple World Championships Volleyball for Disabled
The top three (3) ranked men’s teams
The top three (3) ranked women’s teams
Men: 3 teams
Women: 3 teams
Zonal Championships
The top ranked men’s team from each of the following Zonal Championships, not otherwise qualified:
- Afro/Arab Zone
- Pan-American Zone
- Asia and Oceania Zone
- European Zone
The top ranked women’s team from each of the following Zonal Championships, not otherwise qualified:
- Afro/Arab Zone
- Pan-American Zone
- Asia and Oceania Zone
- European Zone
In the case that all teams in a Zone have qualified as a result of the 2006 WOVD Triple World Championships Volleyball for Disabled, any available team qualification slots are reallocated firstly to the zone with the most teams as per the 2007 WOVD list of national members in good standing.
Men: 4 teams
Women: 4 teams
Host Nation
Allocation
The host nation directly qualifies one (1) men’s team and one (1) women’s team subject to participation in the 2007 Zonal Championships.
Men: 1 team
Women: 1 team
Reallocation of Unused Team Qualification Slots
Slots allocated at the 2006 World Championships
Any qualification slots allocated in the 2006 WOVD Triple World Championships Volleyball for Disabled and not used by the respective NPC will be reallocated to the NPC not otherwise qualified of the next highest rank.
Slots allocated from Zone Championships
Any qualification slots allocated in a WOVD Sitting Volleyball Zone Championship and not used by the respective NPC will be reallocated to the NPC not otherwise qualified of the next highest rank.
Slots allocated to Host Nation
Any qualification places allocated to the Host Nation that are not used will be reallocated to the next best-ranked team from the 2006 WOVD Triple World Championships Volleyball for Disabled.
World Organisation Volleyball for Disabled
Mr. Gerard Brouwers
Sports Director
telephone: +31.6.20606162 (home)
+31.164.276623 (office)
Fax: +31.164.276339 (office)
e-mail: Brouwers.gerard@home.nl
Functional Classification
The main characters in Paralympic sports are the athletes with a disability. Traditionally, the athletes belong to six different groups of the Paralympic Movement:
· Athlete with cerebral palsy
· Athlete with spinal cord injuries
· Amputee
· Athlete with visual impairement
· Athlete with intellectual disability
· Les autres (which includes all athletes that do not fit into the aforementioned groups)
As disabilities vary widely , a method was needed in order to promote fair competition for such a distinct universe of athletes. The solution was to group athletes in classes defined by the degree of motor or visual impairment.
The visual classification is purely clinical, based on ophthalmologic variables. For the other classes, classification is functional: The residual motor function of the athlete is assessed for a given sport (movement potential).
Classes are defined by each sport; they are part of the sport rules for each discipline and are determined by a variety of processes that may include a physical and technical assessment and observation in and out of competition.
An athlete’s class is expressed by a number that cannot be transferred from one sport to another. A new classification will be required in case an athlete wishes to switch to another sport. These numbers are preceded by the sport initial (in English) – for example, in swimming, the letter “S” appears before the number. In the specific case of sports reserved to the visually impaired, the name of the class is preceded by the letter “B” (which stands for Blind). The highest the number of an athlete’s class, the smaller is his physical-motor or visual impairment.
Classification is an ongoing process conducted by certified classifiers by sport. When an athlete starts competing, he/she is allocated a class that may be reviewed throughout the athlete's career, whether because the athlete has a regenerative disability or because of changes to classification standards.
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