2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Men's event

2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	United States
City	Fort Wayne
Dates	12–18 October
Teams	14 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Egypt (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	United States
Tournament awards
MVP	Hesham El Shwikh
Best Setter	Gizele Dias
Best Libero	Raysson Ferreira De Abreu Silva
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Best spiker	Zachary Upp
Best blocker	Ivan Cosic
Best server	Elsayed Saad Moussa
Best receiver	Alex Pereira Witkowski
Official website
Official website

The 2025 Sitting Volleyball World Cup – Men's event was the 6th edition of the biannual secondary world championship, contested by the senior men'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]

Fourteen teams took part, one more than the previous edition.

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

Iran are the defending champions, after beating Egypt 3–0 in the 2023 final in Cairo, but couldn't defend their title after not entering. Egypt won their first title after beating Brazil 3–1 in the final.^[2]

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]

“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.”

“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.”

• 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.

Fourteen teams took part, one more 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] Australia, Canada, Italy, Poland and Thailand will make their debut while Croatia, Kazakhstan, Netherlands and hosts United States return after not participating in the last edition. Algeria, China, Germany, Great Britain, defending champions Iran, Iraq, Rwanda and Ukraine all didn't enter after taking part in 2023.

Team[9]	Appearance(s)					Previous best performance[a]
	Total	First	Last	Streak	2023
Australia	1st	Debut
Brazil	4th	2008	2023	4	5th	Runners-up (2016)
Canada	1st	Debut
Croatia	2nd	2012		1	N/A	Seventh place (2012)
Egypt	6th	2008	2023	6	2nd	Runners-up (2023)
France	2nd	2023		2	10th	Tenth place (2023)
India	2nd	2023		2	13th	Thirteenth place (2023)
Italy	1st	Debut
Japan	2nd	2023		2	8th	Eighth place (2023)
Kazakhstan	4th	2010	2012	1	N/A	Fourth place (2010)
Netherlands	2nd	2012		1	N/A	Ninth place (2012)
Poland	1st	Debut
Thailand	1st	Debut
United States (H)	3rd	2010	2016	1	N/A	Sixth place (2016)

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

Fort Wayne		Fort Wayne
		Plassman Athletic Center
		Capacity: Unknown

The fourteen teams play in two groups of seven where the top two will advance to the semifinals. The third and fourth place teams play in the 5–8 ranking bracket. The fifth and sixth place teams play in the 9–12 ranking bracket. The seventh place team in both groups play in the 13th place match.

• All times are local.
• The top two 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

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	Kazakhstan	6	6	0	17	18	2	9.000	481	329	1.462	Semifinals
2	United States (H)	6	5	1	16	17	4	4.250	505	401	1.259
3	Poland	6	4	2	12	13	8	1.625	470	422	1.114	5–8 bracket semifinals
4	Canada	6	3	3	8	10	11	0.909	463	449	1.031
5	Thailand	6	2	4	7	8	13	0.615	412	477	0.864	9–12 bracket semifinals
6	France	6	1	5	2	4	17	0.235	373	493	0.757
7	Italy	6	0	6	1	3	18	0.167	367	500	0.734	13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 October	11:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Italy	25–15	25–23	25–10			75–48	Report
12 October	13:30	United States	3–0	Thailand	25–23	25–14	25–22			75–59	Report
12 October	18:00	Canada	1–3	Poland	29–31	13–25	25–23	23–25		90–104	Report
12 October	20:00	France	3–2	Italy	22–25	25–14	25–21	23–25	17–15	112–100	Report
13 October	09:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Poland	25–12	25–15	25–11			75–38	Report
13 October	11:00	United States	3–0	Canada	25–17	25–23	25–16			75–56	Report
13 October	18:00	France	0–3	Thailand	15–25	17–25	19–25			51–75	Report
13 October	20:00	United States	3–0	Italy	25–15	25–14	25–17			75–46	Report
14 October	11:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Canada	25–15	25–16	25–22			75–53	Report
14 October	13:30	Thailand	3–1	Italy	25–22	25–17	13–25	25–23		88–87	Report
14 October	18:00	United States	3–1	Poland	25–19	22–25	25–21	25–20		97–85	Report
14 October	20:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	France	25–21	25–10	25–14			75–45	Report
15 October	09:00	Poland	3–0	Thailand	25–15	25–16	25–18			75–49	Report
15 October	11:00	Canada	3–0	France	25–16	25–20	25–15			75–51	Report
15 October	15:30	Poland	3–0	Italy	25–18	25–9	25–19			75–46	Report
15 October	18:00	United States	2–3	Kazakhstan	25–27	21–25	25–22	25–17	12–15	108–106	Report
15 October	20:00	Canada	3–2	Thailand	24–26	23–25	27–25	25–19	15–9	114–104	Report
16 October	09:00	Poland	3–1	France	25–12	25–18	18–25	25–10		93–65	Report
16 October	11:00	Kazakhstan	3–0	Thailand	25–15	25–8	25–14			75–37	Report
16 October	18:00	Canada	3–0	Italy	25–12	25–17	25–11			75–40	Report
16 October	20:00	United States	3–0	France	25–15	25–20	25–14			75–49	Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	6	6	0	17	18	3	6.000	498	290	1.717	Semifinals
2	Egypt	6	5	1	15	16	4	4.000	467	296	1.578
3	Croatia	6	4	2	13	15	6	2.500	462	333	1.387	5–8 bracket semifinals
4	Japan	6	3	3	9	9	9	1.000	351	387	0.907
5	Netherlands	6	2	4	6	6	12	0.500	366	361	1.014	9–12 bracket semifinals
6	Australia	6	1	5	3	3	16	0.188	230	458	0.502
7	India	6	0	6	0	1	18	0.056	221	470	0.470	13th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 October	09:00	Brazil	3–0	Australia	25–6	25–2	25–7			75–15	Report
12 October	11:00	Egypt	3–0	India	25–4	25–6	25–6			75–16	Report
12 October	18:00	Japan	0–3	Croatia	15–25	11–25	16–25			42–75	Report
12 October	20:00	Netherlands	3–0	Australia	25–9	25–12	25–14			75–35	Report
13 October	11:00	Egypt	3–0	Japan	25–10	25–11	25–22			75–43	Report
13 October	13:30	Brazil	3–2	Croatia	17–25	22–25	25–18	25–14	15–8	104–90	Report
13 October	18:00	Netherlands	3–0	India	25–5	25–9	25–11			75–25	Report
13 October	20:00	Egypt	3–0	Australia	25–6	25–7	25–8			75–21	Report
14 October	09:00	Brazil	3–0	Japan	25–14	25–9	25–17			75–40	Report
14 October	11:00	India	1–3	Australia	21–25	25–20	17–25	20–25		83–95	Report
14 October	18:00	Egypt	3–1	Croatia	25–22	12–25	25–12	25–13		87–72	Report
14 October	20:00	Brazil	3–0	Netherlands	25–8	25–22	25–13			75–43	Report
15 October	09:00	Croatia	3–0	India	25–7	25–10	25–3			75–20	Report
15 October	11:00	Japan	3–0	Netherlands	25–23	26–24	25–23			76–70	Report
15 October	18:00	Croatia	3–0	Australia	25–8	25–10	25–9			75–27	Report
15 October	20:00	Egypt	1–3	Brazil	25–19	21–25	22–25	12–25		80–94	Report
16 October	09:00	Japan	3–0	Australia	25–20	25–8	25–9			75–37	Report
16 October	11:00	Croatia	3–0	Netherlands	25–14	25–20	25–19			75–53	Report
16 October	13:30	Brazil	3–0	India	25–9	25–7	25–6			75–22	Report
16 October	18:00	Egypt	3–0	Netherlands	25–22	25–13	25–15			75–50	Report
16 October	20:00	Japan	3–0	India	25–18	25–14	25–23			75–55	Report

	13th place match
	17 October
	Italy	3
	India	0

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 October	15:30	Italy	3–0	India	25–11	25–15	25–14			75–40	Report

	9–12 semifinals				Ninth place match
	17 October
	Thailand	3
					17 October
	Australia	0
					Thailand	1
	17 October
					Netherlands	3
	Netherlands	3
	France	1
					Eleventh place match
					17 October
					Australia	0
					France	3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 October	09:00	Netherlands	3–1	France	25–20	16–25	25–20	25–17		91–82	Report
17 October	09:00	Thailand	3–0	Australia	25–14	25–14	25–17			75–45	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 October	18:00	Australia	0–3	France	16–25	12–25	17–25			45–75	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 October	20:00	Thailand	1–3	Netherlands	13–25	25–16	23–25	18–25		79–91	Report

	5–8 semifinals				Fifth place match
	17 October
	Poland	3
					18 October
	Japan	0
					Poland	3
	17 October
					Canada	2
	Croatia	2
	Canada	3
					Seventh place match
					18 October
					Japan	0
					Croatia	3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 October	11:00	Poland	3–0	Japan	25–17	25–12	25–15			75–44	Report
17 October	13:30	Canada	3–2	Croatia	19–25	25–17	11–25	25–23	15–9	95–99	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 October	10:00	Japan	0–3	Croatia	18–25	16–25	14–25			48–75	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 October	12:00	Poland	3–2	Canada	16–25	25–16	21–25	25–15	15–9	102–90	Report

	Semifinals				Final
	17 October
	Kazakhstan	0
					18 October
	Egypt	3
					Egypt	3
	17 October
					Brazil	1
	Brazil	3
	United States	0
					Third place
					18 October
					Kazakhstan	3
					United States	1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 October	18:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Egypt	12–25	23–25	18–25			53–75	Report
17 October	20:00	United States	0–3	Brazil	18–25	19–25	24–26			61–76	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 October	12:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	United States	25–23	25–18	15–25	25–23		90–89	Report

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 October	15:00	Egypt	3–1	Brazil	25–19	22–25	25–15	25–21		97–80	Report

By being the two highest ranked teams not yet qualified for the world championship, Poland and Croatia took the two available spots.

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Brazil
	Kazakhstan
4	United States
5	Poland
6	Canada
7	Croatia
8	Japan
9	Netherlands
10	Thailand
11	France
12	Australia
13	Italy
14	India

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