TEHRAN - With about 100 days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, World ParaVolley (WPV) has announced the pools for the men’s and women’s sitting volleyball competitions.

Hosts France claimed the first position in Pool A, while the remaining qualified teams were positioned according to their World Rankings as of 1 March 2024, using the serpentine system.

In the men’s tournament, France joined Tokyo 2020 bronze medalists Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt and Kazakhstan in Pool A. Defending Paralympic champions Iran will face Brazil, Germany and Ukraine in Pool B for a place in the semifinals.

In the women’s tournament, France were drawn against Tokyo 2020 gold medalists the U.S., silver medalists China and Italy in Pool A. Reigning Paralympic bronze medalists Brazil will take on Canada, Rwanda and Slovenia in Pool B, paralympic.org wrote.

The pools were announced on 21 May following the conclusion of the 2024 World ParaVolley Final Paralympics Qualifier, which took place in Dali, China last month. Ukraine’s men’s team and Slovenia’s women’s team clinched the final qualification spots for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will take place from 28 August to 8 September.

Preliminary round matches will be held from Aug. 29 to Sept. 3, followed by classification matches and the semi-finals. The bronze medal and gold medal matches are scheduled for Sept 6-7.