Sport Week: Sitting volleyball venue at Rio 2016

Editor’s note: Each sport on the Rio 2016 Paralympic programme will have a dedicated week of featured content published on paralympic.org. Every week a new sport will be featured and the series will run until September’s Games, helping the public understand more about the 22 sports being contested in Rio.

Sitting volleyball matches at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will be held in the Riocentro Pavilion 6. The venue is located in the Barra cluster, containing the largest concentration of Games venues.

Pavilion 6 is a purpose-built temporary indoor stadium with capacity of 6,500 seats. It will also stage boxing events during the Olympic Games. The city’s main exhibition and convention centre, Riocentro is next to the Olympic and Paralympic Village and within five minutes of Barra Olympic Park.

Sitting volleyball competitions will be held 9-18 September.

Helpful links

Rio 2016 venue webpage

For sitting volleyball development resources, visit www.volleyslide.net.

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Sport fans from around the world can now buy their Paralympic tickets for Rio 2016 from authorised ticket resellers (ATRs).

The IPC’s Global ATR is Jet Set Sports, and Rio 2016 tickets and packages can be purchased on the CoSport website.

Residents of Brazil can buy 2016 Paralympics tickets directly from the Rio 2016 website.