# 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Men's event

The 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Men's event was the 13th edition of this tournament. For the first time, the competition was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winners secure a ticket to the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Iran were the defending champions and successfully defended their title triumphing over Bosnia and Herzegovina in straight sets.

## Host selection

* China, (Hangzhou) (original hosts but withdrew)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Originally, the tournament was supposed to be in Hangzhou, China on the 18–24 May. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was postponed and China had to withdraw as hosts.
On 1 April 2022, the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, was awarded the hosting rights in the new dates of 4–11 November.

## Qualified teams

The teams who were invited to participate are as follows, the numbers next to the countries are their world rankings prior to the tournament:
* ↑ Iraq replaced China, who withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Seeding

The seeding and groups were as follows:
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)  United States (8)  Japan (9)  Serbia (16) | Iran (2)  Kazakhstan (7)  Croatia (10)  Iraq (15) | Brazil (3)  Germany (6)  Canada (11)  Poland (14) | Egypt (4)  Ukraine (5)  Rwanda (12)  Netherlands (13) |

## Venue

The venue was the Arena Hotel Hills in Sarajevo.
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | Sarajevo |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | Arena Hotel Hills |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | Capacity: unknown |

## Broadcasting rights

Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) is the host broadcaster for the 2022 WPV Sitting Volleyball World Championships. The games involving Bosnia and Herzegovina were broadcast on (BHRT), while every game not broadcast is on YouTube.

## Format

16 teams are split into four groups of four, where every team advances to the Round of 16. In the Round of 16, teams who finished 1st play the teams that finished fourth, and the teams who finished 2nd play the teams that finished third. The eight winners advance to the Quarter Finals, while the eight losers play in a 9–16 classification bracket.

## Group stage
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 249 | 160 | 1.556 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 227 | 199 | 1.141 |
| 3 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 171 | 205 | 0.834 |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 140 | 225 | 0.622 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 4 Nov | 15:30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–17 | 25–7 | 25–22 | | 75–46 |
| 4 Nov | 17:30 | United States | 3–0 | Japan | 25–19 | 25–15 | 25–14 | | 75–48 |
| 5 Nov | 09:00 | Serbia | 3–0 | Japan | 25–14 | 25–18 | 25–23 | | 75–55 |
| 5 Nov | 19:30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–1 | United States | 25–17 | 25–13 | 24–26 | 25–21 | 99–77 |
| 6 Nov | 09:15 | Japan | 0–3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8–25 | 14–25 | 15–25 | | 37–75 |
| 6 Nov | 15:45 | United States | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–17 | 25–22 | 25–13 | | 75–52 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 129 | 1.744 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 187 | 190 | 0.984 |
| 3 | Iraq | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 184 | 224 | 0.821 |
| 4 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 189 | 242 | 0.781 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 4 Nov | 15:45 | Iran | 3–0 | Iraq | 25–11 | 25–17 | 25–15 | | 75–43 |
| 4 Nov | 17:30 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Croatia | 25–21 | 25–22 | 25–23 | | 75–66 |
| 5 Nov | 09:15 | Iraq | 3–1 | Croatia | 25–16 | 25–12 | 17–25 | 25–21 | 92–74 |
| 5 Nov | 18:45 | Iran | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–12 | 25–18 | 25–7 | | 75–37 |
| 6 Nov | 18:45 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Iraq | 25–13 | 25–17 | 25–19 | | 75–49 |
| 6 Nov | 19:00 | Croatia | 0–3 | Iran | 18–25 | 15–25 | 16–25 | | 49–75 |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 255 | 188 | 1.356 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 247 | 210 | 1.176 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 183 | 211 | 0.867 |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 149 | 225 | 0.662 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 4 Nov | 15:30 | Germany | 3–0 | Canada | 25–15 | 25–22 | 25–15 | | | 75–52 |
| 4 Nov | 17:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Poland | 25–16 | 25–8 | 25–11 | | | 75–35 |
| 5 Nov | 11:30 | Poland | 0–3 | Canada | 23–25 | 16–25 | 22–25 | | | 61–75 |
| 5 Nov | 15:45 | Brazil | 3–2 | Germany | 23–25 | 25–19 | 17–25 | 25–18 | 15–10 | 105–97 |
| 6 Nov | 11:30 | Germany | 3–0 | Poland | 25–18 | 25–16 | 25–19 | | | 75–53 |
| 6 Nov | 11:45 | Canada | 0–3 | Brazil | 23–25 | 14–25 | 19–25 | | | 56–75 |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 249 | 177 | 1.407 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 231 | 184 | 1.255 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 207 | 158 | 1.310 |
| 4 | Rwanda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 206 | 163 | 1.264 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 4 Nov | 17:45 | Egypt | 3–0 | Netherlands | 25–11 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–49 |
| 4 Nov | 19:45 | Ukraine | 3–0 | Rwanda | 25–20 | 25–15 | 25–22 | | | 75–57 |
| 5 Nov | 11:45 | Netherlands | 3–2 | Rwanda | 20–25 | 25–20 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 15–11 | 108–103 |
| 5 Nov | 15:30 | Egypt | 3–1 | Ukraine | 25–15 | 24–26 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | 99–81 |
| 6 Nov | 09:00 | Rwanda | 0–3 | Egypt | 19–25 | 15–25 | 12–25 | | | 46–75 |
| 6 Nov | 15:30 | Ukraine | 3–0 | Netherlands | 25–18 | 25–17 | 25–15 | | | 75–50 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Bronze Medal match | Bronze Medal match | | Gold Medal match | Gold Medal match |
| 7 November | 7 November | | | | | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | | | | | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 8 November | 8 November | | | | | |
| Croatia | 0 | 8 November | 8 November | | | | |
| Croatia | 0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | | | | |
| 7 November | 7 November | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | | | | |
| 7 November | 7 November | Kazakhstan | 0 | | | | |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | Kazakhstan | 0 | | | | |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | 9 November | 9 November | | |
| Serbia | 0 | | | | 9 November | 9 November | |
| Serbia | 0 | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | |
| 7 November | 7 November | | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | |
| 7 November | 7 November | | | | Egypt | 0 | |
| Egypt | 3 | | | | Egypt | 0 | |
| Egypt | 3 | 8 November | 8 November | | | | | |
| Poland | 0 | 8 November | 8 November | | | | |
| Poland | 0 | Egypt | 3 | | | | |
| 7 November | 7 November | | Egypt | 3 | | | | |
| 7 November | 7 November | Germany | 1 | | | | |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 1 | | | | |
| Germany | 3 | | | | | | | 11 November | 11 November |
| Netherlands | 0 | | | | | | | 11 November | 11 November |
| Netherlands | 0 | | | | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 |
| 7 November | 7 November | | | | | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 |
| 7 November | 7 November | | | | | | | Iran | 3 |
| Iran | 3 | | | | | | | Iran | 3 |
| Iran | 3 | 8 November | 8 November | | | | | | |
| Japan | 0 | 8 November | 8 November | | | | | | |
| Japan | 0 | Iran | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 November | 7 November | | Iran | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 November | 7 November | United States | 0 | | | | | | |
| United States | 3 | United States | 0 | | | | | | |
| United States | 3 | | | | 9 November | 9 November | | | | |
| Iraq | 2 | | | | 9 November | 9 November | | | |
| Iraq | 2 | | | | Iran | 3 | | | |
| 7 November | 7 November | | | | | Iran | 3 | | | |
| 7 November | 7 November | | | | Brazil | 0 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Brazil | 3 | | | | Brazil | 0 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Brazil | 3 | 8 November | 8 November | | | | | 11 November | 11 November |
| Rwanda | 0 | 8 November | 8 November | | | | | 11 November | 11 November |
| Rwanda | 0 | Brazil | 3 | | | | | Egypt | 1 |
| 7 November | 7 November | | Brazil | 3 | | | | | Egypt | 1 |
| 7 November | 7 November | Ukraine | 0 | | | | | Brazil | 3 |
| Ukraine | 3 | Ukraine | 0 | | | | | Brazil | 3 |
| Canada | 1 | | | | | | | | |

### Classification rounds
#### 5–8th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 9 November | 9 November |
| Kazakhstan | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 10 November | 10 November |
| Germany | 3 | 10 November | 10 November |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 3 |
| 9 November | 9 November | | Germany | 3 |
| 9 November | 9 November | United States | 0 |
| United States | 3 | United States | 0 |
| Ukraine | 1 | | |
| Ukraine | 1 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 10 November | 10 November |
| | | Kazakhstan | 3 |
| | | Ukraine | 2 |

#### 9–16th place bracket

| 9–16th place quarterfinals | 9–16th place quarterfinals | 9–12th place semifinals | 9–12th place semifinals | | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 8 November | 8 November | | | |
| Serbia | 0 | | | |
| Serbia | 0 | 9 November | 9 November | | |
| Croatia | 3 | 9 November | 9 November | |
| Croatia | 3 | Croatia | 3 | |
| 8 November | 8 November | | Croatia | 3 | |
| 8 November | 8 November | Poland | 0 | |
| Netherlands | 2 | Poland | 0 | |
| Netherlands | 2 | | | | 10 November | 10 November |
| Poland | 3 | | | | 10 November | 10 November |
| Poland | 3 | | | | Croatia | 1 |
| 8 November | 8 November | | | | | Croatia | 1 |
| 8 November | 8 November | | | | Iraq | 3 |
| Iraq | 3 | | | | Iraq | 3 |
| Iraq | 3 | 9 November | 9 November | | | |
| Japan | 0 | 9 November | 9 November | | | |
| Japan | 0 | Iraq | 3 | | | |
| 8 November | 8 November | | Iraq | 3 | | | |
| 8 November | 8 November | Canada | 0 | | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| Canada | 3 | Canada | 0 | | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| Canada | 3 | | | | 10 November | 10 November |
| Rwanda | 1 | | | | 10 November | 10 November |
| Rwanda | 1 | | | | Poland | 2 |
| | | | | | Canada | 3 |

#### 13–16th place bracket

| 13–16th place semifinals | 13–16th place semifinals | 13th place | 13th place |
| 9 November | 9 November |
| Serbia | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 | 10 November | 10 November |
| Netherlands | 3 | 10 November | 10 November |
| Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 0 |
| 9 November | 9 November | | Netherlands | 0 |
| 9 November | 9 November | Rwanda | 3 |
| Japan | 0 | Rwanda | 3 |
| Rwanda | 3 | | |
| Rwanda | 3 | 15th place | 15th place |
| | | 10 November | 10 November |
| | | Serbia | 3 |
| | | Japan | 1 |

### Round of 16

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 7 Nov | 09:00 | Iran | 3–0 | Japan | 25–5 | 25–18 | 25–9 | | | 75–32 |
| 7 Nov | 09:15 | Brazil | 3–0 | Rwanda | 25–21 | 25–14 | 25–10 | | | 75–45 |
| 7 Nov | 11:30 | United States | 3–2 | Iraq | 25–20 | 25–21 | 16–25 | 21–25 | 15–9 | 102–100 |
| 7 Nov | 11:45 | Ukraine | 3–1 | Canada | 25–21 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 26–24 | | 99–93 |
| 7 Nov | 15:30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–0 | Croatia | 25–18 | 25–17 | 25–19 | | | 75–54 |
| 7 Nov | 15:45 | Egypt | 3–0 | Poland | 25–1 | 25–11 | 25–12 | | | 75–24 |
| 7 Nov | 18:45 | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–19 | 25–10 | 25–15 | | | 75–44 |
| 7 Nov | 19:00 | Germany | 3–0 | Netherlands | 25–10 | 25–10 | 25–14 | | | 75–34 |

### Quarter Finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 8 Nov | 09:00 | Iran | 3–0 | United States | 25–18 | 25–15 | 25–17 | | 75–50 |
| 8 Nov | 11:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Ukraine | 25–14 | 25–16 | 25–23 | | 75–53 |
| 8 Nov | 15:30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | 25–12 | 26–24 | 25–18 | | 76–54 |
| 8 Nov | 19:00 | Egypt | 3–1 | Germany | 27–25 | 16–25 | 25–11 | 25–16 | 93–77 |

### Semi Finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Nov | 15:30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–13 | 25–19 | 25–20 | | | 75–52 | |
| 9 Nov | 19:00 | Iran | 3–0 | Brazil | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–15 | | | 75–55 | |

### Bronze Medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Nov | 11:45 | Egypt | 1–3 | Brazil | 21–25 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 24–26 | | 93–96 | |

### Gold Medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Nov | 20:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–3 | Iran | 24–26 | 30–32 | 12–25 | | | 66–83 | |

### 5–8 Semi Finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Nov | 15:45 | Ukraine | 1–3 | United States | 25–22 | 17–25 | 15–25 | 8–25 | | 65–97 | |
| 9 Nov | 18:45 | Kazakhstan | 2–3 | Germany | 17–25 | 25–20 | 25–23 | 17–25 | 9–15 | 93–108 | |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Nov | 15:30 | Kazakhstan | 3–2 | Ukraine | 25–21 | 23–25 | 25–13 | 23–25 | 19–17 | 115–101 | |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Nov | 15:45 | Germany | 3–0 | United States | 25–8 | 25–16 | 25–21 | | | 75–45 | |

### 9–16 Classification games

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 8 Nov | 09:15 | Japan | 0–3 | Iraq | 15–25 | 18–25 | 20–25 | | | 53–75 |
| 8 Nov | 11:45 | Rwanda | 1–3 | Canada | 25–20 | 27–29 | 12–25 | 22–25 | | 86–99 |
| 8 Nov | 15:45 | Poland | 3–2 | Netherlands | 25–22 | 25–22 | 22–25 | 23–25 | 15–8 | 110–102 |
| 8 Nov | 18:45 | Croatia | 3–0 | Serbia | 25–13 | 25–12 | 25–23 | | | 75–48 |

### 9–12 Semi Finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Nov | 11:30 | Croatia | 3–0 | Poland | 25–18 | 25–23 | 25–17 | | | 75–58 | |
| 9 Nov | 11:45 | Canada | 0–3 | Iraq | 17–25 | 22–25 | 19–25 | | | 58–75 | |

### 9th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Nov | 11:45 | Croatia | 1–3 | Iraq | 25–18 | 23–25 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | 92–93 | |

### 11th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Nov | 11:30 | Poland | 2–3 | Canada | 26–24 | 26–24 | 14–25 | 17–25 | 14–16 | 97–114 | |

### 13–16 Semi Finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Nov | 09:00 | Serbia | 1–3 | Netherlands | 15–25 | 25–17 | 20–25 | 23–25 | | 83–92 | |
| 9 Nov | 09:15 | Rwanda | 3–0 | Japan | 25–22 | 25–22 | 25–21 | | | 75–65 | |

### 13th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Nov | 09:15 | Netherlands | 0–3 | Rwanda | 22–25 | 19–25 | 27–29 | | | 68–79 | |

### 15th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Nov | 09:00 | Serbia | 3–1 | Japan | 28–26 | 21–25 | 25–19 | 25–23 | | 99–93 | |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Iran |
| | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| | Brazil |
| 4 | Egypt |
| 5 | Kazakhstan |
| 6 | Ukraine |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | United States |
| 9 | Iraq |
| 10 | Croatia |
| 11 | Canada |
| 12 | Poland |
| 13 | Rwanda |
| 14 | Netherlands |
| 15 | Serbia |
| 16 | Japan |
* Qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics