page_title: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
section_title: Men's competition
hierarchical_section_title: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics / Men's competition
caption_attribution_description: Português: Iniciando a partida da semifinal do voleibol sentado Egito x Bósnia em 16 de Setembro Rio 2016.
context_page_description: Sitting Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics will be held from 9 September to 18 September at the Riocentro Pavilion 6 in Rio de Janeiro. Two events will be contested: men's and women's team.
  In the men's sitting event, Bosnia and Herzegovina are the defending champions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran were the finalists in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012, with Iran winning in 2000 and 2008 and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004 and 2012.
  The Rio Games will be the fourth time the women's sitting volleyball event will be contested. China are the defending champions, defeating the United States for gold in 2012. Ukraine won bronze in 2012, their first ever medal in the event.
context_section_description: The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a knockout stage.
caption: Detail from match Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Egypt
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