The men sitting volleyball tournament was played with 10 teams and the women tournament with 8 teams. The decision of more men teams was made to get more teams from the zone Africa in competition. RWA and MAR made there debut because of this, together with host country GBR. Because of decision of more teams in the men competition, their were only 11 players aloud in the men & women teams, instead of 12 players.
In the women competition BRA and GBR made their debut. For both GBR teams it would be their only participation on the Paralympic SV tournament.
The finals in the men and women competition, where the same as the finals in 2008. IRI men team was winning against BIH and CHN women team was again winning the gold medal by beating USA.
| PARALYMPICS | SITTING VOLLEYBALL |
| Year: 2012 Location: London Date: 29 august-9 sept 2012 Total athletes: 4.237 athletes (2.736 men / 1501 women) Number of countries: 164 countries Total sports: 20 sports Name of the mascot: Mandeville Top 5 countries: 1. China 2. Russia 3. GBR 4. Ukraine 5. Australia | Edition: 9th men SV Edition: 3rd women SV Period: 30 August-8 September 2012 Venue: ExCel in London Number of teams: 10 men’s team 8 women’s team 110 men players & 88 women players Number of countries: (when women start participating in 2004)15 countries. BRA, GBR and CHN were having a men and women team active. |
| Medals | |||
| Men | Gold-BIH | Silver-IRI | Bronze-GER |
| Women | Gold-CHN | Silver-USA | Bronze-UKR |
Mandeville is the official mascot for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Created by Iris, a London-based creative agency. Mandeville is named after Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The three spikes on Mandeville’s helmet represent the Paralympic Agitos. He also represents friendship.