In total 8 men teams and 8 women teams were active in Beijing. In the women sv tournament LAT, LTH and JPN made their debut. For LAT and LTH it became their only Paralympic tournament. Host country China made their debut with a men team, together with BRA men team, while the women team of China were winning for the second time the gold medal. This time they beat USA in the final. For the third time the men’s final was played between IRI and BIH.
| PARALYMPICS | SITTING VOLLEYBALL |
| Year: 2008 Location: Beijing 2008 Date: 6-17 September 2008 Total athletes: 3951 (2568 men & 1383 women) Number of countries: 146 Total sports: 20 Name of the mascot: Fu Niu Lele Top 5 countries: 1. CHN 2. GBR 3. USA 4.UKR 5. AUS | Edition: 8th men SV Edition: 2nd women SV Period: 7-15 September 2008 Venue: China agricultural University Gymnasium Number of teams: 8 men & 8 women Number of countries: 14 (when women start participating in 2004) CHN and JPN were having a men and women team in the SV competition. |
| Medals | |||
| Men | Gold-IRI | Silver-BIH | Bronze-RUS |
| Woman | Gold-CHN | Silver-USA | Bronze-NED |
Fu Niu Lele was the mascot of the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Designed by Wu Guanying. Fu Niu Lele represents a harmonious co-existence between mankind and nature, it represents athletes with a disability striving to make progress, and it represents the Beijing Paralympics Games’ concept of “Transcendence, Equality and Integration.”