Overview
- Brazil’s men’s and women’s sitting-volleyball teams have progressed to the World Championship quarterfinals in Hangzhou while remaining unbeaten in the tournament.
- The women, who are the reigning world champions, will face Ukraine in the quarterfinals and the men will meet Germany as Brazil chases a first sitting world title.
- Brazil’s men’s indoor team beat France 3–0 in Chicago on Wednesday, moving from ninth to seventh in the VNL standings with six wins in nine matches.
- Coach Bernardinho named a 14-player VNL roster that omits Douglas Souza and Lukas Bergmann and adds Maicon, and the team must secure at least one more win in matches versus the United States, Poland and China to keep realistic chances of reaching the Ningbo finals.
- The outcomes carry clear stakes: the sitting world champions earn a berth to the 2028 Paralympics in Los Angeles and the VNL’s top seven teams plus host China will contest the finals in Ningbo, increasing selection pressure on players and medical staff.