Sitting volleyball is among the most popular events that have been scheduled at family-friendly times to allow as many people as possible to experience them in Tokyo Games, worldparavolley.org reported.

The men’s and women’s preliminary round will be held from August 27-September 1، 2021. The first four days of the preliminary round will feature both men’s and women’s events، followed by a full day of the men’s event on August 31 and a full day of the women’s event on September 1.

The men’s classification and semifinal matches will be on September 2، while the women’s classification and final four will be on September 3.

The women’s bronze medal match and the men’s medal matches are scheduled on September 4، and women’s gold medal match will be one of the highlight events on the closing day of the Paralympic Games on September 5.

Iran is the most decorated team in the Paralympics with six gold medals.

The full match schedule for the men’s and women’s volleyball tournaments at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic date, now replanned for 2021, has been confirmed by FIVB headquarters, ahead of the ultimate sporting event of the planet due to be held in the Japanese capital from July 23 to August 8.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games earlier this year rescheduled the Games for 2021.

The volleyball schedule remains the same as originally planned for, though adjusted to the new dates of 2021.

The preliminary round matches will be held on alternate days for men and women, each day including six matches in three sessions of two.

Iran has been pitted in Pool A along with Japan, Poland, Italy, Canada, and Venezuela.

Brazil, USA, Russia, Argentina, France, and Tunisia are in Pool B.

Pool A Match Schedule:

July 24, 2021: Iran – Poland
July 26, 2021: Iran – Venezuela
July 28, 2021: Iran – Canada
July 30, 2021: Iran – Italy
August 1, 2021: Iran – Japan