With men and women going for gold across 10 days of quick-paced competition, Sitting Volleyball offered plenty of thrills at London 2012.br br Sitting Volleyball emerged in the Netherlands in the 1950s, a combination of Volleyball and a German game called Sitzbal. It really began to increase in popularity during the 1960s, and has since grown into one of the most fast-paced and exciting Paralympic sports. It is now played by athletes in more than 50 countries around the world.br br Competition datesbr Thursday 30 August -- Saturday 8 September 2012br br Competition venuebr ExCeLbr br Number of medal eventsbr One men's and one women's competitionbr br Number of competitorsbr 198: 110 men and 88 women br Ten teams compete in the men's and eight teams in the women's competitions, with 11 athletes on each team (six players and five substitutes).br Each country is limited to one men's and one women's team.br br Classificationbr In Sitting Volleyball there are two categories of classification: disabled and minimal disablility. A maximum of one minimally disabled player may be on the court for each team at any one time.br br The basicsbr Sitting Volleyball is played by two teams of six. The object of the game is to land the ball in the opposition's half of the court. The rules of Sitting Volleyball are very similar to its Olympic counterpart, however a part of an athlete's body between the buttocks and the shoulder must be in contact with the court whenever a shot, or attempt at a shot, is made.br br Each team is allowed three touches of the ball before it must cross over the net (in addition to a legal block). The key attacking move is the set and spike, in which a player feeds the ball (the set) for a teammate to hit it into the opposition's court (the spike).br br The match starts with three front-row players in a line near the net, and three back-row players in a line towards the back of the court. At each serving opportunity, the players rotate one space.br br Each team has the opportunity to have one libero amongst their players on court. The libero is a specialist defensive player, and may not play any attacking shots. The libero is easy to identify as their kit is a different colour to the rest of the team.br br For a complete set of rules, please refer to the international federation, the World Organisation Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD).br br Results:br Menbr Gold: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINAbr Godinjak, Ismetbr Manko, Adnanbr Kesmer, Adnanbr Medic, Asimbr Duran, Mirzetbr Cancar, Nizambr Hamzic, Dzevadbr Kadric, Benisbr Alibasic, Safetbr Jusufovic, Erminbr Delalic, Sabahudin br br Silver: IRANbr Khaleghi, Mohammadbr Lashgarisanami, Majidbr Peidayesh, Rezabr Alipourian, Davoodbr Eiri, Ahmadbr Hassanpour, Naserbr Bigdeli, Sadeghbr Eimery, Jalilbr Ebrahimi Baladezaei, Seyedsaeidbr Zirahi, Isabr Salehi Hajikolaei, Ramezan br br Bronze: GERMANYbr Schrapp, Jurgenbr Herzog, Christophbr Sayilir, Barbarosbr Schiewe, Torbenbr Schlorf, Peterbr Wiesenthal, Heikobr Czpakowski, Sebastianbr Haehnlein, Stefanbr Renger, Thomasbr Schiffler, Alexander br br br Women br Gold: CHINAbr Lu, Hong Qinbr Tan, Yanhuabr Su, Li Meibr Zheng, Xiong Yingbr Wang, Yananbr Li, Lipingbr Zhang, Xu Feibr Yang, Yan Lingbr Zhang, Lijunbr Sheng, Yu Hongbr Tang, Xue Mei br br Silver: USAbr Maymon, Brendabr Webster, Lorabr Gerlosky, Michellebr Holloway, Kathrynbr Erickson, Heatherbr Burkland, Moniquebr Miller, Karibr Aldrich, Allisonbr Millage, Nicholebr Kanahele, Kaleobr Lancaster, Kendra br br Bronze: UKRAINEbr Brik, Valentynabr Ponomarenko, Larysabr Shatylo, Olegabr Osetynska, Innabr Klochkova, Larysabr Yudina, Ilonabr Manankova, Olenabr Pryvalykhina, Margarytabr Churkina, Anzhelikabr Sinchuk, Larysabr Kuznetsova, Galynabr br The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further information, please visit br To watch videos on demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.comParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at or onbr Twitter at .