Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held from 9 to 18 September at the Riocentro Pavilion 6 in Rio de Janeiro. Two team events were held, one for men and one for women.

In the men's sitting event, Bosnia and Herzegovina were the defending champions. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran were the finalists in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012, with Iran winning in 2000 and 2008 and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004 and 2012.

The Rio Games was the fourth time the women's sitting volleyball event was contested. China were the defending champions, having defeated the United States for gold in 2012. Ukraine won bronze in 2012, their first ever medal in the event.

This was the fourth Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in 1976 (when sitting volleyball was a demonstration event) through 2000.