Poland men's national volleyball team
The Poland national men's volleyball team is the national volleyball team from Poland, controlled by the Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej (PZPS), which represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. Poland is one of the world's strongest teams, it is the reigning world champion since 2014 and is ranked third (as of August 2015) in the FIVB world ranking.
Statistics[change | change source]
| Competition |  |
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| Olympic Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| World Championship | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| World Cup | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| World Grand Champions Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| World League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| European Championship | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| European Games | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| European League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Universiade | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner¹ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Total | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
¹Friendly tournament, not included in the statistics
Olympic Games[change | change source]
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1968 Mexico City — 5th place
1972 Munich — 9th place
1976 Montreal — 
Gold medal
1980 Moscow — 4th place
1996 Atlanta — 11th place
- Dacewicz, Gruszka, Janczak, Nowak, Prygiel, Roman (C), A. Stelmach, K. Stelmach, Szyszko, Śmigiel, Urbanowicz, Zagumny. Head coach: Krebok
2004 Athens — 5th place
- A. Stelmach, Gruszka, Zagumny (C), Murek, Ignaczak, Kadziewicz, Rybak, Świderski, Gabrych, Gołaś, Bąkiewicz, Szczerbaniuk. Head coach: Gościniak
2008 Beijing — 5th place
2012 London — 5th place
World Championship[change | change source]
1949 Czechoslovakia — 4th place
- Antczak, Grodecki, Frontczak, T. Maliszewski, W. Maliszewski, Markowski, Piechura, Piotrowski, Plejewski, Policewicz, Zaborzecki. Head coach: Kraus
- 1952 Soviet Union — 7th place
- Antczak, Czerwiński, Flont, Grodecki, Jarosiński, Radomski, Śliwka, Pindelski, Wleciał, Woluch, Policewicz, Zabokrzecki. Head coach: Piotrowski
1956 France — 4th place
1960 Brazil — 4th place
- Cieniuch, Gediga, Rusek, Rutkowski, Schlief, Sierszulski, Siwek, Suchanek, Szperling, Tietianiec, Tomaszewski. Head coach: Grochowski
- 1962 Soviet Union — 6th place
- Flisiuk, Gediga, Kiełpiński, Kołodziejczyk, Pałaszewski, Rutkowski, Schlief, Sierszulski, Siwek, Szperling, Tietianiec, Tomaszewski. Head coach: Grochowski
- 1966 Czechoslovakia — 6th place
- Ambroziak, Kiełpiński, Paszkiewicz, Rusek, Rutkowski, Sierszulski, Siwek, Skorek, Suchanek, Szymczyk, Tomaszewski, Wagner. Head coach: Szlagor
1970 Bulgaria — 5th place- 1974 Mexico — Gold medal
1978 Italy — 8th place
1982 Argentina — 6th place- 1986 France — 9th place
1998 Japan — 17th place- 2002 Argentina — 9th place
- 2006 Japan —
Silver medal
- 2010 Italy — 13th place
- Nowakowski, Winiarski, Gruszka (C), Zagumny, Kurek, Bartman, Wlazły, Czarnowski, Ruciak, Ignaczak, Możdżonek, Łomacz. Head coach: Castellani
2014 Poland — Gold medal
World Cup[change | change source]
- 1965 Poland — Silver medal
- Ambroziak, Kiełpiński, Paszkiewicz, Rusek, Rutkowski, Sierszulski, Siwek, Skorek, Suchanek, Szczepanowski, Szymczyk, Tomaszewski. Head coach: Kraus
1969 East Germany — 8th place
- Bebel, Bosek, Gawłowski, Jasiukiewicz, Paszkiewicz, Radomski, Rogowicz, Skiba, Tyborowski, Wagner, Zduńczyk. Head coach: Szlagor
- 1977 Japan — 4th place
- 1981 Japan — 4th place
- 2011 Japan — Silver medal
- Nowakowski, Winiarski, Zagumny, Kurek, Jarosz, Bartman, Wiśniewski, Kubiak, Ruciak, Żygadło, Ignaczak, Zatorski, Możdżonek (C), Czarnowski. Head coach: Anastasi
- 2015 Japan — did qualify
European Championship[change | change source]
- 1950 Bulgaria — 6th place
- Antczak, Bińkowski, Grodecki, Frontczak, Łaszcz, Maliszewski, Piechura, Pindelski, Policewicz, Zaborzecki. Head coach: Kraus
1955 Romania — 6th place
- Adamczyk, Feliszewski, Kurpios, Lewkowicz, Poleszczuk, Radomski, Rutkowski, Schlief, Szołomnicki, Szuppe, Wleciał, Woluch. Head coach: Michniewski
- 1958 Czechoslovakia — 6th place
- Gediga, Mazurek, Poleszczuk, Radomski, Rutkowski, Schlief, Sierszulski, Siwek, Szlagor, Szołomnicki, Szperling, Tietianiec. Head coach: Śliwka
- 1963 Romania — 6th place
- Ambroziak, Gediga, Kiełpiński, Paszkiewicz, Rutkowski, Rusek, Sierszulski, Siwek, Suchanek, Szczepanowski, Tomaszewski, Wagner. Head coach: Grochowski
1967 Turkey — 
Bronze medal
- Ambroziak, Gościniak, Jasiukiewicz, Paszkiewicz, Rutkowski, Skiba, Sierszulski, Siwek, Skorek, Szymczyk, Wagner, Zduńczyk. Head coach: Szlagor
- 1971 Italy — 6th place
1975 Yugoslavia — Silver medal
- Bosek, Czaja, Gawłowski, Iwaniak, Jasiukiewicz, Kustra, Lubiejewski, Łasko, Rybaczewski, Sadalski, Stefański, Wójtowicz. Head coach: Wagner
1977 Finland — Silver medal
- 1979 France — Silver medal
- 1981 Bulgaria — Silver medal
- 1983 East Germany — Silver medal
1985 Netherlands — 4th place
1989 Sweden — 7th place- 1991 Germany — 7th place
- 1993 Finland — 7th place
- 1995 Greece — 6th place
- 2001 Czech Republic — 5th place
- 2003 Germany — 5th place
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2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro — 5th place
2007 Russia — 11th place
- 2009 Turkey — Gold medal
- Nowakowski, Gruszka (C), Pliński, Zagumny, Kurek, Jarosz, Bartman, Gromadowski, Woicki, Ruciak, Gacek, Ignaczak, Bąkiewicz, Możdżonek. Head coach: Castellani
2011 Austria/Czech Republic — Bronze medal
2013 Denmark/Poland — 9th place
- 2015 Bulgaria/Italy - did qualify
World Grand Champions Cup[change | change source]
- 2009 — 4th
- Nowakowski, Łomacz, Pliński, Kurek, Jarosz, Bartman, Gromadowski, Woicki, Ruciak, Gacek, Bąkiewicz (C), Możdżonek. Head coach: Castellani
World League[change | change source]
- 1998 Milan — 10th place
- 1999 Mar del Plata — 8th place
- 2000 Rotterdam — 8th place
- 2001 Katowice — 7th place
- 2002 Belo Horizonte — 5th place
- Siezieniewski, Gruszka, Nowak, Zagumny (C), Murek, Wagner, Musielak, Prygiel, Stancelewski, Świderski, Gołaś, Szczerbaniuk. Head coach: Wspaniały
2003 Madrid — 9th place
- Stelmach, Siezieniewski, Gruszka, Nowak, Zagumny, Murek, Żygadło, Ignaczak, Jurkiewicz, Prygiel, Michalczyk, Kadziewicz, Świderski, Rybak, Lipiński, Gołaś, Bąkiewicz, Szczerbaniuk. Head coach: Wspaniały
- 2004 Rome — 7th place
- 2005 Belgrade — 4th place
- 2006 Moscow — 7th place
- 2007 Katowice — 4th place
- 2008 Rio de Janeiro — 5th place
2009 Belgrade — 9th place
- Nowakowski, Łomacz, Jarosz, Kurek, Grzyb, Bartman, Gromadowski, Kadziewicz, Woicki, Ruciak, Ignaczak, Bąkiewicz (C), Możdżonek, Zatorski. Head coach: Castellani
- 2010 Córdoba — 10th place¹
- 2011 Gdańsk — Bronze medal
- 2012 Sofia — Gold medal
- 2013 Mar del Plata — 11th place¹
- 2014 Florence — Overall 7th place¹
- 2015 Rio de Janeiro — G1 FR 4th place and Overall 3rd place
¹ players during all matches of intercontinental round
European League[change | change source]
- 2014 – 6th place¹
- 2015 Poland – Bronze medal¹
- Dryja, Nowakowski, Kędzierski, Ferens, Włodarczyk, Romać, Buchowski, Pająk, Grzechnik, Wojtaszek, Filip, Bednorz. Head coach: Kowal
¹ Polish national team B
European Games[change | change source]
¹ Polish national team B
Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner[change | change source]
- 2003 Olsztyn – Silver medal
- 2004 Olsztyn
- 2005 Olsztyn/Iława – Silver medal
- 2006 Ostróda/Iława/Olsztyn
- Team A – Gold medal:
Pilarz, Winiarski, Gruszka, Pliński, Zagumny, Murek, Grzyb, Prygiel, Żygadło, Wlazły, Kadziewicz, Szymański, Świderski, Perłowski, Gacek, Ignaczak, Bąkiewicz, Możdżonek. Head coach: Lozano - Team B – 6th place:
Woicki, Kozłowski, Olejniczak, Patucha, Lach, Pęcherz, Czarnowski, Kosok, Domonik, Kaczmarek, Gromadowski, Tomczyk, Rusek, Neroj. Head coach: Felczak
- Team A –
- 2007 Olsztyn/Elbląg/Ostróda – Bronze medal
- 2008 Olsztyn – Gold medal
- 2009 Łódź – Gold medal
- Nowakowski, Gruszka, Pliński, Zagumny, Kurek, Wika, Jarosz, Bartman, Gromadowski, Kadziewicz, Woicki, Ruciak, Gacek, Ignaczak, Bąkiewicz, Możdżonek, Łomacz. Head coach: Castellani
- 2010 Bydgoszcz – Bronze medal
- 2011 Katowice – 4th place
- 2012 Zielona Góra – Gold medal
- 2013 Płock – Gold medal
- 2014 Kraków – Silver medal
- 2015 Toruń – Gold medal
Individual awards for players[change | change source]
Current roster[change | change source]
Team A[change | change source]
Updated: 25 August 2015
Represent Poland at::
| Head coach: |  Stéphane Antiga
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| Assistant: | Philippe Blain
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| Coach of physical preparation: |  Wojciech Janas
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| Scoutman: | Oskar Kaczmarczyk
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| Robert Kaźmierczak
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| Doctor: | Jan Sokal
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| Physiotherapist: | Paweł Brandt
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| Tomasz Pieczko
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| Manager: | Hubert Tomaszewski
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| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2015 club |
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| 1 | Piotr Nowakowski | 18 December 1987 | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 355 cm (140 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
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| 3 | Dawid Konarski | 31 August 1989 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 101 kg (223 lb) | 353 cm (139 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
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| 6 | Bartosz Kurek | 29 August 1988 | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | 104 kg (229 lb) | 375 cm (148 in) | 340 cm (130 in) |  Cucine Lube Treia
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| 7 | Karol Kłos | 8 August 1989 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 357 cm (141 in) | 326 cm (128 in) | PGE Skra Bełchatów
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| 11 | Fabian Drzyzga | 3 January 1990 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 325 cm (128 in) | 304 cm (120 in) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
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| 12 | Grzegorz Łomacz | 1 October 1987 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 336 cm (132 in) | 309 cm (122 in) | MKS Cuprum Lubin
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| 13 | Michał Kubiak (C) | 23 February 1988 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 328 cm (129 in) | 312 cm (123 in) |  Halkbank Ankara
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| 15 | Piotr Gacek | 16 September 1978 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 328 cm (129 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
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| 17 | Paweł Zatorski | 21 June 1990 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 328 cm (129 in) | 304 cm (120 in) | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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| 18 | Marcin Możdżonek | 9 February 1985 | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 358 cm (141 in) | 338 cm (133 in) | Halkbank Ankara
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| 20 | Mateusz Mika | 21 January 1991 | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 352 cm (139 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
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| 21 | Rafał Buszek | 28 April 1987 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 327 cm (129 in) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
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| 23 | Mateusz Bieniek | 5 April 1994 | 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 351 cm (138 in) | 329 cm (130 in) | Effector Kielce
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| 25 | Artur Szalpuk | 20 March 1995 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 348 cm (137 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | AZS Politechnika Warszawska
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Team B[change | change source]
Represent Poland at::
| Head coach: | Andrzej Kowal
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| Assistant: | Michał Gogol
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| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2015 club |
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| 1 | Dawid Dryja | 21 July 1992 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 340 cm (130 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
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| 2 | Jan Nowakowski | 17 May 1994 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 352 cm (139 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Transfer Bydgoszcz
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| 3 | Michał Kędzierski | 9 August 1994 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 330 cm (130 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | Effector Kielce
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| 4 | Grzegorz Kosok | 2 March 1986 | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 360 cm (140 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Jastrzębski Węgiel
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| 5 | Wojciech Ferens | 5 April 1991 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 351 cm (138 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Transfer Bydgoszcz
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| 6 | Dawid Konarski | 31 August 1989 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 101 kg (223 lb) | 355 cm (140 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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| 7 | Wojciech Włodarczyk | 28 October 1990 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | MKS Cuprum Lubin
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| 9 | Adam Kowalski | 16 September 1994 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 325 cm (128 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | Cerrad Czarni Radom
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| 10 | Szymon Romać | 1 October 1992 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | MKS Cuprum Lubin
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| 11 | Aleksander Śliwka | 24 May 1995 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 341 cm (134 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
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| 12 | Paweł Woicki (C) | 29 June 1983 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 315 cm (124 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
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| 13 | Adrian Buchowski | 30 September 1991 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | Effector Kielce
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| 14 | Grzegorz Pająk | 1 January 1987 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 340 cm (130 in) | 319 cm (126 in) | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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| 16 | Bartłomiej Grzechnik | 8 February 1993 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Cerrad Czarni Radom
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| 17 | Artur Szalpuk | 20 March 1995 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 348 cm (137 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | Cerrad Czarni Radom
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| 18 | Damian Wojtaszek | 7 September 1988 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 315 cm (124 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
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| 20 | Michał Filip | 31 August 1994 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 341 cm (134 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | AZS Politechnika Warszawska
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| 22 | Bartosz Bednorz | 25 July 1994 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
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Coach History[change | change source]
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Gallery[change | change source]
FIVB World League 2011[change | change source]
- July 8, 2011 at Ergo Arena, Gdańsk - Poland vs Argentina
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- July 9, 2011 at Ergo Arena, Gdańsk - Poland vs Russia
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- July 10, 2011 at Ergo Arena, Gdańsk - Poland vs Argentina
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- July 10, 2011 at Ergo Arena, Gdańsk - medal ceremony (bronze)
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FIVB World League 2012[change | change source]
FIVB World League 2013[change | change source]
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Other websites[change | change source]
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