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Overview

Poland remains the only unbeaten team in Pool A. On Saturday, the hosts defeated in a thrilling five-setter the defending champion Serbia, but on Sunday they struggled in the game against winless Greece, and they needed four sets to beat them. The reigning world champions have to arm with their strongest powerguns for the encounter against Belgium. Even, if Belgium has only one win to their name, the team headed by captain and leader Sam Deroo (59 points so far) will do their best to challenge star-studded Poland.

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  • Officials
    First Referee
    Vlastimil KOVAR
    CZE
    Second Referee
    Vladimir OLEYNIK
    RUS
  • Venue Information
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    TAURON Arena Krakow has become a cultural, sports and business showcase of Krakow. It is the largest in Poland and one of the world’s most modern sport and entertainment venues. The venue consists of the Main Arena and the Small Hall. The possibility of any configuration of the audience, convenient facilities for athletes and performers, Europe’s largest LED screen installed on the façade, extensive multimedia and stage systems, as well as very good acoustic conditions of the facility, are the features that will meet the requirements for events of any scale and different nature. Capacity: 14978
  • How To Attend
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    Stanisława Lema 7, KRAKÓW, 31-571 Capacity: 14978

    TAURON Arena Kraków is located 4 km from the Main Market Square in Kraków, at Lema Street, between Al. Pokoju, Mogilska Street and al. Jana Pawła II, in XIV Czyżyny District. There are road signs all over the city showing the directions to TAURON Arena Kraków. The venue is well connected with the rest of the city. There are bus and tram stops in the nearby, taxi rank and the car park with over 1300 spaces. One can get to TAURON Arena Kraków by bike – the cycle routes connect the rest of the city. There are bicycle racks for over 200 bikes in front of the building. Get directions

Featured Players

Team

Team Profile
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POLAND

Address

ul. Puławska 383 WARSAW

Contacts

phone +48 22 462 82 20 email pzps@pzps.pl
Team Leaders
Outside spiker
Outside spiker
Team Schedule

Previous Games

19/09/2021 vs. 3 - 0 W play circle Go to Match Centre
18/09/2021 vs. 1 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
14/09/2021 vs. 3 - 0 W play circle Go to Match Centre
  • All Time
  • 30
    Competitions Played
  • 4
    Titles
  • Competition
  • 9
    Matches Played
  • 8
    Matches Won
  • 89%
    Win %
  • 25
    Sets Won
  • 785
    Points Won
  • 55%
    Attack %
  • 52%
    Reception %

Team

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KUBIAK Michał
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1988
  • Birth Place: Wałcz
  • Height: 193 cm
1
NOWAKOWSKI Piotr
Middle blocker
  • Birth Date: 1987
  • Birth Place: POLAND
  • Height: 205 cm
5
KACZMAREK Łukasz
Opposite
  • Birth Date: 1994
  • Birth Place: Krotoszyn
  • Height: 204 cm
6
KUREK Bartosz
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1988
  • Birth Place: Wałbrzych
  • Height: 201 cm
9
LEON VENERO Wilfredo
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1993
  • Birth Place: Santiago de Cuba
  • Height: 201 cm
10
WOJTASZEK Damian
Libero
  • Birth Date: 1988
  • Birth Place: Milicz
  • Height: 180 cm
11
DRZYZGA Fabian
Setter
  • Birth Date: 1990
  • Birth Place: Bordeaux
  • Height: 197 cm
12
ŁOMACZ Grzegorz
Setter
  • Birth Date: 1987
  • Birth Place: Ostrołęka
  • Height: 188 cm
14
ŚLIWKA Aleksander
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1995
  • Birth Place: Jawor
  • Height: 196 cm
15
KOCHANOWSKI Jakub
Middle blocker
  • Birth Date: 1997
  • Birth Place: Giżycko
  • Height: 199 cm
16
SEMENIUK Kamil
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1996
  • Height: 194 cm
17
ZATORSKI Paweł
Libero
  • Birth Date: 1990
  • Birth Place: Łódź
  • Height: 184 cm
20
BIENIEK Mateusz
Middle blocker
  • Birth Date: 1994
  • Birth Place: Blachownia
  • Height: 208 cm
21
FORNAL Tomasz
Outside spiker
  • Birth Date: 1997
  • Birth Place: Kraków
  • Height: 198 cm

Staff

Head Coach
Assistant Coach 2
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Recent Results

Team Statistics

POLAND

Overview

BELGIUM

Player Statistics

Match Report

Poland cement spot at top of Pool A

Article

The only unbeaten team from the pool A, the national team of Poland, battled against Belgium in front of an excited crowd of over eight thousand fans in the TAURON Arena Kraków to further cement their position as the top team in the group – having already qualified for the next phase.

The reigning World Champions started to push their opponents straight from the beginning building a 9-6 lead and with the help of the outside spiker Wilfredo Leon’s power in the serving field, had shifted the opening part their way (15-9) as they moved beyond half way.  The set finished with an effective block from middle blocker Piotr Nowakowski, the best scorer from the match the day before against Greece.

After the first set loss, the players of Fernando Munoz were highly motivated to take revenge on Poland and did their best in order to have this set to their names (17-14), but Poland managed to bring it back to themselves and tied the result (19-19). Finally this set was won by the co-hosts as well and again with a fantastic block, this time performed by Łukasz Kaczmarek (26-24) sealed a two set lead.

In the third set the Belgians pushed hard to force the game into the fourth part (9-9), partly thanks to an incredible performance from the spiker Hendrik Tuerlinckx, who achieved an amazing 79% of the effective attack with 15 scored points in the match. The dominance of the block by Vital Heynen’s players was key to Poland’s victory (16 blocks in total in this match against only 6 Belgian ones) and helped set the result to 19-12. The outside spiker Tomasz Fornal appeared on the court as a substitution and closed the match by scoring the last point for Poland (25-16).

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"I'm the most happy about our straight-set victory, because we are getting closer to complete this phase as a pool winner. The team is the most important for me, but obviously I'm glad about my performance as well. I felt great on the court, but this win is the most important. The atmosphere here is amazing, it's great to play again in front of our fans."

Łukasz Kaczmarek
opposite of Poland

"Today we played a very good game and Poland is Poland - they are the world champions and you can see it on the court. We tried to play our best volleyball, but it was not enough."

Liam McCluskey
setter of Belgium

The match in numbers

104
Points

The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.

86
Duration

The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.

8316
Spectators

Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.

156
Match Spikes

The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.

43%
Reception Level

An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.

16-6
Net Domination

The number of successful point winning blocks of POLAND compared to BELGIUM.

6-1
Ace Count

POLAND number of service aces compared to BELGIUM

32-42
Error Difference

Errors leading to points of POLAND, next to those from BELGIUM