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. It is one of the world's strongest teams, being the 2009 European Champions and is ranked fourth (as of December 2011) in the FIVB world ranking. Poland achieved some of its best results in the 1970s, with gold medals at 1974 FIVB Men's World Championship and the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. They also won five consecutive silver medals at the European Volleyball Championships, between 1975 and 1983. Poland's most recent success is gold at the 2009 European Championship, after defeating France in the finals.

The team has also competed in the FIVB World League ever since 1998, achieving their best results in 2011, when they won bronze medal.

Results

World League

• 1990 to 1997 — did not participate
• 1998 — 10th place
• 1999 — 8th place
• 2000 — 8th place
• 2001 — 7th place
• 2002 — 5th place
• 2003 — 9th place
• 2004 — 7th place
• 2005 — 4th place
• 2006 — 7th place
• 2007 — 4th place
• 2008 — 5th place
• 2009 — 9th place
• 2010 — 10th place
• 2011 — Bronze medal

World Championship

• 1949 — 4th place
• 1952 — 7th place
• 1956 — 4th place
• 1960 — 4th place
• 1962 — 6th place
• 1966 — 6th place
• 1970 — 5th place
• 1974 — Gold medal
• 1978 — 8th place
• 1982 — 6th place
• 1986 — 9th place
• 1990 — did not qualify
• 1994 — did not qualify
• 1998 — 17th place
• 2002 — 9th place
• 2006 — Silver medal
• 2010 — 13th place

European Championship

• 1948 — did not qualify
• 1950 — 6th place
• 1951 — did not qualify
• 1955 — 6th place
• 1958 — 6th place
• 1963 — 6th place
• 1967 — Bronze medal
• 1971 — 6th place
• 1975 — Silver medal
• 1977 — Silver medal
• 1979 — Silver medal
• 1981 — Silver medal
• 1983 — Silver medal
• 1985 — 4th place
• 1987 — did not qualify
• 1989 — 7th place
• 1991 — 7th place
• 1993 — 7th place
• 1995 — 6th place
• 1997 — did not qualify
• 1999 — did not qualify
• 2001 — 5th place
• 2003 — 5th place
• 2005 — 5th place
• 2007 — 11th place
• 2009 — Gold medal
• 2011 — Bronze medal

Squads

• 1998 World Championship — 17th place

• Andrzej Stelmach, Dawid Murek, Marcin Nowak, Damian Dacewicz, Paweł Papke, Marcin Prus, Sebastian Świderski, Paweł Zagumny, Michał Chadała and Adam Nowik. Head Coach: Ireneusz Mazur.

• 2001 European Championship — 5th place

• Piotr Gruszka, Przemysław Michalczyk, Dawid Murek, Rafał Musielak, Marcin Nowak, Paweł Papke, Jarosław Stancelewski, Andrzej Stelmach, Sebastian Świderski, Robert Szczerbaniuk, Krzysztof Wójcik and Paweł Zagumny. Head Coach: Ryszard Bosek.

• 2002 World Championship — 9th place (tied)

• Piotr Gruszka, Marcin Nowak, Dawid Murek, Grzegorz Wagner, Krzysztof Ignaczak, Wojciech Serafin, Robert Prygiel, Jarosław Stancelewski, Sebastian Świderski, Paweł Papke, Piotr Lipiński and Arkadiusz Gołaś. Head Coach: Waldemar Wspaniały.

• 2003 European Championship — 5th place

• Michał Bąkiewicz, Damian Dacewicz, Piotr Gruszka, Krzysztof Ignaczak, Piotr Lipiński, Dawid Murek, Marcin Nowak, Paweł Papke, Robert Prygiel, Sebastian Świderski, Robert Szczerbaniuk and Paweł Zagumny. Head Coach: Waldemar Wspaniały.

• 2004 Olympic Games — 5th place (tied)

• Andrzej Stelmach, Paweł Zagumny, Piotr Gabrych, Sebastian Świderski, Piotr Gruszka, Dawid Murek, Michał Bąkiewicz, Arkadiusz Gołaś, Radosław Rybak, Łukasz Kadziewicz, Robert Szczerbaniuk and Krzysztof Ignaczak. Head Coach: Stanisław Gościniak.

• 2005 European Championship — 5th place

• Łukasz Żygadło, Paweł Woicki, Daniel Pliński, Wojciech Grzyb, Arkadiusz Gołaś, Sebastian Świderski, Piotr Gruszka, Dawid Murek, Mariusz Wlazły, Grzegorz Szymański, Michał Winiarski and Piotr Gacek. Head Coach: Raul Lozano.

• 2006 World Championship — Silver medal

• Piotr Gruszka, Mariusz Wlazły, Michał Winiarski, Grzegorz Szymański, Sebastian Świderski, Daniel Pliński, Wojciech Grzyb, Łukasz Kadziewicz, Paweł Zagumny, Łukasz Żygadło, Michał Bąkiewicz and Piotr Gacek. Head Coach: Raul Lozano.

• 2008 Olympic Games — 5th place (tied)

• Piotr Gruszka, Mariusz Wlazły, Michał Winiarski, Sebastian Świderski, Krzysztof Gierczyński, Marcin Wika, Daniel Pliński, Łukasz Kadziewicz, Marcin Możdżonek, Paweł Zagumny, Paweł Woicki and Krzysztof Ignaczak. Head Coach: Raul Lozano.

• 2009 European Championship — Gold medal

• Piotr Nowakowski, Piotr Gruszka, Daniel Pliński, Paweł Zagumny, Bartosz Kurek, Jakub Jarosz, Zbigniew Bartman, Marcel Gromadowski, Paweł Woicki, Michał Ruciak, Piotr Gacek, Krzysztof Ignaczak, Michał Bąkiewicz and Marcin Możdżonek. Head Coach: Daniel Castellani

• 2011 World League — Bronze medal

• Piotr Nowakowski, Paweł Zatorski, Piotr Gruszka, Grzegorz Kosok, Karol Kłos, Bartosz Kurek, Jakub Jarosz, Zbigniew Bartman, Paweł Woicki, Michał Kubiak, Michał Ruciak, Łukasz Żygadło, Krzysztof Ignaczak, Michał Bąkiewicz and Marcin Możdżonek. Head Coach: Andrea Anastasi.

• 2011 European Championship — Bronze medal

• Piotr Nowakowski, Paweł Zatorski, Piotr Gruszka, Grzegorz Kosok, Karol Kłos, Bartosz Kurek, Jakub Jarosz, Mateusz Mika, Fabian Drzyzga, Michał Kubiak, Michał Ruciak, Łukasz Żygadło, Krzysztof Ignaczak and Marcin Możdżonek. Head Coach: Andrea Anastasi.

• 2011 World Cup — Silver medal

• Piotr Nowakowski, Michał Winiarski, Paweł Zagumny, Bartosz Kurek, Jakub Jarosz, Zbigniew Bartman, Łukasz Wiśniewski, Michał Kubiak, Michał Ruciak, Łukasz Żygadło, Krzysztof Ignaczak, Paweł Zatorski, Patryk Czarnowski and Marcin Możdżonek. Head Coach: Andrea Anastasi.

Current team

Notable players

• Zdzisław Ambroziak
• Bronisław Bebel
• Ryszard Bosek
• Wiesław Czaja
• Wojciech Drzyzga
• Wiesław Gawłowski
• Arkadiusz Gołaś
• Stanisław Gościniak
• Marek Karbarz
• Ireneusz Kłos
• Jacek Kurzawiński
• Lech Łasko
• Zbigniew Lubiejewski
• Mirosław Rybaczewski
• Włodzimierz Sadalski
• Aleksander Skiba
• Edward Skorek
• Tomasz Wójtowicz
• Zbigniew Zarzycki

References

• Reprezentacja