Poland men's national volleyball team

Poland

Association	Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej
Confederation	CEV
Website	www.pzps.pl (Polish)
Manager	Witold Roman
Head coach	Daniel Castellani (since January 17, 2009)
FIVB ranking	7 (as of 2008-08-25)
Olympics
Appearances	7

Medal record
Polish team.
Olympic Games
Gold	1976 Montreal	Team competition
World Championships
Gold	1974 Mexico	Team competition
Silver	2006 Japan	Team competition
European Championships
Gold	2009 Turkey	Team competition
Silver	1975 Belgrade	Team competition
Silver	1977 Helsinki	Team competition
Silver	1979 Paris	Team competition
Silver	1981 Varna	Team competition
Silver	1983 East Berlin	Team competition
Bronze	1967 Istanbul	Team competition

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 ranked seventh 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 2005 and 2007, when they finished 4th.

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

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

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

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

Current team

Team A
Lp	Player	Date of Birth	Height [cm]	Team
1.	Piotr Nowakowski	18.12.1987	205	AZS Częstochowa
2.	Michał Winiarski	28.09.1983	200	Skra Bełchatów
3.	Piotr Gruszka	08.03.1977	206	Delecta Bydgoszcz
4.	Daniel Pliński	10.12.1978	205	Skra Bełchatów
5.	Paweł Zagumny	18.10.1977	200	Panathinaikos Athens
6.	Bartosz Kurek	29.08.1988	205	Skra Bełchatów
7.	Marcin Wika	09.11.1983	194	Resovia Rzeszów
8.	Jakub Jarosz	10.02.1987	196	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
9.	Zbigniew Bartman	04.05.1987	198	Gazprom Surgut
10.	Marcel Gromadowski	19.12.1985	202	Paris Volley
11.	Łukasz Kadziewicz	20.09.1980	206	Lokomotiv Belgorod
12.	Paweł Woicki	29.06.1983	183	Delecta Bydgoszcz
13.	Sebastian Świderski	26.06.1977	193	Lube Banca Macerata
14.	Michał Ruciak	22.08.1983	191	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
15.	Piotr Gacek	16.09.1978	185	Skra Bełchatów
16.	Krzysztof Ignaczak	15.05.1978	188	Resovia Rzeszów
17.	Michał Bąkiewicz	22.03.1981	196	Skra Bełchatów
18.	Marcin Możdżonek	09.02.1985	211	Skra Bełchatów
19.	Grzegorz Łomacz	01.10.1987	187	Jastrzębski Węgiel
Coaches
1st Coach
Daniel Castellani
2nd Coach
Krzysztof Stelmach

Notable players

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

References

• Reprezentacja

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