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FIVB 2010 Women's Volleyball World Championship
29 October - 14 November 2010
 
 
 POL / Poland - Team Composition

 
Team manager TOMASZEWSKI Hubert
Head coach MATLAK Jerzy
Assistant coach MAKOWSKI Piotr
Doctor REKAWEK Krzysztof
Therapist / trainer KOSSAKOWSKI Szymon
Journalist MAGIERA Marek
 
  No. Name Lastname Shirt Name Birthdate Height Weight Spike Block Club
  2 Mariola Zenik Zenik 3/07/1982 175 65 300 295 Bank BPS Muszynianka
  3   Karolina Kosek Kosek 28/06/1985 183 68 305 284 Azzerail
  5 Berenika Okuniewska Okuniewska 18/03/1988 188 72 310 302 FENERBAHCE
  6   Agnieszka Bednarek-Kasza Bednarek-Kasza 20/02/1986 185 71 310 295 Bank BPS Muszynianka
  7 Malgorzata Glinka-Mogentale GLINKA 30/09/1978 190 84 314 303 VakifBank Ttelekom Istanbul
  8   Katarzyna Zaroslinska Zaroslinska 3/02/1987 187 72 312 290 Organika Budowlani
  9 Joanna Staniucha-Szczurek Szczurek 5/12/1981 184 76 303 290 Tauron MKS
  11   Anna Werblinska Werblinska 14/05/1984 178 66 308 292 Bank BPS Muszynianka
  12 Milena Radecka Radecka 18/10/1984 177 65 302 295 Bank BPS Muszynianka
  13   Paulina Maj Maj 22/03/1987 166 58 277 255 ATOM Trefl
  14 Joanna Wolosz Wolosz 7/04/1990 181 65 303 281 BKS Aluprof
  15   Katarzyna Gajgal Gajgal 21/09/1981 190 85 300 287 Bank BPS Muszynianka
  C 16 Aleksandra Jagielo Jagielo 2/06/1980 180 70 308 291 Bank BPS Muszynianka
  17   Joanna Kaczor Kaczor 16/09/1984 191 64 305 290 Bank BPS Muszynianka
 C=Captain  L=Libero
 
Team profile
The Polish women’s team was founded in 1947 and began recording significant achievements throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including two Olympic bronze medals in Tokyo 1964 and Mexico 1968. The next three decades, however, were not so successful but a sudden and very welcome change occurred in 2003.

Coach Ryszard Andrzej Niemczyk returned after a 26- year absence and immediately pulled off a huge surprise by winning gold at the 2003 European Championships. This was followed by an eighth-place finish at that year’s World Cup. In 2005 the side defended its European crown before finishing a disappointing 15th in the 2006 FIVB World Championship. Niemczyk then retired and was succeeded by Marco Bonitta.

The new coach began well, earning fourth place at the European Championships and qualifying for the Olympic Games in 2008 for the first time in 30 years. In 2009, with a newly appointed coach in Jerzy Matlak, the side picked up a 2009 European Championship bronze medal before finishing sixth at the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix.

Coach profile
Jerzy Matlak joined the Poland coaching staff in 2009, following various stints with the side at numerous times throughout the 1980s.

He has a total of 35 years of experience, winning 18 Polish Championship medals and nine Polish Cup medals, averaging 50 games per season predominantly at club level, making him one of the most experienced coaches at the World Championship.


 
 

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