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TEAM COMPOSITION
POL / Poland - Team Composition
Team manager
TOMASZEWSKI Hubert
Head coach
ANASTASI Andrea
Assistant coach
GARDINI Andrea
Doctor
MARON Wieslaw
Therapist / trainer
BIELECKI Aleksander
Journalist
SWEDROWSKI Tomasz
No.
Name
Lastname
Shirt Name
Birthdate
Height
Weight
Spike
Block
1
Piotr
Nowakowski
Nowakowski
18.12.1987
205
90
355
340
2
Michal
Winiarski
Winiarski
28.09.1983
200
82
345
332
5
Pawel
Zagumny
Zagumny
18.10.1977
200
88
336
317
6
Bartosz
Kurek
Kurek
29.08.1988
205
87
352
326
7
Jakub
Jarosz
Jarosz
10.02.1987
195
84
353
328
9
Zbigniew
Bartman
Bartman
04.05.1987
198
95
352
320
13
Michal
Kubiak
Kubiak
23.02.1988
191
80
328
312
14
Michal
Ruciak
Ruciak
22.08.1983
189
75
336
305
15
Lukasz
Zygadlo
Zygadlo
02.08.1979
200
89
337
325
16
Krzysztof
Ignaczak
Ignaczak
15.05.1978
188
86
330
315
17
Pawel
Zatorski
Zatorski
21.06.1990
184
73
328
304
C
18
Marcin
Mozdzonek
Mozdzonek
09.02.1985
211
93
358
338
19
Patryk
Czarnowski
Czarnowski
01.11.1985
202
95
363
335
20
Lukasz
Wisniewski
Wiśniewski
03.02.1989
198
96
345
323
C=Captain L=Libero
Team profile
Poland boasts a strong volleyball tradition and the country's national team has been among the elite teams since its appearance at the first FIVB World Championship in 1949. The fourth- place result there was repeated in France in 1956 and again in Brazil in 1960, but the best was yet to come. From the mid-1970s, the Polish squad dominated the international volleyball scene. They triumphed at the FIVB World Championship in 1974 and took gold again at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
Poland have gone from strength to strength in recent years, led by the core group of players from the successful 1997 FIVB junior world champions and headed by top coaches Raul Lozano and Daniel Castellani. They won silver at the FIVB World Championship 2006 and gold at the 2009 European Championship.
After a disappointing FIVB World Championship 2010, where they finished 16th, they set out on a path of revival under one of the world’s best coaches, the Italian Andrea Anastasi, who proved his worth by leading the team to bronze at the FIVB World League 2011. His influence extended to the European Championship where Poland also collected bronze. Poland are now looking for more of the same success after being granted a wild card for the FIVB World Cup 2011.
Coach profile
Poland have been revitalised since Italian Andrea Anastasi took over from Daniel Castellani in February, steering them to the bronze medal in this year’s FIVB World League. Anastasi played 141 matches for Italy, picking up the FIVB World Championship and FIVB World League titles in 1990 before beginning his coaching career in 1994. He coached Italy from 1999 to 2002, winning the FIVB World League 1999, and in 2006 became the coach of Spain, leading them to a first European Championship in 2007, before returning to Italy from 2007 to 2010.
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