Poland men's national under-19 volleyball team

Poland U19

Nickname(s)	Biało-Czerwoni
Association	Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej
Confederation	CEV
FIVB ranking	160 (as of August 2016)
Uniforms
Home Away
www.pzps.pl (Polish)
Honours Medal record U19 World Championship 2015 Argentina 1999 Saudi Arabia 2013 Mexico U19 European Championship 2005 Latvia 2015 Turkey 2001 Czech Republic 2003 Croatia 2007 Austria 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina/Serbia 1995 Spain 1997 Slovakia European Youth Olympic Festival 2003 Paris 2009 Tampere 2015 Tbilisi 2013 Utrecht

The Poland men's national under-19 volleyball team is the men's national under-19 volleyball team of Poland. The team is controlled by the Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej (PZPS), which represents the country in international competitions - CEV U19 European Championships and FIVB U19 World Championships. Polish national under-19 team is ranked 1st (as of August 2015) in the FIVB world ranking.

Poland national under-19 team is the current European and World Champion.

History

Polish national U19 team took part in U19 World Championship, held in Argentina. They beat in Pool C all opponents (Chinese Taipei, Chile, Bulgaria and Iran) and lost only 2 sets. Then they best Japan (3–0) in round of 16 and went straight to semifinal. On August 22, 2015 Polish national U19 team won semifinal after meeting with Iran (3–1).^[1] U19 team qualified to final match for the first time in history. It will be third medal of Poland U19 at World Championship under-19.^[2] On August 23, 2015 Poland achieved first title of U19 World Champion. In the finale they beat hosts - Argentina (3–2).^[3]

International competitions

U19 European Championship

• 1995 Spain — Bronze medal

  Bałuszyński, Ignaczak, Jaszewski, Kruk, Prus, Staniec, Szewczyk F., Szewczyk P., Szymański, Wnuk, Żygadło, Elwartowski. Head coach: Mazur

• 1997 Slovakia — Bronze medal

  Chodakowski, Jaszewski, Kieca, Kocik M., Kocik K., Lach, Lipiński, Maciejewicz, Makaryk, Pieczonka, Soroka, Żygadło. Head coaches: Sroka/Such

• 1999 Poland — 4th place

  Bąkiewicz, Gołaś, Grzesiowski, Grzyb, Kokociński, Kosmol, Kudłacik, Kurian, Malczewski, Oczko, Pasławski, Uliński. Head coaches: Sroka/Kasza

• 2001 Czech Republic — Silver medal
• 2003 Croatia — Silver medal

  Gromadowski

• 2005 Latvia — Gold medal

  Kaczmarek, Łomacz, Kamiński, Kurek, Świechowski, Sarnecki, Janeczek, Jarosz, Bartman, Gorzewski, Chaberek, Stańczak. Head coach: Gogol

• 2007 Austria — Silver medal

  Drzyzga, Jasiński, Kasparek, Kłos, Król, Krzywiecki, Mika, Paniaczyk, Piórkowski, Polański, Wroński, Zatorski. Head coach: Janaszewski

• 2009 Netherlands — 4th place

  Buchowski, Dryja, Ferens, Golec, Hain, Hebda, Kaczmarek, Kalembka, Kowalski, Mika, Piotrowski, Szczurek. Head coach: Ryś

• 2011 Turkey — 9th place

  Grzechnik, Janusz, Kaczyński, Łapszyński, Łukasik, Mucha, Muzaj, Nowakowski, Orczyk, Stolc, Wolański, Woś

• 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina/Serbia — Silver medal

  Badura, Bieńkowski, Bućko, Fornal, Gryc, Lemański, Matula, Piechocki, Pietrzak, Szalpuk, Szymura, Śliwka. Head coach: Czaja

• 2015 Turkey — Gold medal

  Niemiec, Kwolek, Kochanowski, Kozub, Gruszczyński, Ziobrowski, Domagała, Droszyński, Woch, Masłowski, Fornal, Polczyk<. Head coach: Pawlik

• 2017 Hungary/Slovakia — TBD

U19 World Championship

1989 to 1995 — did not qualified

• 1997 Iran — 4th place

  Chodakowski, Jaszewski, Kieca, Kocik M., Kocik K., Lach, Lipiński, Maciejewicz, Małecki, Pieczonka, Soroka, Żygadło. Head coaches: Sroka/Such

• 1999 Saudi Arabia — Bronze medal

  Bąkiewicz, Gołaś, Grzesiowski, Grzyb, Kokociński, Kosmol, Kudłacik, Malczewski, Oczko, Olichwer, Pasławski, Uliński. Head coaches: Sroka/Kasza

• 2001 Egypt — 5th place
• 2003 Thailand — 13th place
• 2005 Algeria — 7th place

  Bartman, Chaberek, Janeczek, Jarosz, Kaczmarek, Kamiński, Kubiak, Kurek, Łomacz, Sarnecki, Sufa, Świechowski. Head coach: Gogol

• 2007 Mexico — 5th place

  Drzyzga, Jasiński, Kasparek, Kłos, Król, Krzywiecki, Mika, Paniaczyk, Piórkowski, Polański, Wroński, Zatorski. Head coach: Janaszewski

• 2009 Italy — 11th place

  Buchowski, Długosz, Dryja, Ferens, Hain, Hebda, Kaczmarek, Kalembka, Kowalski, Mika, Piotrowski, Szczurek. Head coach: Ryś

2011 — did not qualified

• 2013 Mexico — Bronze medal

  Badura, Bieńkowski, Bućko, Fornal, Gryc, Lemański, Matula, Piechocki, Pietrzak, Szalpuk, Szymura, Śliwka. Head coach: Czaja

• 2015 Argentina — Gold medal

  Niemiec, Kwolek, Kochanowski (C), Kozub, Szymański, Gruszczyński, Ziobrowski, Domagała, Droszyński, Woch, Masłowski, Fornal. Head coach: Pawlik

European Youth Olympic Festival

1991 to 2001 — did not participate

• 2003 Paris — Gold medal

  Czarnowski, Domonik, Drzyzga, Gawryszewski, Gromadowski, Kozłowski, Możdżonek, Mróz, Pęcherz, Spychała, Wysocki, Żuk. Head coach: Kowalski

2005 to 2007 — did not participate

• 2009 Tampere — Gold medal

  Gonciarz, Szczurek, Gluz, Buchowski, Ferens, Modzelewski, Hebda, Piotrowski, Hain, Bachmatiuk, Dryja, Kaczmarek. Head coach: Ryś

2011 — did not participate

• 2013 Utrecht — Silver medal

  Badura, Bieńkowski, Bućko, Fornal, Gryc, Lemański, Matula, Piechocki, Pietrzak, Siemiątkowski, Szalpuk, Śliwka. Head coach: Czaja

• 2015 Tbilisi — Gold medal

  Niemiec, Kwolek, Kochanowski, Kozub, Szymański, Ziobrowski, Domagała, Droszyński, Woch, Masłowski, Fornal, Polczyk. Head coach: Pawlik

• 2017 Győr — TBD

References

1. FIRST-TIME FINAL UPLIFTS PAWLIK AND POLAND TO NEW FEELINGS - fivb.org - 23-08-2015
2. AMAZING RASOUL IT’S NOT ENOUGH FOR IRAN AS POLAND WIN SEMIFINAL - fivb.org - 22-08-2015
3. HISTORY REWRITTEN FOR POLAND AS THEY GRAB FIRST EVER BOYS’ U19 GOLD MEDAL - fivb.org - 23-08-2015

External links

• Official website