Poland men's national under-21 volleyball team

The Poland men's national under-21 volleyball team is the men's national under-21 volleyball team of Poland. The team is controlled by the Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej (PZPS), which represents the country in international competitions - CEV U21 European Championships and FIVB U21 World Championships. Polish national under-21 team is ranked 9th (as of September 2015) in the FIVB world ranking.

Poland U21
Nickname(s)Biało-Czerwoni
AssociationPolski Związek Piłki Siatkowej
ConfederationCEV
Uniforms
Home
Away
www.pzps.pl (in Polish)
Honours
Medal record
U21 World Championship
1997 Bahrain
2003 Iran
2017 Czech Republic
U20 European Championship
1996 Israel
2016 Bulgaria
1971 Spain
2014 Czech Republic/Slovakia
1973 Netherlands
1975 West Germany

Poland national under-21 team is the current European and World Champion.

History

First massive success Polish junior national team was achieved by players born mostly in 1977 and 1978. The junior national team led by coach Ireneusz Mazur achieved titles of 1996 Junior European Champion and 1997 Junior World Champion successively in the tournaments held in Israel and Bahrain.[1] Among the players of this team were several players who later achieved notable careers and many medals in domestic and international tournaments like for example Paweł Zagumny, Krzysztof Ignaczak, Sebastian Świderski, Piotr Gruszka.

In 2003 Polish junior national team was crowned as the 2003 Junior World Champion. The national team born in 1983-85, led by Grzegorz Ryś, beat Brazil in the finale after tie break. It was a second title of Junior World Champions for Poland. Among the players was a few later senior European and (or) World Champions like Michał Winiarski, Mariusz Wlazły, Marcin Możdżonek, Michał Ruciak, Paweł Woicki, Marcel Gromadowski.[2]

On September 10, 2016 Poland U21 achieved title of the 2016 CEV U20 European Champion after winning 7 of 7 matches in tournament and beating Ukraine U21 in the finale (3–1).[3] On July 2, 2017 Poland U21 achieved title of U21 World Champion 2017 after beating Cuba U21 in the finale (3–0).[4][5] The same squad of national team, led by coach Sebastian Pawlik, won 48 matches in the row and never lost (counted also under-19 tournaments).[6] The squad roster, consisting mainly of players from the year 1997, has won all possible European and World championships under-19 and under-21.

International competitions

U20 European Championship
  • 1966 Hungary — 10th place
  • 1969 Soviet Union — 7th place
  • 1971 Spain — Silver medal
  • 1973 Netherlands — Bronze medal
  • 1975 West Germany — Bronze medal
  • 1977 France — 4th place
  • 1979 Portugal — 8th place
1982 — did not participate
  • 1984 France — 7th place
  • 1986 Hungary — 8th place
  • 1988 Italy — 4th place
  • 1990 West Germany — 10th place
  • 1992 Poland — 7th place
1994 — did not participate
2004 — did not participate

U21 World Championship
1977 to 1987 — did not qualified
  • 1989 Greece — 7th place
1991 to 1993 — did not qualified
2005 to 2007 — did not qualified
2011 to 2013 — did not qualified

References
  1. Robert Murawski (2 September 2016). "20 lat minęło! Trener Mazur i jego złota drużyna". polsatsport.pl. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. "Trzy złote drużyny MŚ juniorów - 1997, 2003 i 2017". polsatsport.pl. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. "Poland triumph with U20 European gold in Plovdiv". cev.lu. 10 September 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. "Poland shut out Cuba to triumph with U21 World Championship gold!". fivb.org. FIVB. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. "Great generation of Polish players celebrate time together with U21 world title". fivb.org. FIVB. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. "47 games without losing! I am so proud of these boys – coach Pawlik". fivb.org. FIVB. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

See also
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