FIVB World Ranking: 2nd
Planned to participate in the Tokyo Olympics
Registered members (19 people)
Photo by FIVB
#1 Piotr Nowakowski MB/ 33/ 205/ 355
#2 Maciej Muzai OP/ 27/ 208/ 360
#4 Martin Komenda S/ 24/ 198/ 335
#5 Łukasz Kaczmarek OP/ 26/ 204/ 345
#6 Bartosz Kurek OP/ 32/ 205/ 352
#9 Wilfredo Leon OH/ 27/ 202/ 350
10 Damien Wojdasiek L/ 32/ 180/ 330
11 Fabian Zizga S/ 30/ 196/ 325
12 Grzegorz Łomacz S/ 33/ 187/ 335
13 Michal Kubiak OH/ 33/ 191/ 328
14 Alexander Silivka OH/ 25/ 196/ 340
15 Jakub Kochanowski MB/ 23/ 199/ 353
16 Kamil Semeniuk OH/ 24/ 195/ 350
17 Pawel Zatorski L/ 30/ 184/ 328
20 Mateusz Wieniek MB/ 27/ 210/ 351
21 Tomas Fornal OH/ 23/ 198/ 340
22 Bartosz Bednosz OH/ 26/ 201/ 350
77 Karol Kwos MB/ 31/ 201/ 357
99 Norbert Huber MB/ 22/ 207/ 351
Director: Fital Heinen (Belgium)
VNL2021 qualifying results
vs Italy 3-0
vs Serbia 3-1
vs Slovenia ●1-3
vs Australia 3-0
vs. USA 3-0
vs Russia 3-1
vs Bulgaria 3-0
vs Netherlands 3-0
vs Brazil ●0-3
vs Canada 3-0
vs Japan 〇3-0
vs Germany 0-3
vs Argentina 3-0
vs Iran 3-0
vs France ●2-3
12 wins, 37 points, 2nd place
Main starting lineup
S Zizga, OH2 Kubiak, MB3 Bieniek, OP Kulek, OH5 Leon, MB6 Nowakowski, L Zatorski
I wrote about the main starting lineup, but Poland has been using all of their registered players evenly in this tournament, so I don't know what kind of starting lineup they will use against Japan. Still, they have won most of their matches, so they have an incredible depth of player pool. However, I think the above seven players are the strongest start at this stage.LeonHe has a tremendous offensive power, a destructive spike and an amazing maximum serve speed of 138 km/h, which is just lethal (lol). In addition to this, he was rampaging in the V-League last season.KrekPanasonic has many tosses.KubiakBut for the Polish national team, he becomes a defender. What's more, he has three wingers from the team that won the European Champions League waiting in the wings, which is scary. I think they surpass Brazil in terms of the depth of their player pool. No matter who plays for Poland, they're super strong. That's Poland right now. (The members who played in the previous day's match against Canada were almost the same, so it looks like the members will be completely different for the match against Japan.)
Monster Leon Photo by FIVB
Unfortunately, I don't think there is much chance for Japan to win. Maybe if Nishida makes a comeback, there'll be a chance. Anyway, go for it! That's all!!
Match time: Wednesday 16th, 21:00～ (Japan time)
It looks like BSTBS will also be broadcasting LIVE today! I wonder who will be the commentator...
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