An injury of Tomasz Fornal. Will the volleyball player play in the semi -final of the world championship?
This is one of the most frequently asked questions in the context of the Polish volleyball team in recent days. Tomasz Fornal, is healthy to play healthy?
Leader of JSW Jastrzębski Węgiel, PlusLiga star, the figure of a great world volleyball format. There is no doubt that Tomasz Fornal has the status of a very good volleyball player. Unfortunately, in the decisive period of the ongoing World Championships 2025, the host got injured.
Tomasz Fornal will not play with Italy? There are the latest news in the case!
Fornal was missing among the four receiving during the quarter -finals Poland – Türkiye. It was decided that he would put on a libero outfit, being in a reserve behind this basic in this position, Jakub Popiwczak. Instead, the nominal Libero Maksymilian Graniczny took place in the group of hosts for the Fornal. This showed that the case with the health of the volleyball player is serious.
Is it enough not to play in the Polish -Italy semi -final? Even before the quarter -final with the Turks, a journalist and commentator of Polsat Sport Tomasz Swędrowski, who was very close to the national team, argued that according to the staff, fornal is to be ready for the semi -final, hit battle.
However, if these are problems with your back, it is difficult to assume that the volleyball player will be fully ready to compete with such a hard -playing team as world champions. Against Italy, from the beginning, coach Nikola Grbić will focus on a set seen, among others in the quarter -finals of the World Cup 2025, i.e. Wilfredo Leon and Kamil Semeniuk.
– Tomek’s situation is not clear. He participated in the Friday training. He follows the recommendations of physiotherapists. Nikola Grabić will make the final decision regarding his participation in the semi -final – he gave Mateusz Górecki from Onet and “Przegląd Sportowy” spokesman for the Polish national team Mariusz Szyszko.
Artur Szalpuk and the previously mentioned granieczny are in the admission position.
One thing that certainly needs to be seen is … a good mood of the Fornal himself. Several hours before the start of the game for the final of the World Cup 2025, the player placed this photo on Instagram.
An impressive balance of the Polish volleyball team at the World Cup. Sack of medals!
In the medal classification of all time, looking at the world championships, Polish volleyballers are fourth. Poland reached for three gold medals (1974, 2014, 2018) and two silver rings (2006, 2022).
As you can see, apart from the memorable success of the Hubert Wagner team – later Olympic champions (1976) – they stood on the podium in the World Cup events in the 21st century. Recent years are extremely successful, since 2014 it has not happened that Poles were missing in the final of the event. In addition, it is worth noting that since the team trains under the baton of Nikola Grbcia, Poles from the most important events come back with the medal each time. Last example? The Golden League of Nations 2025, where in the final tournament in China Polish volleyballers did not lose a single set in any of the three meetings.
In addition, it is worth remembering that in the case of the Polish volleyball team, we are talking about: leaders of the FIVB world ranking, current European champions (2023), world runners -up (2022) and Olympic runners -up (2024). These are really special times for men’s volleyball in Poland. And what is also worth emphasizing, it began in total with … the 2006 World Championships. At that time, the team led by Raul Lozano decided to remind the world by climbing the party’s podium from the highest representative shelf. It was the first medal of the World Cup since Wagner.
