Hit clash Poland – Italy at the Volleyball World Cup. Important time change

The Polish volleyball team is undefeated during the ongoing tournament in the Philippines. Poles won in group competitions, successively: with Romania (3: 0), Qatar (3: 0) and the Netherlands (3: 1). Then at the 1/8 final stage they were better than Canada (3: 1), and in the quarter -finals they dealt with Turkey (3: 0). In the semi -finals on the road to success, the runners -up of the world will be … Masters, i.e. the Italian national team.

Poland – Italy. Where and when to watch the “premature finale”?

There is no doubt that in the case of the European Champions (2023) competition with the world champions (2022), the term “premature finale” can be used. However, the ladder was arranged in such a way that one part had to come to such a match. Olympic French champions were still involved, but Tri -color had already dropped out in group competitions, which was the greatest sensation of the 2025 World Cup.

It is worth adding that in the second semi -final there are plenty of surprises, because the Czechs and Bulgarians will compete, who were unlikely to be placed among the four best teams of this year’s World Championships. And yet, certainly a non -obvious representation will appear in the final.

The organizers, due to the temperature of both meetings, ultimately decided on a slight correction to the original assumptions. In the schedule, initially the match of the winners of the quarter -finals of Türkiye – Poland and Italy – Belgium, was visited as Saturday’s clash number 1. The predictable Roszada and Poland – Italy will finally close the Saturday duo of the semi -finals during the tournament in the Philippines.

What does this mean for Polish fans hourly? Saturday (i.e. September 27) will start with the Czech Republic – Bulgaria match, from 8:30 Polish time. For this Poland – Italy will start from 12:30.

The World Cup matches are shown on Polsat Sport and Polsat Sport Extra. Meetings with the participation of the Polish national team are additionally available on the open Polsat antenna. Online broadcasts are available through, among others Polsat Box Go.

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.