Jakub Kochanowski on the hit of Poland – Italy at the World Cup. “It will be completely different”
According to the plan, Polish volleyballers advanced to the semi -finals of the World Championships 2025. Poles played the Turks in three sets and on Saturday (i.e. September 27) they will play with Italy.
The Polish-Italian semi-final promises to be great. However, before what is before Poles, it is worth appreciating the next, fifth in a row at the World Championships 2025, the victory of the team of coach Nikola Grbic. Türkiye did not have much to say on Wednesday in a collision with runners -up in the world and leaders of the world FIVB ranking.
Volleyball World Cup: Jakub Kochanowski after the quarter -finals Poland – Türkiye
Poles opened the quarter -finals with the Turks very well. In the second and third sets, the rivals came to the voice a little more strongly, but in total, the competition was under the control of the Polish team. Thus, Poland is still unbeaten during the 2025 World Cup.
The meeting was summed up by Central Jakub Kochanowski.
– There were moments when the opponent exerted a little more pressure on us. Our great advantage melted, both in the second and third set. Fortunately, we did not lead to the moment at which we would lose concentration enough to give this advantage. Generally, it seems to me that even if the Turks played in full composition, we are still a better class about class. Before the match we got information that their second, or maybe even the first best player will not play, it makes you need to recalculate various things a little. Whether at the service or in the attack, maybe it struck us a bit from the rhythm and that is why this match was not so fluid and perfect in our performance – he described the match in an interview with Mariusz Szyszko, spokesman for the Polish national team, the central national team.
The middle, who was the best scoring – next to Wilfredo Leon – a player of the Polish team in the quarter -finals with the Turks, also referred to the semi -final hit with Italy.
– In the semi -final it will be completely different. Both teams will definitely play their best volleyball we can afford. He will win a better one – Kochanowski said.
The semi -final of the World Cup 2025 Poland – Italy, i.e. the repeat of the final of the last World Championships (2022) and ME (2023), will take place this Saturday, i.e. September 27. The start time is not yet known, but it should be assumed that it should be 14:00 Polish time – as usual in the case of the so -called Evening matches of the Tournament in the Philippines.
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.
