Nikola Grbić guaranteed the success of the Polish national team. Amazing series!

The choice of the Polish Volleyball Association seemed to be appropriate from the beginning. Vital Heynen, a Belgian, which reached in the colors of Poland, including Poland, including after the world championship in 2018. The Olympic Tournament in Tokyo, superior to 2021, turned out to be a disappointment and another losing quarter -final. At that time, Poles turned out to be slightly weaker than the French (2: 3), as it turned out later, later masters of the Olympic tournament.

Nikola Grbić about successes with the Polish team. Important words of the coach

Grbić had the experience of working volleyballers from Poland. Before he became the selector, he successfully worked in the colors of Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle. The team from PlusLiga wrote even the gold of the Champions League in 2021. Sebastian Świderski, president of PZPS, previously working with Grbic in Kędzierzyn-Koźle, knew well that the Serbian choice could be the right direction for Poles.

Effects? Medal. Since the beginning of Grbic’s term in the Polish national team, it has not happened that Poles did not bring a medal from a large event. Just look:

• League of nations: 2022 (bronze), 2023 (gold), 2024 (bronze), 2025 (gold)
• World Championships: 2022 (silver)
• European Championships: 2023 (gold)
• Olympic Games: 2023 (silver)

He was asked about his great streak during a meeting with journalists just before the semi -final with Italy. Reaction? Thanks for appreciation and imaging of how he looks at the development of his pupils.

– Okay, thank you for that. But I don’t look at it. I just try to make every player play their best volleyball. I want to see their progress. Sometimes it is not easy, because they really play good volleyball and sometimes you may not see their progress. It’s not like a player who starts playing. And he has no acceptance, either a block or attack. And then you see after one season, how he starts playing much better. It’s like you have one thick man who is 200 kg, it starts and there is less 50 kg. But when starts to have 90 and you can lose another 10? It is very, very difficult. That is why this progress is sometimes only here – said Grbić, pointing after the last sentence with a finger on the head, i.e. the mental sphere.

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.