Sensation in Polish volleyball. One step away from a breakthrough change!

Russia’s aggression on Ukraine has not only political or economic, but also sports consequences. The European Volleyball Federation has thrown out all teams from Russia and Belarus from international tournaments.

To fill their places in the Champions League, a decision was made about Introduction of the so -called wild cards. In this way, CEV also wants to increase the attractiveness of the games for both the fans and the players themselves.

Polish clubs will fight for wild champions league cards

About the so -called All European clubs can apply for a wild card, regardless of where national games ended. Who will ultimately receive the right to compete, is to decide, among others The sports value of a given team.

Luca Muzzioli from Volleyball.it said that Five teams submitted the desire to play in the Champions League next season. These are two clubs from Italy – Gas Sales Piacenza and Verona Volley; Turkish Halkbank Ankara and Two teams from Poland: ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and Asseco Resovia Rzeszów.

ZAKSA resigns from the Challenge Cup

The team from the Opole region, who in the past three times reached for the victory in the Champions League, won the right to play in the Challenge Cup. The club gave up this option.

“We appreciate the prestige and sport value of European cups, but the ambition of our club is competition at the highest possible level. ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, recognizing its place in the history of the Champions League and wanting to continue the tradition of the fight for the most important trophies, proceeds to the procedure for applying for a wild card For the CEV Champions League in the 2025/2026 season ” – representatives of ZAKSA wrote in a statement.

“We believe that our achievements so far on the international arena, including three triumphs in the Champions League (2021, 2022, 2023), as well as constant work for the development of Polish and European volleyball, will be appreciated. We are convinced that we are convinced that ZAKSA has the potential to represent Poland with dignity In the most prestigious club competitions on the Old Continent, “they added.

Five teams from Poland in the Champions League?

Cev has a difficult decision because There are only three wild cards to give away. If it were decided to grant them to the teams from Rzeszów and Kędzierzyn-Koźle, then Poland would have five representatives in the 2025/2026 season in the 2025/2026 season.

At the moment, three teams from Poland have a certain place in the competition: PGE Project Warsaw, Bogdanka Luk Lublin and Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie.