The Polish volleyball team starts to play! First important test

At the end of May in Katowice and Gliwice, a friendly Silesia Cup 2025 tournament took place, in which the team of coach Nikola Grbcia took part. The Serbian trainer had the opportunity to test new solutions, looking at the composition in which Poles presented themselves to the Silesian audience. In an almost identical set, excluding, among others Suspended for a positive anti -doping test, Mikołaj Sawicki.

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Due to the completely unexpected situation related to the host of Bogdanka Luk Lublin, coach Grpić finally took three nominal players in this position to the first tournament to China. In addition, in addition to the host trio, there is another “otherness” in the form of three libero – also out of necessity.

Ultimately, the Poles selector focused on the set: Aliaksei Nosevich and Kewin Sasak as attackers; Three receiving Artur Szalpuk, Rafał Szymura (captain), Michał Gierżot; Libero is Mateusz Czunkiewicz, Maksymialn Granieczny and Kuba Hawryluk; Middle Jordan Zaleszczyk, Szymon Jakubiszak, Jakub Nowak, Mateusz Poręba; playmaker Łukasz Kozub and Jan Firlej.

What is the tournament schedule in Chinese XI’an? The first match Poles will play on Wednesday (i.e. June 11), the last on Sunday (15.06).

VNL tournament schedule in XI’an (China)

11.06 (Wednesday)

• Poland – the Netherlands (7:30)

• China – Japan (11:00)

• Serbia – Türkiye (14:30)

12.06 (Thursday)

• China – Serbia (11:00)

• Poland – Japan (14:30)

13.06 (Friday)

• Japan – Serbia (11:00)

• Netherlands – Türkiye (14:30)

14.06 (Saturday)

• China – Netherlands (9:00)

• Türkiye – Poland (13:00)

15.06 (Sunday)

• Netherlands – Japan (5:30)

• China – Türkiye (9:00)

• Poland – Serbia (13:00)

In addition to the Chinese tournament, Poles during VNL 2025 will take part in the competition in Hoffman Estates (USA) on June 25-29 and the Tri-City Ergo Arena. The tournament in Poland will take place from July 16-20.