The world champions have turned off the fire of the revelation. Great final and great emotions!

Before the start of the Sunday final of the 2025 World Cup was clear that Italians are strong favorites. With a grain of salt, it could be thought that the worst … they were already behind them. Often, the premature finale was referred to as the fact that in the Saturday semi -final the two best teams of previous World Cups, i.e. Poland and Italy, faced. As you know, Italia turned out to be better in three sets, which thanks to this secured a place in the game for gold in the Philippines.

Final for Italians! Amazing story of Ferdinando de Giorgi

In the game for the most valuable trophy of this representative season, the greatest revelation of the 2025 World Cup, or Bulgaria, was waiting for the Italian season. Bulgarians, headed by the brothers Aleksandar and Simon Nikolav, wanted to do something unique. Bulgarians found themselves in the medal zone for the first time since 2006. At that time, Bulgaria ended with a bronze medal, and this time it turned out that the Italians in the game for gold were stronger. Winning relatively confidently in four sets.

It is worth appreciating the work he did with the team coach Ferdinando de Giorgi. The Italian, who in the past worked both in PlusLiga (ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle with successes) and the Polish national team, won his fifth world championship title in volleyball. The first three gold medals, still at the time of being a player, i.e. the golden years of the 1990s – World Cup 1990, 1994 and 1998. And another two, already as a coach of Italy, i.e. 2022 and 2025.

The hero of the Sunday final on the Italian side of even Yuria Romano – author of 22 points. Although Mattia Bottolo, the winner of 19 points, also added his. On the other side, Aleks Nikołow, with 23 points. Bulgarian, however, was too lonely to threaten Italy more than in one set.

Let us add that in the match for the bronze medal of the World Championships in the Philippines Poland beat the Czech Republic 3: 1.

Volleyball World Cup: The sixth medal for the Polish national team in history

Brown discs captured in the 2025 World Cup tournament in the Philippines are the sixth case with Polish volleyballers on the podium of this type of event. Interestingly, Polish volleyball achieved the most successes in the 21st century. In modern times, Poles won five out of six medals if they look at the classification of all time.

However, it began with the legendary team of coach Hubert Wagner, who during the 1974 World Cup, in Mexico, became the world champion. The golden team “Kata” repeated their dominance two years later (1976) during the Olympic tournament in Montreal. But this is a story for a completely different, longer story.

The next medals of the World Cup in the case of Polish volleyball players have been the period since 2006. Then, during the tournament played in Japan, Poles reached for silver medals. Since that event, it has only happened once (!) That Poland would not find its place on the podium of the World Cup in the Volleyball Mesh. This took place in 2010, during a party in Italy.

In 2014 and 2018, Poles became world champions, first in a great style winning a party in their area – through the National Stadium in Warsaw, Hala Stulecia in Wrocław, Atlas Arena in Łódź, to the Katowice Spodek – with the winning final against gold against Brazil. Four years later (2018) the team defended the title in a tournament played in Italy and Bulgaria, again after winning the final with the Brazilians.

In addition, 2022, this time a silver medal. Brazil defeated for the third time, this time in the semi -final, but in the game for gold in the Katowice Spodek (hosts of the Polish World Cup and Slovenia), a lost and runner -up title. And this latest story, i.e. a bronze medal – for the first time in the history of starts at the World Championships – after winning at the Czech Republic.