Turkish captain before the match with Poland. “I can’t say anything bad about Poles”

The Polish team walks from victory to victory during a party in the Philippines. Poles won all three matches in the group stage, 3: 0 with Romania, 3: 0 with Qatar and 3: 1 with the Netherlands. In addition, last Saturday, runners -up in the world successfully in the form of 3: 1 Canada in the 1/8 finals of the 2025 World Cup.

World Championships: Poland – Türkiye match will be special for Murat Yenipazar

Turkey will be another challenge on the horizon of Poles. Interestingly, the Turks can boast of the same balance of victories as the team of coach Nikola Grbic. Türkiye in group competitions of the World Championships 2025 beat: Japan 3: 0, Libya 3: 1, Canada 3: 0, and then in the 1/8 final of the Netherlands 3: 1.

Interestingly, the captain of the quarter -final rivals, Murat Yenipazar, is strongly associated with Poland. The playmaker privately has a Polish wife. In addition, the volleyball player in the 2022/23 season performed in PlusLiga, defending the colors of the Barkkom all lions.

– My wife is Polish and I always say that I have a Polish heart. However, I hope that they will be one hundred percent behind Turkey in the quarterfinals (…) I always get excited when someone asks me about Poland. I love your country and people. They are very intelligent, educated, I admire how they are doing in difficult moments. This is a strong nation. I can’t say anything wrong about Poles – admitted Yenipazar in an interview with Arkadiusz Dudziak from WP/SportoweFakty.

It is worth adding that for the Turks this is the first promotion to the best eight of the World Cup in their start history.

When and where to watch the quarter -final of Poland – Türkiye? This match is the next Wednesday (i.e. September 24). The quarter -finals of the World Cup 2025 Poland – Türkiye will start at 14:00 Polish time.

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.