Wilfredo Leon took a large weight on his back. The volleyball player’s effort can be seen in the hand
Wilfredo Leon performed from the 3rd place at the Sunday match at the 3rd place of volleyball players from a great side. The host was the leader of the Polish national team in the Philippines.
Although Wilfredo Leon was not in the so -called The team of dreams, and there another of the Poles found his place, Central Jakub Kochanowski, the host of the team of Nikola Grbcia also deserved the distinction. It was many times that it was on Leon’s back that the offensive of Poles hung, especially in situations where it was necessary to compete with a high, tight block on the other side of the net.
Wilfredo Leon after the last match at the World Cup. The leader of the staff admitted directly
Looking at the rankings, Leon found himself in the top five best scoring during the 2025 World Cup. Definitely outside the scale was participation in the tournament of Aleksandar Nikolav. Bulgarian scored 173 points, being one of the lightest shining stars of world volleyball. Leon, although he got used to his solid level, again proved that he still belongs to the strict group of the best on the globe.
The Polish representative scored a total of 93 points. 73 Attacking, 12 added a block, to 8 service aces. On average, the volleyball player scored 10 points per match, playing with efficiency at a level of just over 52 percent.
It is also worth adding that in a Sunday match with the Czech Republic, for bronze medals of the World Championships, Leon scored as many as 26 points. The day before? Defeat with Italy 0: 3, but again Leon was the best, scoring 14 points for Poles.
Reaching even deeper, the quarter -finals with Turkey (3: 0) and here also Leon best scoring, 13 points – the same as the mentioned Kochanowski.
– First of all, I want to thank God for winning the medal. Am I nervous or satisfied? I am definitely not happy, I prepared for the fight for gold, but it did not succeed. But I also know that various teams came to reach for the championship. We have a bronze medal and we go home with the album. And you have to enjoy it a bit now. I think that in two years at the World Championships in Poland it will be the last chance for gold in this event – he said in an interview with Polsat Sport receiving the Polish national team, after the match Poland – the Czech Republic (3: 1).
Let’s add that from the 2024/25 season Leon has been on PlusLiga. Leon in his first approach to the Polish league immediately reached for the gold medal of MP in the colors of Bogdanka Luk Lublin. The Lublin club also reached for the Challenge Cup.
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.
