Poland Wins 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship
Poland Wins 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship
The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship is over and we are ready to announce the winner. The tournament started on September 9 and finished on September 30 in 2018. The world championship was held in Bulgaria and in Italy. It goes without saying that the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship brought together some of the best men’s volleyball teams from all different parts all over the world. For the 3-rd time in the history of volleyball, Poland national men’s volleyball team has won the title. Today, we are going to give you more details on the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship. In this blog, we’ll tell you about the team’s way to success.
Pools Composition of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship
Poland was qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship as defending champions. Poland national men’s volleyball team played in Pool D together with other 5 teams such as Bulgaria, Iran, Cuba, Finland and Puerto Rico.
The 1-st Round of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship
With 5 wins, 0 losses and 15 points, Poland national men’s volleyball team finished the 1-st round of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship at the 1-st place in Pool D. Poland has beaten Cuba 3 – 1 (Set 1: 25 – 18, Set 2: 25 – 19, Set 3: 21 – 25, Set 4: 25 – 14 and total 96 – 76), Poland has beaten Puerto Rico 3 – 0 (Set 1: 25 – 14, Set 2: 25 – 12, Set 3: 25 – 15 and total 75 – 41), Poland has beaten Iran 3 – 0 (Set 1: 25 – 21, Set 2: 25 – 20, Set 3: 25 – 22 and total 75 – 63), Poland has beaten Finland 3 – 1 and Poland has beaten Bulgaria 3 – 1 (Set 1: 25 – 14, Set 2: 23 – 25, Set 3: 25 – 22, Set 4: 25 – 23 and total 98 – 84).
The 2-nd Round of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship
During the 2-nd round the Poland national men’s volleyball team played in Pool D together with other 3 teams such as Serbia, France and Argentina. It’s worth noting that the 2-nd round of the championship wasn’t successful for Poland. Poland lost to Argentina 2 – 3 (Set 1: 25 – 16, Set 2: 19 – 25, Set 3: 23 – 25, Set 4: 25 – 23, Set 5: 14 – 16 and total 106 – 105), Poland lost to France 1 – 3 (Set 1: 15 – 25, Set 2: 18 – 25, Set 3: 25 – 23, Set 4: 25 – 18 and total 98 – 76) and then Poland defeated Serbia 3 – 0 (Set 1: 25 – 17, Set 2: 25 – 16, Set 3: 25 – 14 and total 75 – 47). With 6 wins, 2 losses and 19 points, the Poland national men’s volleyball team finished the 2-nd round of the tournament at the 1-st place in Pool H.
The 3-rd Round of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship
During the 3-rd round the Poland national men’s volleyball team played in Pool J with other 2 teams such as Serbia and Italy. It’s important to point out that the 3-rd round of the competition wasn’t easy for Poland as well. Poland defeated Serbia 3 – 0 (Set 1: 28 – 26, Set 2: 28 – 26, Set 3: 25 – 22 and total 81 – 74) and then Poland lost to Italy 2 – 3 (Set 1: 25 – 14, Set 2: 21 – 25, Set 3: 25 – 18, Set 4: 17 – 25, Set 5: 11 – 15 and total 99 – 97). With 1 win, 1 loss and 4 points the Poland national men’s volleyball team took the 1-st place in Pool J and reached the final round of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship.
The Semifinals of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship
The final round of the competition consisted of three stages: semifinals and final as well as the match for the 3-rd place. During the semifinals Brazil defeated Serbia 3 – 0 (Set 1: 25 – 22, Set 2: 25 – 21, Set 3: 25 – 22 and total 75 – 65) and Poland defeated the United States 3 – 2 (Set 1: 25 – 22, Set 2: 20 – 25, Set 3: 23 – 25, Set 4: 25 – 20, Set 5: 15 – 11 and total 108 – 103). As a result, Brazil and Poland reached the final of the Poland national men’s volleyball team.
The Final Match of the National Men’s Volleyball Team – Poland vs Brazil
It’s fair to say that the final of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship was very successful for Poland. Obviously, the Poland national men’s volleyball team was well prepared for the final match and won it easily. During the finals Poland defeated Brazil 3 – 0 (set 1: 28 – 26, set 2: 25 – 20, set 3: 25 – 23 and total: 78 – 69). As a result, the Poland national men’s volleyball team became the winner of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship.
The 3-rd Place Match of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship
It’s clear that semifinals of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship were not successful for the United States men’s national volleyball team. As it was mentioned earlier, the United States lost to Poland in the semifinal match of the tournament. However, the team did great job and demonstrated excellent performance in the 3-rd place match of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship. It’s important to note that the match for the 3-rd place wasn’t easy for United States. Teams played 5 sets during the match. But the United States men’s national volleyball team worked hard and played smart. As a result, the United States men’s national volleyball team defeated its opponent successfully. United States beaten Serbia 3 – 1 (Set 1: 23 – 25, Set 2: 25 – 17, Set 3: 32 – 30, Set 4: 25 – 19 and total 105 – 91) and took the 3-rd place at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship.
Poland Men’s National Volleyball Team
And of course, we need to tell you about the head coach as well as volleyball players of the Poland national men’s volleyball team. Among the team’s players who have participated in the tournament are: Aleksander Sliwka, Artur Szalpuk, Bartosz Kurek, Damian Schulz, Damian Wojtaszek, Dawid Konarski, Grzegorz Lomacz, Jakub Kochanowski, Fabian Drzyzga, Mateusz Bieniek, Michal Kubiak, Pawel Zatorski as well as Piotr Nowakowski. The head of Poland national men’s volleyball team is Vital Heynen. Obviously, each of the athletes as well as the head coach, Vital Heynen, contributed greatly to the team’s success at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship.
According to the FIVB world ranking provided on July 2017, Poland national men’s volleyball team takes the 3-rd place with 262 points in the list of top 30 men’s national volleyball teams. The Brazil men’s national volleyball team takes the 1-st place with 315 points and the United States national men’s volleyball team takes the 2-nd place with 270 points.
The FIVB is likely to update its rankings in the nearest future. And of course, winning the 1-st place at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship will definitely have a huge positive impact on team’s rankings. That means that the Poland national men’s volleyball team may begin to rank higher in the list of the best men’s volleyball teams very soon.
Now, let’s take a quick look at the history of the Poland men’s national volleyball team. Poland won 1 Gold medal on Summer Olympic Games that took place in Montreal in 1976. It’s also important to know that the Poland men’s national volleyball team has always demonstrated excellent results at the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship. Keep in mind that Poland won 3 Gold medals (in Mexico in 1974, in 2014 in Poland and in Bulgaria/Italy in 2018) as well as 1 Silver medal (in Japan in 2006) at the world championship. Obviously, the Poland men’s national volleyball team makes a huge progress these days.
Thank you so much for reading this article. There is no question that FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship is an incredibly important event in the sport of volleyball. The championship is over and the best world’s team is Poland. Congratulations to the Poland national men’s volleyball team!