In 2015 we have a lot of interesting major competitions and one of the strongest teams in men’s volleyball - the one of the World Champions from Poland, of course calls our attention. The head coach of Poland Stephane Antiga has announced the roster of Poland for the upcoming campaign with the national team.
There are some big names missing in the list and this could surprise a lot some of the fans. In 2015 Mariusz Wlazły, Michał Winiarski, Krzysztof Ignaczak and Paweł Zagumny won’t compete for Team Poland because of retirement. Also Lukasz Zygadlo and Zbigniew Bartman weren’t called up. However, Bartosz Kurek is back. Poland will take part in The FIVB World League, in the European Championship and the European Games.
Here is the full roster of the Polish player who have been called up to join the National Team:
Setters:
Fabian Drzyzga (Resovia Rzeszów)
Michał Kędzierski (Czarni Radom)
Grzegorz Łomacz (Cuprum Lubin)
Grzegorz Pająk (Effector Kielce)
Middle-Blockers:
Mateusz Bieniek (Effector Kielce)
Wojciech Grzyb (Trefl Gdańsk)
Karol Kłos (Skra Bełchatów)
Grzegorz Kosok (Jastrzębski Węgiel)
Marcin Możdżonek (Halkbank Ankara)
Piotr Nowakowski (Resovia Rzeszów)
Andrzej Wrona (Skra Bełchatów)
Wing-Spikers:
Bartosz Bednorz (AZS Olsztyn)
Rafał Buszek (Resovia Rzeszów)
Michał Kubiak (Halkbank Ankara)
Bartosz Kurek ( Lube Banca Macerata)
Mateusz Mika (Trefl Gdańsk)
Artur Szalpuk (AZS Politechnika Warszawska)
Aleksander Śliwka (AZS Politechnika Warszawska)
Marcin Waliński (Transfer Bydgoszcz)
Wojciech Żaliński (Czarni Radom)
Liberos:
Piotr Gacek (Trefl Gdańsk)
Damian Wojtaszek (Jastrzębski Węgiel)
Paweł Zatorski (Kędzierzyn-Koźle)
Spikers:
Grzegorz Bociek (Kędzierzyn-Koźle)
Bartłomiej Bołądź (Czarni Radom)
Jakub Jarosz (Transfer Bydgoszcz)
Dawid Konarski (Resovia Rzeszów)
Szymon Romać (Cuprum Lubin)
Damian Schulz (Trefl Gdańsk)
Poland is scheduled to compete in 3 major tournaments this year: The FIVB World League, European Championship and the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Rozgrywający (setter): Benjamin Toniutti, Yoann Jaumel, Pierre Pujol, Toafa Takaniko
Atakujący (opposite): Antonin Rouzier, Mory Sidibe
Środkowi (mid): Jonas Aguenier, Kevin Le Roux, Nicolas Le Goff, Franck Lafitte, Mederic Henry, Quentin Jouffroy, Philippe Tuitoga
Przyjmujący (outside hitter): Kevin Tillie, Earvin Ngapeth, Julien Lyneel, Ludovic Castard, Nicolas Marechal, Guillaume Quesque, Baptiste Geiler, Trevor Clevenot, Thibault Rossard
Libero: Jenia Grebennikov, Nicolas Rossard, Hubert Henno