The Poland men's national under-21 volleyball team is controlled by the ''Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej'' (PZPS), which represents the country in international competitions – U20 European Championships and U21 World Championship.

History

First massive success Polish junior national team was achieved by players born mostly in 1977 and 1978. The junior national team led by coach Ireneusz Mazur achieved titles of 1996 Junior European Champion and 1997 Junior World Champion successively in the tournaments held in

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. Among the players of this team were several players who later achieved notable careers and many medals in domestic and international tournaments like for example

Paweł Zagumny Paweł Zagumny (born 18 October 1977) is a Polish former professional volleyball player. Zagumny was a member of the Poland national team from 1996 to 2014 and a participant in 4 Olympic Games ( Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London ...

Krzysztof Ignaczak Krzysztof Ignaczak (born 15 May 1978) is a Polish former professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team from 1998 to 2014, a participant in 3 Olympic Games (2004 Summer Olympics, ...

Sebastian Świderski Sebastian Krzysztof Świderski (born 26 June 1977) is a Polish former professional volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team from 1996 to 2011, a participant in the Olympic Gam ...

Piotr Gruszka Piotr Łukasz Gruszka (born 8 March 1977) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 1995 to 2011, and took part in 3 Olympic Games ( Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008). ...

. In 2003 Polish junior national team was crowned as the 2003 Junior World Champion. The national team born in 1983–85, led by Grzegorz Ryś, beat Brazil in the finale after tie break. It was a second title of Junior World Champions for Poland. Among the players was a few later senior European and (or) World Champions like

Michał Winiarski Michał Jerzy Winiarski (born 28 September 1983) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. Winiarski was a member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team from 2004 to 2014, a participant in the Olympi ...

Mariusz Wlazły Mariusz Łukasz Wlazły (born 4 August 1983) is a Polish former professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team from 2005 to 2014, a participant in the Olympic Games 2008 Summer O ...

Marcin Możdżonek Marcin Rafał Możdżonek (born 9 February 1985) is a Polish former professional volleyball player, a member of the Poland national team in 2007–2016, a participant in the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012), the 2014 World Champion, 2 ...

Michał Ruciak Michał Zygmunt Ruciak (born 22 August 1983) is a Polish former professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team from 2004 to 2014, a participant in the Olympic Games 2012 Summer O ...

Paweł Woicki Paweł Mateusz Woicki (born 19 June 1983) is a Polish professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 2005 to 2016, a participant in the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 and the 2009 European Champion ...

, Marcel Gromadowski. On September 10, 2016 Poland U21 achieved title of the 2016 CEV U20 European Champion after winning 7 of 7 matches in tournament and beating Ukraine U21 in the finale (3–1). On July 2, 2017 Poland U21 achieved title of U21 World Champion 2017 after beating Cuba U21 in the finale (3–0). The same squad of national team, led by coach Sebastian Pawlik, won 48 matches in the row and never lost (counted also under-19 tournaments). The squad roster, consisting mainly of players from the year 1997, has won all possible European and World championships under-19 and under-21.

History

Statistics

U21 World Championship

U20 European Championship

References

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See also