Poland women's national volleyball team explained

The Poland women's national volleyball team (Polish: Reprezentacja Polski w piłce siatkowej kobiet) represents Poland in international volleyball competition. The team is controlled by the Polish Volleyball Federation (Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej, PZPS), the governing body for volleyball in Poland, which represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches.

Poland's greatest achievements to date have been winning bronze medals at the 1964 and the 1968 Summer Olympics, silver medal at the 1952 World Championship as well as gold medals at the 2003 and the 2005 European Championship.

The Polish national team is ranked 3rd in the FIVB world ranking as of 20 May 2024.^[1]

Results

Summer Olympics

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

Year	Round	Position						Squad
1964	Round robin	Third place	5	3	2	10	6	Squad
1968	Round robin	Third place	7	5	2	15	11	Squad
1972	did not qualify
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008	Group stage	9th place	5	1	4	9	12	Squad
2012	did not qualify
2016
2020
2024	Quarterfinals	6th place	4	2	2	6	7	Squad
Total	0 Title(s)	4/16	21	11	10	40	36	—

World Championship

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

Year	Round	Position						Squad
1952	Round Robin	Runners Up						Squad
1956	Round Robin	Third Place						Squad
1960	Round Robin	4th Place						Squad
1962	Round Robin	Third Place						Squad
1967	did not enter
1970		9th Place						Squad
1974		9th Place						Squad
1978		11th Place						Squad
1982	did not qualify
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002		15th Place						Squad
2006		15th Place						Squad
2010	Second round	9th Place	11	7	4	24	17	Squad
2014	did not qualify
2018
2022	Quarterfinals	7th Place	10	6	4	23	17	Squad
2025	Qualified
Total	0 Titles	12/20						—

European Championship

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position						Squad
1949	Round Robin	Third Place	6	4	2	12	6	Squad
1950	Round Robin	Runners Up	5	4	1	12	4	Squad
1951	Round Robin	Runners Up	5	4	1	12	4	Squad
1955	Round Robin	Third Place	5	3	2	12	10	Squad
1958	Round Robin	Third Place	9	7	2	25	10	Squad
1963	Round Robin	Runners Up	9	8	1	26	8	Squad
1967	Round Robin	Runners Up	10	9	1	27	9	Squad
1971	Round Robin	Third Place	7	5	2	15	8	Squad
1975	Final Round	11th Place	8	2	6	14	19	Squad
1977	Semi-finals	4th Place	7	4	3	14	10	Squad
1979	Final Round	8th Place	8	6	2	18	11	Squad
1981	Final Round	5th Place	8	3	5	10	18	Squad
1983	Final Round	9th Place	8	6	2	19	12	Squad
1985	Final Round	7th Place	8	5	3	17	9	Squad
1987	Final Round	11th Place	7	2	5	7	16	Squad
1989	Final Round	9th Place	7	3	4	11	15	Squad

Year	Round	Position						Squad
1991	Preliminary	9th Place	5	1	4	6	14	Squad
1993	did not qualify
1995	Preliminary	9th Place	5	1	4	7	13	Squad
1997	Final Round	8th Place	7	4	3	13	10	Squad
1999	Final Round	6th Place	5	1	4	7	14	Squad
2001	Final Round	6th Place	7	3	4	14	13	Squad
2003	Final Round	Champions	7	6	1	19	11	Squad
2005	Final Round	Champions	7	7	0	21	7	Squad
/ 2007	Semi-finals	4th Place	10	8	2	25	13	Squad
2009	Semi-finals	Third Place	10	7	3	22	16	Squad
/ 2011	Quarter Finals	5th Place	4	3	1	9	3	Squad
/ 2013	Playoffs	11th Place	4	1	3	6	10	Squad
2015	Quarter Finals	8th Place	5	2	3	9	11	Squad
2017	Playoffs	10th Place	4	2	2	7	9	Squad
/// 2019	Semi-finals	4th Place	9	6	3	21	14	Squad
/// 2021	Quarter Finals	5th Place	7	5	2	16	9	Squad
/// 2023	Quarter Finals	5th Place	7	5	2	16	8	Squad
Total	2 Titles	32/33	220	137	83		469	344	—

World Cup

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

Year	Round	Position						Squad
1973	did not qualify
1977
1981
1985
1989
1991
1995
1999
2003		8th Place	11	5	6	18	22	Squad
2007		6th Place	11	6	5	23	18	Squad
2011	did not qualify
2015
2019
2023
Total	0 Titles	2/14	22	11	11	41	40	—

World Grand Prix

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place

World Grand Prix record
Year	Round	Position						Squad
1993	did not enter
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004		8th Place						Squad
2005		7th Place						Squad
2006		12th Place						Squad
2007		6th Place						Squad
2008		10th Place						Squad
2009		7th Place						Squad
2010		6th Place						Squad
2011		10th Place						Squad
2012		8th Place						Squad
2013		15th Place						Squad
2014		16th Place						Squad
2015		14th place						Squad
2016		14th place						Squad
2017		13th place						Squad
Total	0 Titles	14/25						—

Nations League

Champions   Runners up   Third place   Fourth place

Nations League record
Year	Round	Position						Squad
2018	Preliminary Round	9th place	15	8	7	29	29	Squad
2019	Final Round	5th place	17	9	8	36	35	Squad
2021	Preliminary Round	11th place	15	5	10	24	36	Squad
2022	Preliminary Round	13th place	12	4	8	18	29	Squad
2023	Final Round	3rd place	15	12	3	38	19	Squad
2024	Final Round	3rd place	15	12	3	37	15	Squad
Total	0 Titles	6/6

European League

• 2014 – 3rd place

European Games

• 2015 Baku – 2nd place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Coach history

1948–1948 – Walenty Kłyszejko 1948–1949 – Romuald Wirszyłło 1949–1950 – Lothar Geyer 1950–1951 – Kazimierz Strycharzewski 1951–1954 – Zygmunt Krzyżanowski 1954–1955 – Lucjan Tyszecki 1955–1957 – Zygmunt Krzyżanowski 1957–1959 – Zbigniew Szpyt 1959–1961 – Jerzy Szewczyk 1961–1962 – Stanisław Mazur 1962–1965 – Stanisław Poburka 1965–1970 – Benedykt Krysik 1970–1970 – Gwidon Grochowski 1971–1974 – Zygmunt Krzyżanowski 1974–1975 – Adam Żelazny 1975–1978 – Andrzej Niemczyk 1978–1980 – Hubert Jerzy Wagner 1980–1981 – Stanisław Poburka 1981–1983 – Andrzej Dulski 1984–1986 – Jerzy Matlak 1986–1988 – Jan Ryś 1989–1989 – Janusz Badora 1989–1993 – Edward Superlak 1994–1995 – Tadeusz Chojnacki 1995–1996 – Leszek Piasecki 1996–2000 – Jerzy Skrobecki 2000–2003 – Zbigniew Krzyżanowski 2003–2006 – Andrzej Niemczyk 2006–2007 – Ireneusz Kłos 2007–2008 – Marco Bonitta 2009–2011 – Jerzy Matlak 2011–2011 – Wiesław Popik 2011–2012 – Alojzy Świderek 2013–2015 – Piotr Makowski 2015–2021 – Jacek Nawrocki 2022–present – Stefano Lavarini

External links

• • FIVB profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIVB Women's Volleyball World Ranking . en.volleyballworld.com . 20 May 2024.