Before the ECH: it was two years ago in Izmir

Two years ago in Izmir polish volleyball players had the best tournament in the history of the European Championships and won the gold medal, without any failure. In the final of the 26^th championships the team defeated France 3:1 (29:27, 25:21, 16:25, 26:24). The tournament took place in Stanbul and Izmir, in term 3^rd -13^th of September. Spain will defend the title won in Moscow in 2007.

At the first group phase of the tournament Poland lead by coach Daniel Castellani from Argentina had the following teams as opponents: France, Germany and Turkey. At the first game the team defeated France 3:1 and kept the good luck till the very end.
The most valuable player of the tournament (MVP) was spiker, Piotr Gruszka.

Polish national team composition for the ECH 2009: setters: Paweł Zagumny, Paweł Woicki; spikers: Marcel Gromadowski, Jakub Jarosz, middle position: Piotr Nowakowski, Daniel Pliński, Marcin Możdżonek; receivers: Piotr Gruszka, Bartosz Kurek, Michał Ruciak, Michał Bąkiewicz, Zbigniew Bartman; libero players: Piotr Gacek, Krzysztof Ignaczak.

Results of Poland from the ECH 2009 – 1^st group phase
Poland - France 3:1 (18:25, 25:17, 25:22, 25:18)
Poland - Germany 3:1 (25:17, 25:23, 27:29, 25:14)
Poland - Turkey 3:0 (25:23, 25:18, 25:17)

2^nd group phase
Poland - Spain 3:2 (18:25, 25:20, 25:18, 23:25, 17:15)
Poland - Slovakia 3:2 (21:25, 25:15, 25:10, 14:25, 16:14)
Poland - Greece 3:0 (25:22, 28:26, 25:20)

Semifinals
Poland - Bulgaria 3:0 (25:19, 30:28, 25:20)
France - Russia 3:2 (25:18, 25:22, 25:27, 15:25, 17:15)

for the 3^rd place
Bulgaria - Russia 3:0 (25:18, 26:24, 25:21)

Final:
Poland - France 3:1 (29:27, 25:21, 16:25, 26:24)

Further ranking: 5. Serbia, 6. Germany, 7. The Netherlands, 8. Greece, 9. Spain, 10. Italy, 11. Slovakia, 12. Finland, 13. Turkey, 14. Estonia, 15. Slovenia, 16. Czech Republic

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