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- Volleyball players in the country. Now looking forward to Sofia.
Karolina Piotrowska, 19 June 2012
Polish volleyball players came back to the country after two weeks of absence. They arrived from Tampere where on Sunday, after the victory over Brazil 3:1, they gained promotion to the final tournament of the World League in Sofia (4th -8th of July).
- Great form of the polish national team has not been the only reason for being happy. Each of the players of team composition had their input to the team. One could see how pleased of the game are the white-and-reds. During the World League matches I saw the team which knew its value and is able to compete – said chief of the training department of the Polish Volleyball Federation, Włodzimierz Sadalski.
After return to the country, the players said that they could not have been tested better than during the Final Six World League tournament. – We will have opportunity to compete with the best ones. We will travel to Sofia to fight – said libero of the polish national team, Krzysztof Ignaczak.
After the return to Poland they players have been given several days off. On the 22nd of June they will meet with each other late in the evening, in Spała. In the local sport centre COS the players are going to have a training camp for several days. On the 2nd of July they will depart to Sofia. After the Final Six they will have some days to have a rest and on the 12th of July they will meet in Zielona Góra, in order to prepare to the Memorial of Hubert Wagner (20th -22nd of July). During the 10th edition of the tournament, except the host team, we will also the national teams of Argentina, Iran and Germany.
On the 24th of July Polish National Team will depart to London for the Olympic Games. The group men’s tournament will start on the 29th of July and finish on the 6th August. Two days later, the quarterfinals will be held. The semifinals are scheduled on the 10th of August and the final is to be held on the 12th of August on the last day of the Olympic Games.
Composition of the groups:
A – Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Argentina, Bulgaria and Australia.
B – Brazil, Russia, USA, Serbia, Germany and Tunisia.
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