Poland - OrlenLiga 2014/2015

Standings:
1. Chemik 48
2. Atom 44
3. Muszynianka 42
4. Impel 39
5. Aluprof 34
6. Tauron 30
7. Budowlani 25
8. Legionovia 20
9. KSZO 16
10. Deveopres 12
11. PGNiG 7
12. Pałac 4

League's Play-Off Formula is quite weird in this season: (each pair with letter so as to follow later rounds)

Quarterfinals
A: 1st - 8th
B: 2nd - 7th
C: 3rd - 6th
D: 4th - 5th

Lower places 1st PO round (they still can play for higher places!)
I: 9th - 12th
J: 10th - 11th

Lower places 2nd PO round (they still can play for higher places!)
K: winner I - winner J
L: loser I - loser J

Semifinals
E: winner A - winner D
F: winner B - winner C

5th - 12th
Ł: loser D - loser L
M: loser C - winner L
N: loser B - loser K
O: loser A - winner K

5th - 8th
P: winner Ł - winner O
R: winner M - winner N

9th - 12th
S: loser Ł - loser O
T: loser M - loser N

Finals:
11th - 12th: loser S - loser T
9th - 10th: winner S - winner T
7th - 8th: loser P - loser R
5th - 6th: wnner P - winner R
Bronze Medal: loser E - loser F (losers of Semifinals)
Final: winner E - winner F (winners of Semifinals)

As You can see even 12th team can end up as 5th

Schedule:
QF: 18.03, 21.03, 22.03 if necessary
Lower places 1st PO: 18.03, 22.03, golden set if necessary
Lower places 2nd PO: 28.03, 1.04, golden set if necessary
Semifinals: 11.04, 12.04, 18.04, if necessary 19.04, 22.04
5th - 12th: 15.04, 19.04, golden set if necessary
5th - 8th & 9th - 12th: 25.04, 2.05, golden set if necessary
Finals for places 5th - 12th: 9.05, 13.05, golden set if necessary
Medal games: 2.05, 3.05, 9.05, if necessary 10.05, 13.05

Today we had one match from Day 13:

Tauron - KSZO 3-0 (25-22 25-23 25-22) MVP: Katarzyna Konieczna stats

Zakreuskaya was absent so Kaliszuk played as OH once again Konieczna led Tauron to win. In 2nd set KSZO led 23-17 and later lost 8 points in a row, when probably Sobolska was serving. Wójcik, Gansdzczyk and Kuligowska was the best from KSZO

Best players according to stats - I'll try to do wider tables after Regular Season
Most spikes: Sanja Popovic (Budowlani) 268
Most spikes/set: Katarzyna Zaroślińska (Atom) 3,97
Best spiking % OH/OP: Aleksandra Wójcik 42,41%
Most efficient OH/OP: Małgorzata Glinka-Mogentale 28,74%
Best spiking % MB: Stefana Veljkovic (Chemik) 58,73% (but she played less...), 2nd is Brittnee Cooper (Atom) 58,37%
Most efficient MB: Stefana Veljkovic (Chemik) 53,17%, Brittnee Cooper (Atom) 48,5%
Most blocks: Gabriela Polańska (Budowlani) 72
Most blocks/set: Sylwia Wojcieska (Muszynianka) 1,06
Most blocks OH/OP: Heike Beier (Aluprof) 36
Most blocks/set OH/OP: Katie Carter (Muszynianka) 0,56
Highest blocking efficiency: Heike Beier (Aluprof) 15,05% (about 95 attempts), Agnieszka Bednarek-Kasza (Chemik) 13,39% (about 130), Aleksandra Trojan (around 200) 9,23%
Best setter: Maja Ognjenovic (Chemik) 35,39% (Rabka (Chemik) has 45,82%, while Anna kaczmar (Atom) has 35,53% but both played much less)
Best scorer: Sanja Popovic (Budowlani) 320
Best scorer/set: Katarzyna Zaroślińska (Atom) 4,7
Most aces: Heike Beier (Aluprof) 35
Most aces/set: Marta Wójcik (KSZO) 0,5 (Maja Tokarska (Atom) has 0,55, Magda Jagodzińska (Developres) has 0,64, both played less)
Most perfect receptions: Lucyna Borek (Developres) 39,57%
Most efficient receiver: Lucyna Borek (Developres) 26,38%

Next round has started:

Muszynianka - Atom 1-3 (18-25 21-25 25-16 23-25) MVP: Brittnee Cooper stats

Carter with Kurnikowska couldn't win it. In Atom Cooper was the best scorer, Zaroślińska was backup, while Miros (Podolec) played as starter as she did pretty well Leys came back to weak performance...

Other results from this round:

KSZO - Developres 3-1 (25-23 25-18 23-25 25-17) MVP: Katarzyna Brojek stats
PGNiG - Pałac 3-1 (21-25 25-19 25-19 25-17) MVP: Magdalena Wawrzyniak stats
Legionovia - Chemik 0-3 (19-25 18-25 14-25) MVP: Agnieszka Rabka stats
Aluprof - Tauron 3-1 (25-20 25-22 22-25 25-20) MVP: Mariola Wojtowicz stats
Budowlani - Impel 3-2 (25-19 29-31 20-25 25-16 15-11) MVP: Ewelina Sieczka stats

Standings:
1. Chemik 51
2. Atom 47
3. Muszynianka 42
4. Impel 40
5. Aluprof 37
6. Tauron 33
7. Budowlani 27
8. Legionovia 20
9. KSZO 19
10. Developres 12
11. PGNiG 10
12. Pałac 4

Today we had one match from next round:
Impel - Legionovia 3-2 (25-20 21-25 25-13 21-25 19-17) MVP: Joanna Kaczor stats

Rest matches will be played from 14th to 16th February

Today Results:

Chemik - PGNiG 3-0 (25-17 25-13 25-18 ) MVP: Katarzyna Mróz stats

PGNiG showed once again how poor this team is. Meanwhile Chemik's wing-spikers had relatively low spiking %, but Mróz had good performance and deserved for award

Pałac - KSZO 0-3 (20-25 13-25 20-25) MVP: Katarzyna Brojek stats

Pałac without leader - Misiuna was ok, but rest played tragically... good game by Brojek in KSZO

Tauron - Muszynianka 2-3 (21-25 25-19 25-19 18-25 12-15) MVP: Ivana Plchotova stats

Quite tight game with many turnovers. Experiment with Kaliszuk as OH works well, Sobolska is doing ok, but rest could've played better. IMHO MVP should be Kurnikowska who had nice performance, but Plchotova had also good game.

Today Result:

DevelopRes - BBTS 1-3 (22-25 25-14 21-25 23-25) MVP: Aleksandra Trojan stats

Szeremeta and Mucha with good game, but her mates didn't help enough. Trojan deserved for award rthanks to 8 blocks

Today Result:

Atom - Budowlani 3-0 (25-18 25-21 26-24) MVP: Klaudia Kaczorowska stats

I watched whole game on TV since quite a long time. Kaczorowska deserved for award - she did a lot on serve (5 aces and some passing errors in Budowlani) and spiked smartly. Leys also with good game. In half of second set Miros and Kaczmar replaced Bełcik and Zaroślińska and saved this set. Miros played till the end, but Bełcik came back during last set again. In Budowlani Sieczka was leader, Popovic disappointed, OH2 is of course a problem - either Ściurka, nor Skrzypkowska satisfied me, MBs played on usual decent level.

Standings:
1. Chemik 54
2. Atom 50
3. Muszynianka 44
4. Impel 42
5. Aluprof 40
6. Tauron 34
7. Budowlani 27
8. KSZO 22
9. Legionovia 21
10. DevelopRes 12
11. PGNiG 10
12. Pałac 4

Last rounds: 21-23.02, 28.02-2.03

Polish Cup - Results:

6th Round:
ŁKS Commercecon Łódź - Pałac Bydgoszcz 2-3 (25-17 24-26 25-14 8-25 7-15)
KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski - SK bank Legionovia Legionowo 3-1 (25-19 20-25 25-18 25-16)
MLKS Roltex Zawisza Sulechów - Budowlani Łódź 0-3 (32-34 22-25 15-25)
PGNiG Nafta Piła - Developres SkyRes Rzeszów 0-3 (21-25 23-25 20-25)

7th Round:
KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski - KS Pałac Bydgoszcz 3-1 (25-15 27-25 23-25 25-21)
Budowalni Łódź - Developers SkyRes Rzeszów 3-0 (25-17 27-25 25-17)

Quarterfinals: - winners will play in Final Tournament
Chemik Police - KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
BKS Aluprof Bielsko-Biała - Impel Wrocław
PGE Atom Trefl Sopot - Tauron Banimex MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
Polski Cukier Muszynianka Muszyna - Budowlani Łódź

Agree about Impel, they're playing much worse than in last season they have 13 players in roster, but Hanke, Grejman, Kauffeldt and Kwiatkowska are just useless, so it gives only 9 players... it's a pity that they didn't transfer Karg and Kaczor as OP is a weak link. Cutura played not bad in last games, even in terms of passing

Sieczka is getting back to better shape, but IMHO Polak is still much weaker than she was in Bydgoszcz few seasons ago...