Posts by mariuszj1939

first two friendly men matches in the world after COVID-19

22.07 Poland - Germany 3:2 (18-25, 23-25, 25-17, 25-22, 15-10)

23.07 Poland - Germany 3:0 (26-24, 25-16, 25-21) additional set 25-27

Poland : Piotr Nowakowski, Maciej Muzaj, Bartosz Kurek, Wilfredo Leon, Damian Wojtaszek, Fabian Drzyzga, Grzegorz Łomacz, Paweł Zatorski, Bartosz Kwolek, Tomasz Fornal, Bartosz Bednosz, Jan Nowakowski, Karol Kłos, Norbert Huber

Germany : Christina Fromm, Tobias Krick, Ruben Schott, Tim Stohr, Moritz Reichert, Marcus Boehme, Julian Zenger, Anton Brehme, Simon Hirsch, Moritz Karlitzek, Jan Zimmermann, Linus Weber, Konrad Thole, Lukas Maase, Johannes Tille, Florian Krage

Poland-Czech Rep. 3:2 (17:25, 25:22, 25:17, 22:25, 15:13)

Poland - Czech Rep. 3:0 (25:14, 25:19, 25:19)

Additional set: 26:24 for Czech rep..

Poland: Julia Nowicka, Weronika Centka, Magdalena Stysiak, Marta Ziółkowska, Zuzanna Górecka, Marta Łukasik, Maria Stenzel (libero) oraz Martyna Świrad, Monika Fedusio.

Czech Rep.: Andrea Kossanyiova, Veronika Trnkova, Gabriela Orvosova, Barbora Purchatowa, Katerina Valkowa, Michaela Mlejnkova, Veronika Dostalova (libero) oraz Eva Hodanova, Pavlina Simanova, Simona Bajusz.

I do not understand it - men forum is much more concentrated on volleyball. Maybe I'm not fan of such NT or particular player but ... we're on forum where the king is ... volleyball nothing else. We need to support Your team/player but it doesn't mean to hate opposite team/rivals. Real fan means support own team and ... appreciate others.

Quote from Meatballs

Btw, Turkish volleyball did not start yesterday, it started in 2003 women's european championship which Turkey hosted and came 2nd. After that, women's volleyball has always been popular in Turkey which explains why new girls keep coming with potential and Turkish league became so popular in world.

Still remember this tournament, semifinals, final and totally unexpected results. semifinals and final were similar to this qualification Tur-Ned 3:0, Pol-Ger 3:2 and finally Pol-Tur 3:0

Quote from danger0uss

People are adding Russia in pool B but weren't they banned from Olympics as a nation? Or am I missing something?

You're totally right but as there is no final ban Russia is still considered as paricipant.

Quote from bonnieclyde

i agree turkey was clear favourite against to polansd. that also makes the result predictable. isn't it?

the reason for this equal match is about very poor meliha's attack performance. and at the same time lack of middle blockers attack. during whole tournament turkish middle blocker did not show such miserable attacking performance. and that cause such result which makes you proud..

Result could be predictible as I wrote BEFORE tournament but not before this game. Equal match was because Poland played better and Turkey below their level. That's all. In Your way of thinking I could say match was equal because of lower performance of Smarzek and Polish MB.

Quote from Sillynameplus567

Its an observation, not an opinion but Yes..I saw all of that. And you know what else I saw? Hesitations, break down of communication and lack of iniative at a very crucial point of the game. Poland is a good team with a chance and/or maybe on the verge of being a great one. But that aspect needs to be addressed for them to breakthrough.

I saw some hesitation at Turkish team too but It doesn't change my opinion and observation both teams left heart on court. I'm proud of Polish team and their fight because as player I noticed huge progress in last year. Mistakes, lack of communication etc etc - nobody's perfect especially for such young players as Stysiak or libero. Turkey was clear favourite before tounament and nobody expected such equal match.

Quote from bonnieclyde

attacks of smarzek and stysiak could be stopped well by blocking. especially by turkish blocks. as mentally these two attackers are not solid. and smarzek could not conceal her attack choice. so todays result is predictable in many ways. and if turkish middle blockers could attack we would not watch 5 set game.

Result was unpredictable. One killing point and your comments should be opposite. Block was good from both sides.

Quote from Sillynameplus567

The problem with Poland is that their best offensive weapon didnt show up. That didnt happen in a vacuum of course and Turkey has a lot to do with that. The difference between the two is that Turkey fights for every ball while Poland gets cought standing around a bonfire a lot of the times. Congrats to Turkey and I hope for another exciting match in less than 24 hours.

I do not agree!

Poland played with fighting spirit see 4th set 12-17 and finally first match ball 24-23. So many defences like "football" Stasiak etc. Have you watched the same match ?

Congrats to Turkey. Fighting game with so many mistakes. Smarzek lack of scoring in the end of 4th sets was crucial. As I expected that was totally different match on neutral field and Turkey did not played anything special. I think fresh Germany has more chances to win !

Smarzek is useless !

Quote from Bogdan123

MORE OLYMPIC SPOTS FOR EUROPEAN TEAM!!!!

I feel this moment as right time to support crovolley in his a wholehearted fight for rights of european volleyball.

Maybe Fivb will see this.

I remember I sent even letter to FIVB in 2004 and nothing changed. I can say present qualification system is less fair for strong volleyball Europe in comparison to 8-12 years ago.

V. old system was the best :

automatic qualification Host, OG Winner, WCH Winner + 5 continental winners /championships/ + 4 spots for International tournaments.

Quote from mariuszj1939

i do not know why but ... I feel There will be 5 sets.

Very good match even 3 sets only. Special congrats to Germany whole players were concentrated till the end and risked a lot.

i do not know why but ... I feel There will be 5 sets.

Quote from 7UP

Unfortunately I think Poland would beat anyone in this tournament... but not Turkey. They have some mental block and play much worse when facing them

We'll see because match will played on neutral field and I think it's a huge difference in comparison to ECH.

Quote from WZP

Tomorrow Poland will be able to choose semifinal opponent. Match Belgium-Turkey will be played before Poland’s match, so if Turkey will win, Poland to avoid them in semi will have to loose 0:3 as having worse set ratio than Netherlands.
But I doubt it will happen as history taught us that choosing opponent won’t be profitable - in 2004 Poland lost for purpose semi match against... Azerbaijan to play semi with Turkey...

So tomorrow matches will be very interesting.

As per coach Nawrocki TV interview :

First of all he will discuss with players and Medical staff to choose opimal starting six for tomorrow so I think there will be mix on players and it also depends on result of each set.

Quote from sloth

Caprara lost this game

I think it was Nehertland team.

Good fighting spirit from both sides.

Congrats to Poland !

Final OG Tokyo 2020 continental hosts, participating teams and dates confirmation :

https://www.fivb.org/en/Volley….asp?No=89193&Language=en

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Projected World Rankings before Japan-Canada match (Canada can only finish 8th or 9th with Iran).

1. Brazil 335

2. USA 280

3. Poland 272

4. Italy 206

5. Russia 204

6-7. Argentina 161

6-7. Canada 157 (162)

8. Iran 132 (137)

9. France 130

10. Japan 122

11. Serbia 110

12. Egypt 85

13. Belgium 80

14. Bulgaria 72

15T. Australia 68

15T. Netherlands 68

17. Slovenia 62

18. Cuba 50

19. Finland 47

20. China 44

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So serpentine system for OG may looks like :

Pool A Pool B

Japan Brazil

Poland USA

Italy Russia

Canada* Argentina

Iran* France/Serbia*

* non qualified teams