Poland men's national under-21 volleyball team


The Poland men's national under-21 volleyball team is the men's national under-21 volleyball team of Poland. The team is controlled by the Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej, which represents the country in international competitions - CEV U21 European Championships and FIVB U21 World Championships. Polish national under-21 team is ranked 9th in the FIVB world ranking.
Poland national under-21 team is the current European and World Champion.

History

First massive success Polish junior national team was achieved by players born mostly in 1977 and 1978. The junior national team led by coach Ireneusz Mazur achieved titles of 1996 Junior European Champion and 1997 Junior World Champion successively in the tournaments held in Israel and Bahrain. Among the players of this team were several players who later achieved notable careers and many medals in domestic and international tournaments like for example Paweł Zagumny, Krzysztof Ignaczak, Sebastian Świderski, Piotr Gruszka.
In 2003 Polish junior national team was crowned as the 2003 Junior World Champion. The national team born in 1983-85, led by Grzegorz Ryś, beat Brazil in the finale after tie break. It was a second title of Junior World Champions for Poland. Among the players was a few later senior European and World Champions like Michał Winiarski, Mariusz Wlazły, Marcin Możdżonek, Michał Ruciak, Paweł Woicki, Marcel Gromadowski.
On September 10, 2016 Poland U21 achieved title of the 2016 CEV U20 European Champion after winning 7 of 7 matches in tournament and beating Ukraine U21 in the finale. On July 2, 2017 Poland U21 achieved title of U21 World Champion 2017 after beating Cuba U21 in the finale. The same squad of national team, led by coach Sebastian Pawlik, won 48 matches in the row and never lost. The squad roster, consisting mainly of players from the year 1997, has won all possible European and World championships under-19 and under-21.

International competitions

U20 European Championship">Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship">U20 European Championship

1982 — did not participate

1994 — did not participate

2004 — did not participate

1977 to 1987 — did not qualified

1991 to 1993 — did not qualified

2005 to 2007 — did not qualified

2011 to 2013 — did not qualified