2018 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner

The XVI Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner was a volleyball tournament held at Tauron Arena in Kraków, Poland from 24 to 26 August 2018.^[1] Like the previous edition, 4 teams participated in the tournament, but first time in the history, it was the same teams second time in the row.^[2]

2018 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner

Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	24 – 26 August
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Poland (8th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	France
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament awards
MVP	Artur Szalpuk
Official website
2018 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
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Qualification

All teams except the host must have received an invitation from the organizers.

Africa (CAVB)	Asia and Oceania (AVC)	Europe (CEV)	North, Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA)	South America (CSV)
		Host nation:  Poland Wild card:  France  Russia	Wild card:  Canada

Squads

Main article: 2018 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner squads

Venue

Kraków, Poland

Tauron Arena

Capacity: 15,328

Results

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	7	9	4	2.250	302	274	1.102	Champions
2	Russia	3	2	1	6	8	6	1.333	312	303	1.030
3	France	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	290	297	0.976
4	Canada	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	256	286	0.895

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Aug	18:30	Poland	3–0	Canada	29–27	25–17	25–19			79–63
24 Aug	21:30	France	1–3	Russia	16–25	25–23	20–25	24–26		85–99
25 Aug	15:00	Poland	3–2	France	30–28	21–25	22–25	25–21	15–13	113–112
25 Aug	18:00	Russia	3–2	Canada	25–17	25–22	22–25	21–25	21–19	114–108
26 Aug	14:00	France	3–1	Canada	18–25	25–22	25–22	25–16		93–85
26 Aug	17:30	Poland	3–2	Russia	21–25	25–22	24–26	25–15	15–10	110–98

Final standing

Rank Team  Poland  Russia  France 4  Canada

2018 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner winners  Poland 8th title Piotr Nowakowski, Dawid Konarski, Bartosz Kurek, Artur Szalpuk, Damian Schulz, Damian Wojtaszek, Fabian Drzyzga, Grzegorz Łomacz, Michał Kubiak (C), Aleksander Śliwka, Jakub Kochanowski, Paweł Zatorski, Bartosz Kwolek, Mateusz Bieniek Head coach Vital Heynen

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Artur Szalpuk

• Best setter

  Jay Blankenau

• Best server

  Piotr Nowakowski

• Best receiver

  Dmitry Volkov

• Best blocker

  Jakub Kochanowski

• Best opposite spiker

  Jean Patry

• Best libero

  Jenia Grebennikov