Poland women's national volleyball team

The Poland women's national volleyball team (Polish: Reprezentacja Polski w piłce siatkowej kobiet) represents Poland in international volleyball competition. The team is controlled by the Polish Volleyball Federation (Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej, PZPS), the governing body for volleyball in Poland, which represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches.

Poland

Association	Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Stefano Lavarini
FIVB ranking	6 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1964)
Best result	(1964, 1968)
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1952)
Best result	(1952)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2003)
Best result	6th (2007)
European Championship
Appearances	29 (First in 1949)
Best result	(2003, 2005)
www.pzps.pl (in Polish)
Honours Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team 1968 Mexico Team World Championship 1952 Soviet Union 1956 France 1962 Soviet Union Nations League 2023 United States 2024 Thailand 2025 Poland European Championship 2003 Turkey 2005 Croatia 1950 Bulgaria 1951 France 1963 Romania 1967 Turkey 1949 Czechoslovakia 1955 Romania 1958 Czechoslovakia 1971 Italy 2009 Poland European Games 2015 Baku Team European League 2014

Poland's greatest achievements to date have been winning bronze medals at the 1964 and the 1968 Summer Olympics, silver medal at the 1952 World Championship as well as gold medals at the 2003 and the 2005 European Championship.

The Polish national team is ranked 6th in the FIVB world ranking as of as of 8 January 2025.^[1]

Results

Summer Olympics

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1964	Round robin	Third place	5	3	2	10	6	Squad
1968	Round robin	Third place	7	5	2	15	11	Squad
1972	did not qualify
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008	Group stage	9th place	5	1	4	9	12	Squad
2012	did not qualify
2016
2020
2024	Quarterfinals	6th place	4	2	2	6	7	Squad
Total	0 Title(s)	4/16	21	11	10	40	36	—

World Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1952	Round Robin	Runners Up						Squad
1956	Round Robin	Third Place						Squad
1960	Round Robin	4th Place						Squad
1962	Round Robin	Third Place						Squad
1967	did not enter
1970		9th Place						Squad
1974		9th Place						Squad
1978		11th Place						Squad
1982	did not qualify
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002		15th Place						Squad
2006		15th Place						Squad
2010	Second round	9th Place	11	7	4	24	17	Squad
2014	did not qualify
2018
2022	Quarterfinals	7th Place	10	6	4	23	17	Squad
2025	Qualified
Total	0 Titles	12/20						—

European Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

European Championship record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1949 Round Robin Third Place 6 4 2 12 6 Squad 1950 Round Robin Runners Up 5 4 1 12 4 Squad 1951 Round Robin Runners Up 5 4 1 12 4 Squad 1955 Round Robin Third Place 5 3 2 12 10 Squad 1958 Round Robin Third Place 9 7 2 25 10 Squad 1963 Round Robin Runners Up 9 8 1 26 8 Squad 1967 Round Robin Runners Up 10 9 1 27 9 Squad 1971 Round Robin Third Place 7 5 2 15 8 Squad 1975 Final Round 11th Place 8 2 6 14 19 Squad 1977 Semi-finals 4th Place 7 4 3 14 10 Squad 1979 Final Round 8th Place 8 6 2 18 11 Squad 1981 Final Round 5th Place 8 3 5 10 18 Squad 1983 Final Round 9th Place 8 6 2 19 12 Squad 1985 Final Round 7th Place 8 5 3 17 9 Squad 1987 Final Round 11th Place 7 2 5 7 16 Squad 1989 Final Round 9th Place 7 3 4 11 15 Squad

European Championship record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1991 Preliminary 9th Place 5 1 4 6 14 Squad 1993 did not qualify 1995 Preliminary 9th Place 5 1 4 7 13 Squad 1997 Final Round 8th Place 7 4 3 13 10 Squad 1999 Final Round 6th Place 5 1 4 7 14 Squad 2001 Final Round 6th Place 7 3 4 14 13 Squad 2003 Final Round Champions 7 6 1 19 11 Squad 2005 Final Round Champions 7 7 0 21 7 Squad / 2007 Semi-finals 4th Place 10 8 2 25 13 Squad 2009 Semi-finals Third Place 10 7 3 22 16 Squad / 2011 Quarter Finals 5th Place 4 3 1 9 3 Squad / 2013 Playoffs 11th Place 4 1 3 6 10 Squad 2015 Quarter Finals 8th Place 5 2 3 9 11 Squad 2017 Playoffs 10th Place 4 2 2 7 9 Squad /// 2019 Semi-finals 4th Place 9 6 3 21 14 Squad /// 2021 Quarter Finals 5th Place 7 5 2 16 9 Squad /// 2023 Quarter Finals 5th Place 7 5 2 16 8 Squad Total 2 Titles 32/33 220 137 83 469 344 —

World Cup

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1973	did not qualify
1977
1981
1985
1989
1991
1995
1999
2003		8th Place	11	5	6	18	22	Squad
2007		6th Place	11	6	5	23	18	Squad
2011	did not qualify
2015
2019
2023
Total	0 Titles	2/14	22	11	11	41	40	—

World Grand Prix

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Grand Prix record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1993	did not enter
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004		8th Place						Squad
2005		7th Place						Squad
2006		12th Place						Squad
2007		6th Place						Squad
2008		10th Place						Squad
2009		7th Place						Squad
2010		6th Place						Squad
2011		10th Place						Squad
2012		8th Place						Squad
2013		15th Place						Squad
2014		16th Place						Squad
2015		14th place						Squad
2016		14th place						Squad
2017		13th place						Squad
Total	0 Titles	14/25						—

Nations League

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Nations League record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 2018 Preliminary Round 9th place 15 8 7 29 29 Squad 2019 Final Round 5th place 17 9 8 36 35 Squad 2021 Preliminary Round 11th place 15 5 10 24 36 Squad 2022 Preliminary Round 13th place 12 4 8 18 29 Squad 2023 Final Round 3rd place 15 12 3 38 19 Squad 2024 Final Round 3rd place 15 12 3 37 15 Squad 2025 Final Round 3rd place 15 11 4 37 21 Squad Total 0 Titles 7/7 104 61 43 219 184

European League

• 2014 – 3rd place

European Games

• 2015 Baku – 2nd place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The roster was announced on 6 July 2024.^[2]

Head coach: Stefano Lavarini [it]^[3]

• 1 Maria Stenzel L
• 3 Klaudia Alagierska MB
• 5 Agnieszka Korneluk MB
• 9 Magdalena Stysiak OP
• 11 Martyna Łukasik OH
• 12 Aleksandra Szczygłowska L
• 14 Joanna Wołosz (c) S
• 15 Martyna Czyrniańska OH
• 17 Malwina Smarzek OP
• 26 Katarzyna Wenerska S
• 41 Natalia Mędrzyk OH
• 95 Magdalena Jurczyk MB

Coach history

1948–1948 – Walenty Kłyszejko 1948–1949 – Romuald Wirszyłło 1949–1950 – Lothar Geyer 1950–1951 – Kazimierz Strycharzewski 1951–1954 – Zygmunt Krzyżanowski 1954–1955 – Lucjan Tyszecki 1955–1957 – Zygmunt Krzyżanowski 1957–1959 – Zbigniew Szpyt 1959–1961 – Jerzy Szewczyk 1961–1962 – Stanisław Mazur 1962–1965 – Stanisław Poburka 1965–1970 – Benedykt Krysik 1970–1970 – Gwidon Grochowski 1971–1974 – Zygmunt Krzyżanowski 1974–1975 – Adam Żelazny 1975–1978 – Andrzej Niemczyk 1978–1980 – Hubert Jerzy Wagner 1980–1981 – Stanisław Poburka 1981–1983 – Andrzej Dulski 1984–1986 – Jerzy Matlak 1986–1988 – Jan Ryś 1989–1989 – Janusz Badora 1989–1993 – Edward Superlak 1994–1995 – Tadeusz Chojnacki 1995–1996 – Leszek Piasecki 1996–2000 – Jerzy Skrobecki 2000–2003 – Zbigniew Krzyżanowski 2003–2006 – Andrzej Niemczyk 2006–2007 – Ireneusz Kłos 2007–2008 – Marco Bonitta 2009–2011 – Jerzy Matlak 2011–2011 – Wiesław Popik 2011–2012 – Alojzy Świderek 2013–2015 – Piotr Makowski 2015–2021 – Jacek Nawrocki 2022–present – Stefano Lavarini