# 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'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 3rd in the FIVB world ranking as of 20 May 2024.

## 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1976 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1980 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1984 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1988 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1992 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1996 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2000 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2004 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2008 | Group stage | 9th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | Squad |
| 2012 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2016 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2020 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 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 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1970 | | 9th Place | | | | | | Squad |
| 1974 | | 9th Place | | | | | | Squad |
| 1978 | | 11th Place | | | | | | Squad |
| 1982 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1986 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1990 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1994 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1998 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2002 | | 15th Place | | | | | | Squad |
| 2006 | | 15th Place | | | | | | Squad |
| 2010 | Second round | 9th Place | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 17 | Squad |
| 2014 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2018 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2022 | Quarterfinals | 7th Place | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 17 | Squad |
| 2025 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1977 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1981 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1985 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1989 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1991 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1995 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1999 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2003 | | 8th Place | 11 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 22 | Squad |
| 2007 | | 6th Place | 11 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | Squad |
| 2011 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2015 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2019 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 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 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1994 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1995 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1996 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1997 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1998 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1999 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2000 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2001 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2002 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2003 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 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 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 6/6 | 89 | 50 | 39 | 182 | 163 | |

### 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.
Head coach: Stefano Lavarini [it]
* 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