# 2023 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner

The XX Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner was a volleyball tournament held at Tauron Arena in Kraków, Poland from 18 to 20 August 2023. Like the previous editions, 4 teams participated including 2023 Volleyball Nations League gold medalist Poland, 2020 Olympic gold medalist and 2022 Volleyball Nations League winner France, 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship gold medalist Italy, and two times 2019, 2021 EuroVolley silver medalist Slovenia. This year tournament was held a week before the 2023 EuroVolley.

## Participating teams

| Team | Appearance | Appearance | Appearance | Best performance |
| Team | Last | Total | Streak | Best performance |
| Poland | 2022 | 20 | 19 | 10× Champions (2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022) |
| Italy | 2011 | 4 | 1 | 1× Champions (2011) |
| France | 2018 | 4 | 2 | 1x Runner-up (2017) |
| Slovenia | N/A | 1 | 0 | debut (2023) |

## 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: Italy France Slovenia | | |

## Venue

* Kraków, Poland
* Tauron Arena
* Capacity: 15,328

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

## Results

All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

### Ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 290 | 267 | 1.086 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 277 | 266 | 1.041 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 245 | 257 | 0.953 |
| 4 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 245 | 267 | 0.918 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Aug | 17:30 | Poland | 0–3 | Slovenia | 21–25 | 18–25 | 21–25 | | | 60–75 | Report |
| 18 Aug | 20:00 | Italy | 3–0 | France | 29–27 | 25–21 | 25–20 | | | 79–68 | Report |
| 19 Aug | 14:00 | Slovenia | 3–2 | Italy | 20–25 | 25–19 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 25–23 | 116–115 | Report |
| 19 Aug | 17:00 | Poland | 3–1 | France | 27–29 | 25–16 | 25–21 | 25–20 | | 102–86 | Report |
| 20 Aug | 14:00 | France | 3–1 | Slovenia | 16–25 | 25–19 | 25–22 | 25–20 | | 91–86 | Report |
| 20 Aug | 17:00 | Poland | 1–3 | Italy | 18–25 | 23–25 | 25–21 | 17–25 | | 83–96 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Italy |
| | Slovenia |
| | Poland |
| 4 | France |
* 2023 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner winners
* Italy Second title
* Alessandro Michieletto, Simone Giannelli, Fabio Balaso, Riccardo Sbertoli, Leonardo Scanferla, Mattia Bottolo, Gianluca Galassi, Daniele Lavia, Yuri Romanò, Fabrizio Gironi, Roberto Russo, Tommaso Rinaldi, Giovanni Sanguinetti, Leandro Mosca
* Head coach
* Ferdinando De Giorgi

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Simone Giannelli
* Best setter
    Simone Giannelli
* Best receiver
    Rok Možič
* Best blocker
    Jan Kozamernik
* Best spiker
    Alessandro Michieletto
* Best libero
    Paweł Zatorski