POLAND
Play By Play
AZERBAIJAN
Overview
Head-to-Head
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These nations last met in a European Olympic Qualification tournament on 8 January 2004, when Azerbaijan beat Poland 3-0 in the group stage.
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Poland won the only meeting between these teams in a major world level tournament (Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup, World Grand Prix, Volleyball Nations League and Grand Champions Cup), when they beat Azerbaijan 3-2 in the World Grand Prix in 2006.
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In the 2017 European Championship Azerbaijan beat Poland 3-0 in Baku. Polina Rahimova scored 30 points for Azerbaijan. Malwina Smarzek scored 17 points for Poland.
Malwina SMARZEK-GODEK"We are not a team who thinks if this happens then that. For this team every game is really important, also for our mentality. We are going up with every win so we want to finish the pool strong and take lots of positive feeling for tomorrow.*
Poland Opposite Hitter
Yelyzaveta SAMADOVA"We are here to give 100% and see where it takes us."
Azerbaijan Outside Hitter
Poland
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Poland beat the Netherlands 3-1 on Thursday to claim their semifinal spot in Apeldoorn. They won their opener 3-1 against Bulgaria.
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Poland are hoping to qualify for their fourth Olympic Games, after 1964, 1968 and 2008. They claimed the bronze medal in their first two appearances.
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Malwina Smarzek-Godek was Poland's top scorer in both matches in CEV Tokyo Volleyball European Qualification 2020 – 24 against Bulgaria and 25 against the Netherlands. Magdalena Stysiak (19/21) and Natalia Medrzyk (11/10) also reached double figures in both encounters.
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Only Germany's Louisa Lippmann (48) produced more killing spikes than Smarzek-Godek (44) in CEV Tokyo Volleyball European Qualification 2020.
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Agnieszka Kakolewska scored five of Poland's 13 stuff blocks against the Netherlands.
Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan have lost both of their matches in CEV Tokyo Volleyball European Qualification 2020, 3-0 against hosts Netherlands and 3-1 against Bulgaria.
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Yelyzaveta Samadova was Azerbaijan's top scorer in both of their matches in Apeldoorn, scoring 18 points against the Netherlands and 22 points against Bulgaria.
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Samadova (22) and Polina Rahimova (21) combined for 43 of Azerbaijan's 70 points scored against Bulgaria (excl. opponent errors).
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Ayshan Abdulazimova (4) leads her team in points scored from blocks in this tournament.
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeSinisa OVUKABIHSecond RefereeDavid FERNANDEZ FUENTESESP
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Venue Information
Containing a 250 meter cycling track, an indoor athletics track and a top sport hall, combined with a large number of meeting and congress facilities and the sports café, Omnisport Apeldoorn is the largest top sport accommodation in the north-east of the Netherlands. Ever since the sports temple opened its doors in 2008, loads of top sport events were staged in Apeldoorn, for which Omnisport was allocated with the A-status for sport facilities. Capacity: 6000
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Who Qualifies?
After completion of a single round robin in each of the two pools, the top two teams will play crossed semi-finals. This is followed by a winner-takes-it-all final, where a much-coveted ticket to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be at stake.
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#RoadtoTokyo
Team
- KORNELUK Agnieszka5 Middle blocker
- STYSIAK Magdalena9 Opposite
- WOLOSZ Joanna14 Setter
- WENERSKA Aleksandra15 Outside spiker
- MĘDRZYK Natalia16 Outside spiker
- SMARZEK Malwina17 Outside spiker
POLAND 
Address
ul. Puławska 383 WARSAWContacts
Previous Games
| 11/01/2020 | vs. |
2 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 10/01/2020 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 09/01/2020 | vs. |
3 - 1 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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5Competitions Played
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2Titles
- Competition
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4Matches Played
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3Matches Won
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75%Win %
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11Sets Won
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381Points Won
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42%Attack %
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56%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Poznan
- Height: 200 cm
- Birth Date: 2000
- Birth Place: Wielun
- Height: 202 cm
- Birth Date: 2000
- Birth Place: Bydgoszcz
- Height: 177 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Kamienna Gora
- Height: 185 cm
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Gdańsk
- Height: 184 cm
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Zary
- Height: 191 cm
- Birth Date: 2000
- Birth Place: Radom
- Height: 181 cm
Team
- GURBANOVA Anastasiya3 Opposite
- RAHIMOVA Polina17 Opposite
- ALISHANOVA Shafagat18 Setter
- GULUYEVA Bayaz19 Outside spiker
- KIRILYUK Mariya22 Middle blocker
AZERBAIJAN 
Address
Byul-Byul Avenue, 22 BAKUContacts
Previous Games
| 10/01/2020 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 09/01/2020 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 07/01/2020 | vs. |
0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
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4Competitions Played
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1Titles
- Competition
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3Matches Played
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0Matches Won
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0%Win %
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1Sets Won
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213Points Won
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36%Attack %
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51%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Shaki
- Height: 185 cm
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Ulyanovsk
- Height: 193 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Ukraine
- Height: 184 cm
- Birth Date: 1998
- Birth Place: Brest
- Height: 190 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Fergana
- Height: 198 cm
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Sumgayit
- Height: 178 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Lugansk region
- Height: 187 cm
Recent Results
THE NETHERLANDS
POLAND
(20 - 25, 23 - 25, 25 - 23, 23 - 25)
POLAND
BULGARIA
(23 - 25, 25 - 20, 25 - 19, 25 - 22)
Team Statistics
Player Statistics
Head to Head
Anna Obiała
Middle blocker
POLAND
Nelli SALBISHVILI
Libero
AZERBAIJAN
Ayshan ABDULAZIMOVA signs the scoresheet for Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan come onto the court
Polish fan getting the crowd going
Azerbaijan celebrate
Polish Libero receives serve
Azerbaijan celebrate a point
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Poland shut out Azerbaijan to top pool unbeaten
Poland delivered a 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-23) shutout of Azerbaijan to finish on top of Pool A unbeaten and set up a semifinal clash with Turkey on Saturday. The first set was a tight contest for the most part of the first half, with Azerbaijan setting the pace. After 14-14, stepping up their offence, the Poles broke away, opening a wide lead, and never looked back. Magdalena Stysiak prevailed at the net (seven points) to lead her team to a 25-19 win. After 8-7 in the second set, Poland scored six in a row with Marlena Kowalewska behind the serving line to open a 14-7 gap.
Middle blocker Agnieszka Kakolewska ruled at the net with three stuffs and three spikes on the way to another 25-19 close. Improving their spiking effort with captain Yelyzaveta Samadova leading the way, Azerbaijan were in charge for a while in the middle part of the third set, but after 17-17 Poland gained control through the end. With most of the starters now resting on the bench, sub-in Martyna Lukasik scored seven times towards the 25-23 finish, while another sub-in, Monika Fedusio spiked the winning point. Samadova topped the scorers’ chart of the match on 14 points for Azerbaijan, while Lukasik contributed 12 towards Poland’s victory.
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of POLAND compared to AZERBAIJAN.
POLAND number of service aces compared to AZERBAIJAN
Errors leading to points of POLAND, next to those from AZERBAIJAN
Monika FEDUSIO"It was a very hard game, we tried to win with a strong focus and now look forward to tomorrow against Turkey."
Poland
Top Scorer
- 14 - Yelyzaveta RUBAN (AZE)
- 12 - Martyna LUKASIK (POL)
- 11 - Agnieszka KORNELUK (POL)
Top Attacker
- 13 - Yelyzaveta RUBAN (AZE)
- 12 - Martyna LUKASIK (POL)
- 9 - Anna Obiała (POL)
Top Blocker
- 4 - Agnieszka KORNELUK (POL)
- 2 - Magdalena STYSIAK (POL)
- 2 - Klaudia ALAGIERSKA (POL)
Top Server
- 1 - Nikalina BASHNAKOVA (AZE)
- 1 - Marlena KOWALEWSKA (POL)
- 1 - Aleksandra WENERSKA (POL)
Top Receiver
- 9 - Aleksandra WENERSKA (POL)
- 8 - Yelyzaveta RUBAN (AZE)
- 8 - Zuzanna GORECKA (POL)