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    Overview

    Head-to-Head

    • These nations last met in a European Olympic Qualification tournament on 8 January 2004, when Azerbaijan beat Poland 3-0 in the group stage.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    Pool Preview

    "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.*

    Malwina SMARZEK-GODEK
    Poland Opposite Hitter
    Poland line up before the match

    "We are here to give 100% and see where it takes us."

    Yelyzaveta SAMADOVA
    Azerbaijan Outside Hitter

    Poland

    • Poland beat the Netherlands 3-1 on Thursday to claim their semifinal spot in Apeldoorn. They won their opener 3-1 against Bulgaria.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Only Germany's Louisa Lippmann (48) produced more killing spikes than Smarzek-Godek (44) in CEV Tokyo Volleyball European Qualification 2020.

    • Agnieszka Kakolewska scored five of Poland's 13 stuff blocks against the Netherlands.

    Azerbaijan

    • Azerbaijan have lost both of their matches in CEV Tokyo Volleyball European Qualification 2020, 3-0 against hosts Netherlands and 3-1 against Bulgaria.

    • 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.

    • Samadova (22) and Polina Rahimova (21) combined for 43 of Azerbaijan's 70 points scored against Bulgaria (excl. opponent errors).

    • Ayshan Abdulazimova (4) leads her team in points scored from blocks in this tournament.

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    • Officials
      First Referee
      Sinisa OVUKA
      BIH
      Second Referee
      David FERNANDEZ FUENTES
      ESP
    • Venue Information
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      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

    POLAND AZERBAIJAN

    Team

    Team Profile
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    POLAND

    Address

    ul. Puławska 383 WARSAW

    Social

    Contacts

    phone +48 22 462 82 20 email pzps@pzps.pl
    Team Schedule

    Previous Games

    11/01/2020 vs. 2 - 3 L play circle Go to Match Centre
    10/01/2020 vs. 3 - 0 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    09/01/2020 vs. 3 - 1 W play circle Go to Match Centre
    • All Time
    • 5
      Competitions Played
    • 2
      Titles
    • Competition
    • 4
      Matches Played
    • 3
      Matches Won
    • 75%
      Win %
    • 11
      Sets Won
    • 381
      Points Won
    • 42%
      Attack %
    • 56%
      Reception %

    Team

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    5
    KORNELUK Agnieszka
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Poznan
    • Height: 200 cm
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    2
    Obiała Anna
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1995
    • Birth Place: Pila
    • Height: 187 cm
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    3
    ALAGIERSKA Klaudia
    Middle blocker
    • Birth Date: 1996
    • Height: 190 cm
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    6
    LUKASIK Martyna
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 1999
    • Birth Place: Gdansk
    • Height: 190 cm
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    8
    STENZEL Maria
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 1998
    • Height: 167 cm
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    9
    STYSIAK Magdalena
    Opposite
    • Birth Date: 2000
    • Birth Place: Wielun
    • Height: 202 cm
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    11
    JAGŁA Monika Katarzyna
    Libero
    • Birth Date: 2000
    • Birth Place: Bydgoszcz
    • Height: 177 cm
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    14
    WOLOSZ Joanna
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1990
    • Height: 181 cm
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    15
    WENERSKA Aleksandra
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1994
    • Birth Place: Kamienna Gora
    • Height: 185 cm
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    16
    MĘDRZYK Natalia
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1992
    • Birth Place: Gdańsk
    • Height: 184 cm
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    17
    SMARZEK Malwina
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1996
    • Birth Place: Zary
    • Height: 191 cm
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    19
    FEDUSIO Monika
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 1999
    • Height: 183 cm
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    20
    KOWALEWSKA Marlena
    Setter
    • Birth Date: 1992
    • Height: 176 cm
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    23
    GORECKA Zuzanna
    Outside spiker
    • Birth Date: 2000
    • Birth Place: Radom
    • Height: 181 cm
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    Staff

    NAWROCKI Jacek
    Head Coach
    KAWKA Waldemar
    Assistant Coach
    WODZIŃSKI Radosław
    Assistant Coach 2

    Recent Results

    Team Statistics

    POLAND

    Overview

    AZERBAIJAN

    Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Match

    Player Statistics

    Box Score

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    Box Score

    Tournament Leaders

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    Tournament Leaders
    Highlights

    Poland start to stretch

    Highlights

    Ayshan ABDULAZIMOVA signs the scoresheet for Azerbaijan

    Highlights

    Azerbaijan come onto the court

    Highlights

    Polish fan getting the crowd going

    Highlights

    Azerbaijan celebrate

    Highlights

    Polish Libero receives serve

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    Azerbaijan celebrate a point

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    Match Report

    Poland shut out Azerbaijan to top pool unbeaten

    Article

    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.

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    105
    Points

    The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.

    72
    Duration

    The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.

    510
    Spectators

    Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.

    194
    Match Spikes

    The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.

    47%
    Reception Level

    An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.

    10-6
    Net Domination

    The number of successful point winning blocks of POLAND compared to AZERBAIJAN.

    2-2
    Ace Count

    POLAND number of service aces compared to AZERBAIJAN

    23-14
    Error Difference

    Errors leading to points of POLAND, next to those from AZERBAIJAN

    "It was a very hard game, we tried to win with a strong focus and now look forward to tomorrow against Turkey."

    Monika FEDUSIO
    Poland