The first set was very unsuccessful for the Poles, the Canadians dominated in all elements and deserved a victory by 18. However, Nikola Grbic’s players were able to quickly regain the initiative and began to dominate.

In the second set, the serve of Kochanowski and Bołądź worked particularly well, thanks to which, after the outside serve of the rivals, the white and red team led to a draw. The third set was particularly balanced, with neither team able to gain the advantage for long. However, in the decisive moments the Poles gained the upper hand and, mainly thanks to the excellent play of Bartosz Bednorz, they took the lead in the match.

The final part of the match began and ended with a clear advantage for the Poles, who maintained a secure advantage of several points until the end. The last action of the match ended with a beautiful attack from the center of Jakub Kochanowski.

On Friday, Nikola Grbic’s team will face the Netherlands.

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Poland – Canada 3:1 (6:25 p.m., 25:20 p.m., 25:23 p.m., 25:21 p.m.)

Poland: Bartosz Bednorz, Karol Butryn, Jakub Kochanowski, Grzegorz Łomacz, Mateusz Poręba, Kamil Semeniuk, Kamil Szymura (libero) – Bartłomiej Bołądź, Marcin Komenda.

Canada: Pearson Eshenko, Luke Herr, Eric Loeppky, Stephen Maar, Fynnian McCarthy, Arthur Szwarc, Justin Lui (libero) – Ryley Barnes, Nicholas Hoag, Xander Ketrzynski, Brett Walsh.

The composition of the Polish national team for the Antalya tournament:

strategist: Marcin Komenda, Grzegorz Łomacz;

receive: Bartosz Bednorz, Kamil Semeniuk, Artur Szalpuk, Aleksander Śliwka;

those in the middle: Sebastian Adamczyk, Szymon Jakubiszak, Jakub Kochanowski, Mateusz Poręba;

attacker: Bartłomiej Bołądź, Karol Butryn;

libero: Kuba Hawryluk, Kamil Szymura.

Volleyball Nations League 2024: SCHEDULE of Polish matches in the regular round:

Antalya (Türkiye):

May 22 USA – Poland 0:3
May 23 Canada – Poland 1:3
May 24 Netherlands – Poland (7:00 p.m.)
May 26 Slovenia – Poland (1:00 p.m.)

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Poland – Canada 3:1 (6:25 p.m., 25:20 p.m., 25:23 p.m., 25:21 p.m.)