Roberto Piazza, a renowned Italian volleyball coach, returned to Poland after seven years to take the position of coach of PGE Projekt Warszawa, believing in the renaissance of his coaching style after experiences abroad. #siatkówka #trener #mistrzostwaPolski (translated)
Jakub Balcerzak wrote that Jakub Nowak's performance in October was his best of the current calendar year. He pointed out that the player scored six points with blocks, recorded five blocks, and achieved 56% effectiveness and 56% efficiency in attack. As a source for the screenshot, he cited Polsat Sport 1. #TAURONLiga https://t.co/4fJ2Z0K7od #TAURONLiga #JakubNowak #Siatkówka (translated)
Jakub Balcerzak wrote that PGE Projekt Warszawa started the 2026/2027 league season with a 3:1 victory in front of their home crowd against Energa Indykpol AZS Olsztyn. He noted Bartosz Gomułka's performance, who scored 12 points, achieved a +9 rating, recorded 70% efficiency in attack (7/10) and 60% effectiveness, as well as three service aces and two blocks. He added that Gomułka seized his first opportunity. #TAURONLiga #siatkówka #PGEProjektWarszawa #TAURONLiga (translated)
Poland's champions, Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie, were surprised by a sensational defeat of 0:3 against the newcomer GKS Katowice at the opening of the Tauron League, which complicated their season start. #TauronLiga #siatkówka #AluronCMCWartaZawiercie (translated)
Jakub Balcerzak wrote that the slogan "Beat the master" was meant to motivate the remaining teams this season, and Michał Winiarski's team — just like the Polish national team led by Nikola Grbić — was supposed to face opponents playing at full risk in every match. He pointed out that Trefl Sordyla a week earlier, and GKS Siewiorka that day had played excellent matches of that kind. He wondered how many weaker teams would still be able to replicate such a performance and congratulated GKS. #TAURONLiga #TAURONLiga #siatkówka #sport (translated)
Jakub Balcerzak wrote that GKS Katowice started the 2026/2027 Tauron Liga season with a 3:0 victory over Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie. He emphasized that the newcomer won without losing a set against the Polish champion and described the performance as "absolute volleyball." #TAURONLiga https://t.co/PENpUtqTMD #GKSKatowice #TauronLiga #Siatkówka (translated)
Jakub Balcerzak wrote that exactly 527 days have passed since Tomasz Fornal's last official match at the highest level of competition in Poland. On the occasion of his return, he welcomed him to Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie. #TAURONLiga https://t.co/6AhbUsR2jn #TomaszFornal #Siatkówka #TAURONLiga (translated)
Jakub Balcerzak announced the beginning of the 2026/2027 TAURON League season and the publication of a pre-season guide titled "The Hunt for the Champion." He wrote that the material contained analyses, line-ups, interviews, opinions, and key information ahead of the start of the competitions, and that its graphic design was prepared by Wnuk Lipiński. According to Balcerzak, Oliver Lecat, Marcin Nowakowski, Oskar Kaczmarczyk, Erik Shoji, David Smith, and Luke Reynolds shared their knowledge and observations. The author thanked those involved in the project and announced that if everything goes according to plan, another interview — with Laurent Tillie, the head coach of the Japanese national team — will be published in about a week. #gangłysego #TAURONLiga #siatkówka #sezon2026 (translated)
Even before the national season, Kaczmarek agreed with Nikola Grbić that he would not play for the national team in the summer. #siatkówka #transfery #Polska (translated)
Italians have excellent conditions in their league and rarely decide to leave their homeland, so bringing a player of this caliber to Poland was a significant challenge - said Piotr Gacek, president of Projekt, after signing the contract with the player. #siatkówka #transfery #Polska (translated)
Playing in Poland is something that every athlete wants in their life – says Fornal before the start of the season. #siatkówka #transfery #Polska (translated)
The new season of the Tauron Men's Volleyball League is starting, in which well-known Polish players like Tomasz Fornal and Aleksander Śliwka are returning to domestic courts, as well as foreign stars, including Japanese receiver Ran Takahashi and Italian attacker Yuri Romano. #siatkówka #transfery #Polska (translated)
"We had our problems that we couldn't overcome. We still need some time to gel as a team, but it's clear that we are heading in the right direction," says Tomasz Fornal to "Rzeczpospolita." #Siatkówka #TauronLiga #MistrzostwaEuropy (translated)
Volleyball players are returning to the league courts under the new name Tauron Liga, and fans can expect an exciting season with a new sponsor and changing teams, including the disappearing Jastrzębski Węgiel and the arriving Barkom Lviv, which will become Jastrzębie Barkom. #Siatkówka #TauronLiga #MistrzostwaEuropy (translated)
Jakub Balcerzak informed that Tomohiro Ogawa spoke to the Japanese press about his goals and life in Lublin before the start of the league season. The player conveyed that he dreamed of playing in a foreign league and a strong club, and although he had been close to such a transfer several times before, Lublin was the first to take all necessary actions to acquire him. He added that he was happy and looking forward to another "wow" during home games. Ogawa assessed that he understood English well, and discussions about volleyball did not pose difficulties for him. Besides that topic, he preferred to spend time alone and did not care about the opinions of others, even if they considered him a weirdo. As he stated, he came to Lublin to become a better volleyball player. #TAURONLiga #Siatkówka #Lublin #TOMOHIROOGAWA (translated)
Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie, the Polish champion from last season, has ambitious goals for the new season, including competing for five trophies and a new, strong roster that has been strengthened with top representatives from Poland and foreign stars. #AluronCMC #siatkówka #mistrzostwaPolski (translated)
Ran Takahashi, a Japanese volleyball player with 2.5 million followers on Instagram, has joined the Bogdanka Lublin team, generating huge interest in Poland, where the league season begins on Friday. #Siatkówka #RanTakahashi #Lublin (translated)
Jakub Balcerzak wrote that Japanese media positively evaluated the first weeks of Rana Takahashi and Tomihiro Ogawa in Lublin. According to him, they pointed out the interest in volleyball comparable to that observed daily in Japan and the support the players received from the club from the beginning of preparations. Balcerzak added that Takahashi and Ogawa praised the club, the city, and the fans. Ogawa highlighted the cheering, which he described as different from that in Asia, while Takahashi noted the family-like character of the club community, which was new to him. As Balcerzak wrote, both players were looking forward to the beginning of the season and wanted to see if the interest in volleyball in other parts of Poland matches that in Lublin. #TAURONLiga #siatkówka #Lublin #Japonia (translated)
Roberto Piazza, the new coach of PGE Projekt Warszawa, emphasizes that his decision to return to Poland for a longer period is driven by his passion for building teams and a shared vision with president Piotr Gacek, aimed at the sustainable development of the club in volleyball. #Siatkówka #PGEProjektWarszawa #RobertoPiazza (translated)
The president of the Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie club, Kryspin Baran, revealed the background of the swift transfer negotiations with Tomasz Fornal, which lasted just over a week and were connected to his desire to return to Poland after playing in Turkey. #Siatkówka #AluronCMC #MistrzostwaPolski (translated)
