Rio 2016: Stephane Antiga announced today the composition of the staff volleyball tournament qualifier – Polish Radio

Staff in Spala will meet on December 22. In two days are scheduled four workouts, then players will be available for Christmas.

 
 

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” It’s about returning to the team volleyball “

 

– The training camp will be from 14 to 16 players. I do not know exactly yet. After two days off, back to work on December 26. New Year’s Eve spend in their midst, and I hope that reason will have to celebrate on January 10 – said earlier Stephane Antiga.

 

That day will end up qualifying tournament for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In Berlin, will play eight best teams in the European rankings Federation (CEV), but no Italian who participated in the Olympics secured their in September with the World Cup. With the tournament in the German capital, only one team will advance, and two more will get another chance – in May in Tokyo.

 

– We come to Berlin 2 or 3 January. We spend New Year’s Eve in Spala in their midst. Not fancy – said the French coach.

 

In a wide frame no great surprises. About Zagumnym said earlier that he could return to the team. The first signal Antiga given in September when he called him to a wide composition for the championship of Europe. But then AZS Warsaw University of Technology said that for him big surprise, and no one with him on the subject did not talk.

 

Nothing in the strength

 
 

Not a bad championship of the Old Continent in a meeting with journalists the French coach mentioned that the biggest problem is been played. He announced then that will enter into discussions with Zagumnym that performances in the red and white colors resigned after winning the World Championships in Poland.

 
 

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Poles weakened in the battle for the Olympic

 

– No one, however, to play in the frame to force can not be, so if someone does not want, do not get too appointment – emphasized Antiga.

 

To properly prepare for the January tournament, the Polish volleyball players will have sparring. For now they agreed the details, but likely to Spala arrive Canadians.

 

Poles in the group stage will face the Germans, Serbs and Belgians. It is theoretically łatwiejsi rivals, because the second Olympic championship will face the Russians, the French European champions, Bulgarians and Finns. For the semi-finals will promote two best teams from the two groups.

 

– It seems to me that it is better that first we theoretically easier rivals, although it is known that everything will review the court – said the French coach.

 
 

Wide squad Polish men in the European qualifying tournament for the Olympics:

quarterback: Paul Zagumny (AZS Warsaw University of Technology), Fabian Drzyzga (Asseco Resovia), Grzegorz Łomacz (Cuprum Lubin), Paul Woicki (Indykpol AZS Olsztyn);

attacker: David Konarski, Gregory Bociek (both ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle), Bartosz Kurek (Asseco Resovia), Jakub Jarosz (Archer Bydgoszcz);

central Matthew Bieniek (Effector Kielce), Charles Ear, Andrew Crow (both PGE Skra Belchatow), Marcin Możdżonek (Cuprum Lubin), Lukasz Wisniewski (ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle);

taker: Michal Kubiak (Halkbank Ankara), Matthew Mika (Lotos Trefl Gdańsk), rafał buszek (ZAKSA Kedzierzyn -Koźle), Artur Szalpuk Wojciech Żaliński (both Cerrada Black Radom), Alexander Plums (Asseco Resovia);

libero: Paul Zatorski (ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle), Peter Gacek (Lotos Trefl Gdańsk), Damian Slobok (Asseco Resovia)

 

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