Overview
Poland enters the eighth-finals having only lost 1 set in Pool D and placing first. The reigning world champions have a deep roster of talented players, including new addition Wilfredo Leon. Spain was the fourth-place team in Pool B, narrowly beating out Slovakia by beating Germany in their last match. Their leading scorer is Andres Villena, who had 90 points in the pool phase. The winner of this match will move onto the quarter-finals and play the winner of The Netherlands vs. Germany.
Head-to-head
- Poland have won each of their previous four European Championship matches against Spain.
- Their most recent European Championship encounter came in 2009, when Poland won in five sets in the second group stage. This was the first time Spain claimed a set against Poland in the European Championship.
- Poland could become the third team to win at least five European championship matches against Spain, after Germany (5, including as West Germany) and Serbia (5, including predecessors).
- Spain are already the opponents Poland have played most European Championship matches against without ever losing (4).
Poland
- Two-time reigning world champions Poland claimed eight podium finishes in the European championships - G1-S5-B2.
- After winning the European title in 2009, Poland finished in third (2011), ninth (2013), fifth (2015) and 10th place (2017).
- Poland have won each of their last four matches in straight sets, after winning their opening match of this year's European Championship 3-1 against Estonia. Poland could become the second country to claim five successive straight-set victories in the European Championship this century, after Russia in 2017.
- The last team to claim the European title with a maximum of one lost set was Netherlands in 1997. Only Yugoslavia avoided a straight-set defeat against Holland that campaign (3-1 loss in the final).
- Wilfredo Leon Venero (40%) had the third-best block efficiency in this year's group stage, behind Italy's Davide Candellaro (50%) and France's Stephen Boyer (44%).
Spain
- Spain won the European title in 2007, but finished in ninth (2009) and 16th place (2017) in their two participations since.
- Spain won their final two group stage matches 3-2 against Austria and 3-1 against Germany, ending an nine-match losing run in the competition.
- Spain can win more than two matches in a single European Championship for the third time, after 2005 (3) and 2007 (8).
- Andres Jesus Villena was Spain's top scorer in the group stage on 90 points, almost 40 points more than their next most prolific scorer (Juan Manuel Gonzalez, 51).
- Villena (90) scored the most points among all players in pool B in this year's European Championship.
Angel Trinidad"The key is just to enjoy the game. We know Poland is a really tough team to play against. Our main objective was to go through the pool phase. That is done, so now it is time to enjoy and do our best."
Setter of Spain
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Officials
First RefereeKonstantinos VOUDOURISGRESecond RefereeBenedikt GEUKESGER
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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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Team
Previous Games
| 28/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
| 26/09/2019 | vs. |
1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
| 23/09/2019 | vs. |
3 - 0 | W | Go to Match Centre |
- All Time
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29Competitions Played
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3Titles
- Competition
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9Matches Played
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8Matches Won
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89%Win %
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25Sets Won
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720Points Won
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56%Attack %
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64%Reception %
Team
- Birth Date: 1988
- Birth Place: Wałcz
- Height: 193 cm
- Birth Date: 1987
- Birth Place: POLAND
- Height: 205 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Olsztyn
- Height: 200 cm
- Birth Date: 1993
- Birth Place: Santiago de Cuba
- Height: 201 cm
- Birth Date: 1995
- Birth Place: Jawor
- Height: 198 cm
- Birth Date: 1997
- Birth Place: Giżycko
- Height: 199 cm
- Birth Date: 1994
- Birth Place: Blachownia
- Height: 208 cm
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: POLAND
- Height: 201 cm
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Poland win 3-0 for the fifth time in a row against Spain
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.
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An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of POLAND compared to SPAIN.
POLAND number of service aces compared to SPAIN
Errors leading to points of POLAND, next to those from SPAIN
