Volleyball: Poland overpower Greece in third straight European championship win

Poland defeated Greece 3-1 on home turf in their third straight win at the Men's European Volleyball Championship on Sunday.

Poland's Piotr Nowakowski and Łukasz Kaczmarek in action against Greece on Sunday night.

Photo: PAP/Łukasz Gągulski

The Poles, who are reigning world champions, beat Portugal 3-1 in their opening game of the tournament last Thursday and followed up with a 3-2 win against Serbia two days later.

Tak jest!!🔥 🇵🇱Polska - 🇷🇸Serbia 3:2👏👏👏#EuroVolleyM pic.twitter.com/LCMK9X2eft

— POLSKA SIATKÓWKA (@PolskaSiatkowka) September 4, 2021

The Polish team will take on Belgium in its next match in Kraków, southern Poland, on Monday evening.

Może i na końcu dzisiejszej potyczki Polska🆚🇬🇷Grecja w #EuroVolleyM 3:1 (25:15, 25:22, 20:25, 26:14) było nieco pod górę, ale wiemy już, że z @krakow_pl 🇵🇱przeniosą się do @gdansk na 1/8 finału 👏🏻.@PKN_ORLEN @Plus_Polska @MKDNiS pic.twitter.com/4bHQDzsGAL

— POLSKA SIATKÓWKA (@PolskaSiatkowka) September 5, 2021

Poland is jointly hosting the 2021 EuroVolley championships, which are also being held in the Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland from September 1 to 19.

The Polish team, under Belgian coach Vital Heynen, reached the quarterfinals of the volleyball tournament at this summer's Tokyo Olympics, where it was knocked out by eventual gold medal winners France.

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Source: TVP, polskieradio24