Match Centre Overview Pre-match Match Post-Match Match Info Reaction Match Statistics by Teams Reports Match Statistics by Players Rankings Gallery Tweet Share Match Info Volleyball 30/08/2014 Poland capture first World Championship win and the hearts of thousands of Polish supporters Warsaw, Poland, August 30, 2014 – Poland’s best scorer Michal Winiarski led his team to a dream opening match win over Serbia 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-18) on the first day of action at the 2014 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship Poland 2014. More Reaction Volleyball 30/08/2014 Winiarski acknowledges huge pressure on Poland team before opening match Warsaw, Poland, August 30, 2014 – Following his team’s 3-0 victory over Serbia in the opening match of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship, Poland captain Michal Winiarski admitted that the pressure on the host team was huge. More Match Statistics by Teams Poland Serbia 15 Attack 10 4 Block 3 1 Serve 0 5 Opp. Errors 6 50 Total 36 12 Dig 12 15 Reception 2 17 Set 4 Best scorers 2 Michal Winiarski 6 14 Aleksandar Atanasijević 6 1 Piotr Nowakowski 4 1 Nikola Kovacevic 3 Reports Match Results (P2) Download Match Player Rankings (P3) Download As It Happened Match Statistics by Players Poland Serbia N° Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points Attack Block Serve Won Attempts Won Attempts Won Attempts 2 Michal Winiarski 6 5 8 1 2 0 4 1 Piotr Nowakowski 4 3 3 1 4 0 3 7 Karol Klos 4 2 2 2 5 0 4 10 Mariusz Wlazly 4 4 10 0 2 0 4 20 Mateusz Mika 2 1 5 0 2 1 5 3 Dawid Konarski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Pawel Zagumny 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 11 Fabian Drzyzga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Michal Kubiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Pawel Zatorski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Marcin Mozdzonek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Rafal Buszek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starting Substitute Libero N° Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points Attack Block Serve Won Attempts Won Attempts Won Attempts 14 Aleksandar Atanasijević 6 5 7 1 2 0 4 1 Nikola Kovacevic 3 2 6 1 2 0 3 18 Marko Podraščanin 2 1 2 1 4 0 3 10 Milos Nikic 1 1 5 0 3 0 3 20 Srecko Lisinac 1 1 3 0 7 0 3 2 Uros Kovačević 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Marko Ivović 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Nemanja Petric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Vlado Petkovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Dragan Stankovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Nikola Jovović 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 19 Nikola Rosic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starting Substitute Libero Rankings Rank Teams Matches Result Details Sets Points Total Won Lost 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 Points Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Ratio 1 Poland 5 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 15 15 1 15.000 400 311 1.286 2 Serbia 5 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 12 12 6 2.000 425 396 1.073 3 Argentina 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 9 10 6 1.666 372 342 1.087 4 Australia 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 5 7 11 0.636 384 397 0.967 5 Venezuela 5 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 4 5 13 0.384 366 424 0.863 6 Cameroon 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 15 0.200 382 459 0.832 Gallery Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download