Sports in Poland.

Volleyball

Poland hosted the 2014 FIVB Men's

Volleyball World Championship, in

which they won the gold medal. They

also won the 2013 Men's Volleyball

European Championship with Denmark.

The Polish Men National Volleyball

Team has achieved 14 medals in

international competitions since 1965, it

also won the recent 2012 FIVB World

League winning 3–0 over the US in the

final.

Basketball

Basketball is one of Poland's most popular sports. In the

1960s, the national team belonged to the world elite as

it won silver at the 1963 European Basketball

Championship and bronze at the 1965 and 1967 event.

At the 1967 FIBA World Championship, Poland was

among the world's five elite basketball teams. Since

2000, basketball in Poland has gone through a revival

and has been home to several NBA players, including

Marcin Gortat, Maciej Lampe and Cezary Trybański.

Marcin Gortat

Maciej Lampe

Football

Football is also a number one sport in Poland.

The Polish National Football Team was the winner of the 1972

Olympic Football Tournament as well as a runner-up in 1976 and

1992. Poland has made seven FIFA World Cup appearances and

achieved considerable success, finishing third at both the 1974

World Cup in Germany and the 1982 World Cup in Spain. Poland

hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 along with Ukraine in 2012.

Robert

Lewandowski

Motorcycle Speedway

One of the most popular sports in Poland is motorcycle speedway as well. The Polish Extraleague has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland. The team is one of the major teams in international speedway. They have won the Speedway World Team Cup championship three times consecutively.

The Rally

Poland has held

Polish Rally

Championship since

1928. The Rally in

Poland is the second

oldest rally in the

world after the

famous classic Monte

Carlo Rally.

The Best Drivers

Robert Kubica

Krzysztof Hołowczyc

Michał Bębenek

Famous Polish Athletes

Justyna Kowalczyk-

Agnieszka Radwańska - tennis player

Adam Małysz –

former ski jumper

cross country skier

Paweł Zagumny-

volleyball player

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