SKRA snatch sixth playoff berth in Poland

PGE GiEK SKRA Belchatow booked the sixth berth in the men’s volleyball PlusLiga playoffs in Poland, while JSW Jastrzebski Wegiel Jastrzebie-Zdroj stopped just short of reserving the seventh as four delayed matches from previous legs were played from Tuesday to Thursday of this week. Meanwhile, Energa Trefl Gdansk dropped out of the playoff zone in the current standings for the time being, with one leg to go to the end of the regular season. ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle took their place above the cut-off line.

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On Wednesday evening in Elblag, PGE GiEK SKRA Belchatow hammered out a 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-21) sweep of their road game at Barkom Kazhany Lviv, climbed to sixth place on 41 points and a 14-11 win-loss record, surpassing Jastrzebski Wegiel, and can no longer fall below the eighth place in the final regular season standings. French outside hitter Antoine Pothron was the best scorer of the match, contributing 16 points to SKRA’s success, and received the Most Valuable Player (MVP) recognition.

JSW Jastrzebski Wegiel Jastrzebie-Zdroj needed to win just one point upon their visit to Asseco Resovia Rzeszow on Thursday evening to follow suit and qualify for the quarterfinals, but failed to do so as the home team mastered a 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-23) shutout. Last year’s regular season winners fell to seventh place on 39 and 14-11, still well within reach of a playoff berth. Playoffs-bound Resovia, on the other hand, rose to fourth place on 48 and 17-8, overtaking Indykpol AZS Olsztyn. Another French outside, Yacine Louati, led Resovia to victory with a team-high 14 points to earn the MVP award, while his Jastrzebski Wegiel counterpart Michal Gierzot topped the match chart with 16 points.

Energa Trefl Gdansk put their participation in the playoffs at a great risk after Tuesday’s four-set loss at home to defending champions BOGDANKA LUK Lublin. To the disappointment of nearly four thousand fans at the Ergo Arena, the visitors from Lublin put together a 3-1 (25-20, 25-18, 17-25, 25-19) win, led by opposite Mateusz Malinowski with a team-high 20 points, including three aces. He was honored as match MVP. German outside Tobias Brand scored a match-high 23 for Trefl. BOGDANKA improved to 50 and 17-8 in third place, while Trefl dropped to ninth place on 36 and 13-12.

Their place in the playoff zone was taken by ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle, who achieved a 3-1 (25-20, 25-20, 39-41, 25-20) road win over Cuprum Stilon Gorzow Wielkopolski earlier on Tuesday, and improved to eighth place on 39 and 12-13. Italian international opposite Kamil Rychlicki contributed a team-high 20 points and took the MVP award, while Cuprum Stilon’s Brazilian opposite Chizoba Neves fired a match-high 31.

Formally numbered 14, the last leg of the PlusLiga regular season, when the last two quarterfinalists will be determined, will be played from Saturday, March 21, to Monday, March 23.

PlusLiga 2025-2026 14th leg:
Mar 21, 14:45 local (13:45 UTC): Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie v ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle
Mar 21, 17:30 local (16:30 UTC): InPost ChKS Chelm v PGE Projekt Warsaw
Mar 21, 20:00 local (19:00 UTC): BOGDANKA LUK Lublin v Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Czestochowa
Mar 22, 14:45 local (13:45 UTC): JSW Jastrzebski Wegiel Jastrzebie-Zdroj v Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
Mar 22, 17:30 local (16:30 UTC): Asseco Resovia Rzeszow v Slepsk Malow Suwalki
Mar 22, 20:00 local (19:00 UTC): PGE GiEK SKRA Belchatow v Cuprum Stilon Gorzow Wielkopolski
Mar 23, 17:30 local (16:30 UTC): Barkom Kazhany Lviv v Energa Trefl Gdansk

PlusLiga 2025-2026 schedule and results

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