Tauron Liga 2025-2026

Budowlani snatch historic title in Poland

Last year’s champions DevelopRes and first-time medalists UNI complete the podium

Published 03:59, 30 Apr 2026

Budowlani triumph as first-time Polish champions (photo: Piotr Sumara / tauronliga.pl)

PGE Budowlani Lodz celebrated a historic achievement on Wednesday by earning the club’s first ever national title in Polish women’s volleyball. In the deciding fifth match of the best-of-five championship playoff on Wednesday, Budowlani managed to upset last year’s champions and this year’s regular season winners DevelopRes Rzeszow on the road to triumph on top of the podium.

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PGE Budowlani Lodz finished the 2025-2026 regular season in second place on 56 points and a 19-3 win-loss record, runners-up to DevelopRes Rzeszow, who topped the table on 61 and 20-2. In the quarterfinals, the team from Lodz persevered through two five-set battles with LOTTO Chemik Police to progress to the semis. They got their next job done in two games as well, winning the best-of-three semifinal playoff against UNI Opole, by 3-0 at home and 3-2 away, to advance to the final showdown against defending champions DevelopRes, who were pushed to a third-match decider by BKS BOSTIK ZGO Bielsko-Biala in the other semifinal playoff.

In the best-of-five final series, the two teams kept winning their home games towards a 2-2 tie and prompted a crucial fifth encounter hosted by the regular season winners in Rzeszow. In front of over 4,300 fans in the stands at the iconic Podpromie hall, Budowlani broke the trend and upset DevelopRes with a 3-1 (25-23, 25-18, 22-25, 25-23) victory. Swiss opposite Maja Storck led the winners with a match-high 24 points, including two kill blocks. Outside hitter Paulina Damaske added another 22 points, all in swings, and was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the match. Dutch sub-in outside Laura Jansen was DevelopRes’s most prolific scorer with 14 points.

KS DevelopRes Rzeszow (W) vs. PGE Budowlani Łódź - Match Highlights

This way, after two silver medals in 2017 and 2019, and three bronze medals in 2018, 2023 and 2023, Budowlani triumphed with their first TAURON Liga gold and marked a historic double, after also winning the Poland Cup in February.

UNI Opole brought home the bronze, also a historic first TAURON Liga podium for the club. They won the best-of-five third-place playoff against BKS BOSTIK ZGO Bielsko-Biala by 3-1 in wins.

LKS Commercecon Lodz, ITA TOOLS Stal Mielec, Metalkas Palace Bydgoszcz, LOTTO Chemik Police, MOYA Radomka Radom, Sokol & Hagric Mogilno and #VolleyWroclaw, in that order, lined up from fourth to 11th in the final TAURON Liga standings, while bottom-placed EcoHarpoon NOWELL LOS Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, who finished 12^th, were relegated.

With a total of 530 points under her belt, UNI’s experienced 39-year-old opposite Katarzyna Zaroslinska-Krol emerged as the top scorer of the season. She was also the player with the highest number of match MVP awards during the season – with as many as eight. Stal’s Rozalia Moszynska topped the season’s best blockers’ ranking. DevelopRes’s American opposite Taylor Bannister was by far the best server of the league. Her teammate Aleksandra Szczyglowska emerged as the best receiver, while Stal’s libero Julia Mazur topped the best defenders’ chart.