Resovia climb to third place ahead of PlusLiga’s 17th leg this weekend

Just a day after the 16^th-leg match between Cuprum Stilon Gorzow Wielkopolski and Asseco Resovia Rzeszow in the men’s volleyball PlusLiga, the 17^th leg will serve off in Poland with some really exciting match-ups among the seven fixtures set to be played from Friday, January 16, to Sunday, January 18.

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On Thursday evening, Asseco Resovia Rzeszow put together a 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-19) sweep of their road game at Cuprum Stilon Gorzow Wielkopolski, with a match-high 14-points from outside hitter and Most Valuable Player (MVP) Artur Szalpuk (62% success rate in attack, two aces, two kill blocks), who shared the top scorer honors with French counterpart Mathis Henno. Resovia climbed to third place in the current standings on 29 points and a 10-5 win-loss record, while Cuprum Stilon were pushed to the bottom, in 14^th place on 11 and 3-12.

Asseco Resovia Rzeszow are now set to host table leaders PGE Projekt Warsaw at the Podpromie hall on Sunday at 14:45 local time (13:45 UTC). Last season’s bronze medalists top the current standings on 34 and 12-3. However, Resovia have already beaten them twice in straight sets this season, in November’s PlusLiga game in Warsaw and in a Poland Cup semifinal in Krakow last week.

Defending champions BOGDANKA LUK Lublin, currently running second on 32 and 11-4, will also play on the road this weekend. On Saturday at 14:45 (13:45), they will visit PGE GiEK SKRA Belchatow at the Energia hall. SKRA are in sixth place on 27 and 9-5, and hoping to break out of a three-game losing streak between the PlusLiga and the Puchar Polski. They managed to upset BOGDANKA in four sets, when they met in Lublin earlier this season, in November.

Fourth-placed Indykpol AZS Olsztyn will play away this weekend too. They will travel to Energa Trefl Gdansk for the leg’s closing game at the Ergo Arena on Sunday at 17:30 (16:30). Indykpol stand on 29 and 10-4 in fourth place, while Trefl occupy seventh place on 26 and 10-5. November’s match between the two teams in Olsztyn was won by Indykpol in four sets.

Last season’s PlusLiga silver medalists and this season’s FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship bronze medalists Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie will have a road game on Friday at 20:00 (19:00), visiting rookies InPost ChKS Chelm. Aluron are running in fifth place on 27 and 9-5. Chelm, who produced a sensational away victory over champions Lublin earlier this week, are in 11^th place on 13 and 4-11. The team from Zawercie shut out their visitors from Chelm when the two met in November.

In a clash relevant to the race for the playoff spots, JSW Jastrzebski Wegiel Jastrzebie-Zdroj will entertain ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle. The match will serve off at 17:30 (16:30) on Saturday. The two mighty rivals are neighbors in the standings, on opposite sides of the red line for the playoffs. Jastrzebski Wegiel take the eighth place on 24 and 9-6, while ZAKSA are ninth on 20 and 6-9. ZAKSA swept the previous meeting with Jastrzebski Wegiel at home in November in straight sets.

The remaining two matches will be important for the scuffle among several teams to avoid relegation. Friday’s leg opener at 17:30 (16:30) will feature Slepsk Malow Suwalki and Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Czestochowa. The hosts from Suwalki stand in 10^th place on 15 and 4-11, while the visitors from Czestochowa are now second from the bottom, in 13^th place on 11 and 3-11. November’s game between the two teams in Czestochowa offered a five-set battle with Steam emerging victorious in the tie-breaker.

Table trailers Cuprum Stilon Gorzow Wielkopolski will welcome Barkom Kazhany Lviv on Saturday at 20:00 (19:00). The Ukrainian team stands third from the bottom, in 12^th place on 11 and 3-12. These two also battled it out in five sets, when they met in early December, with the visitors from Gorzow Wielkopolski celebrating in the tie-breaker.

PlusLiga 2025-2026 17^th-leg schedule:
Jan 16, 17:30 local (16:30 UTC): Slepsk Malow Suwalki v Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Czestochowa
Jan 16, 20:00 local (19:00 UTC): InPost ChKS Chelm v Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie
Jan 17, 14:45 local (13:45 UTC): PGE GiEK SKRA Belchatow v BOGDANKA LUK Lublin
Jan 17, 17:30 local (16:30 UTC): JSW Jastrzebski Wegiel Jastrzebie-Zdroj v ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle
Jan 17, 20:00 local (19:00 UTC): Cuprum Stilon Gorzow Wielkopolski v Barkom Kazhany Lviv
Jan 18, 14:45 local (13:45 UTC): Asseco Resovia Rzeszow v PGE Projekt Warsaw
Jan 18, 17:30 local (16:30 UTC): Energa Trefl Gdansk v Indykpol AZS Olsztyn

PlusLiga 2025-2026 schedule and results

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