2023 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner

The XX Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner was a volleyball tournament held at Tauron Arena in Kraków, Poland from 18 to 20 August 2023. Like the previous editions, 4 teams participated including 2023 Volleyball Nations League gold medalist Poland, 2020 Olympic gold medalist and 2022 Volleyball Nations League winner France, 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship gold medalist Italy, and two times 2019, 2021 EuroVolley silver medalist Slovenia. This year tournament was held a week before the 2023 EuroVolley.[1][2]

2023 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
Tournament details
Host nation Poland
Dates18–20 August 2023
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up Slovenia
Third place Poland
Fourth place France
Tournament awards
MVPItaly Simone Giannelli
Best SetterItaly Simone Giannelli
Best OHSlovenia Rok Možič
Best MBSlovenia Jan Kozamernik
Best OPPItaly Alessandro Michieletto
Best LiberoPoland Paweł Zatorski
Official website
Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner

Participating teams edit

Team[3] Appearance Best performance
Last Total Streak
  Poland 2022 20 19 10× Champions (2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
  Italy 2011 4 1 Champions (2011)
  France 2018 4 2 1x Runner-up (2017)
  Slovenia N/A 1 0 debut (2023)

Qualification edit

All teams except the host must have received an invitation from the organizers.

Africa
(CAVB)
Asia and Oceania
(AVC)
Europe
(CEV)
North, Central America and Caribbean
(NORCECA)
South America
(CSV)
Host nation:
  Poland
Wild card:
  Italy
  France
  Slovenia

Pool standing procedure edit

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Sets ratio
  4. Points ratio
  5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Squads edit

Venue edit

  Kraków, Poland
Tauron Arena
Capacity: 15,328
 

Results edit

All times are local Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Ranking edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1   Italy 3 2 1 7 8 4 2.000 290 267 1.086
2   Slovenia 3 2 1 5 7 5 1.400 277 266 1.041
3   Poland 3 1 2 3 4 7 0.571 245 257 0.953
4   France 3 1 2 3 4 7 0.571 245 267 0.918
Source: standing
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Aug 17:30 Poland   0–3   Slovenia 21–25 18–25 21–25     60–75 Report
18 Aug 20:00 Italy   3–0   France 29–27 25–21 25–20     79–68 Report
19 Aug 14:00 Slovenia   3–2   Italy 20–25 25–19 25–23 21–25 25–23 116–115 Report
19 Aug 17:00 Poland   3–1   France 27–29 25–16 25–21 25–20   102–86 Report
20 Aug 14:00 France   3–1   Slovenia 16–25 25–19 25–22 25–20   91–86 Report
20 Aug 17:00 Poland   1–3   Italy 18–25 23–25 25–21 17–25   83–96 Report

Final standing edit

Awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "MEDIA ACCREDITATIONS FOR THE 20TH WAGNER MEMORIAL". fundacjawagnera.pl. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ "We know who Poland will play in the Hubert Wagner Memorial. What a cast!". dailynewshack.com. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Teams - 20nd tournament". fundacjawagnera.pl. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  4. ^ "#WAGNER2023: SUCCESS OF THE JUBILEE 20TH WAGNER MEMORIAL. OVER 45,000 FANS FILLED THE TAURON ARENA KRAKÓW OVER THE WEEKEND". Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-20.

External links edit