The Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner is a volleyball friendly competition for the national teams, currently held every year and organized by the Hubert Wagner Foundation.[1]
| Most recent season or competition: 2023 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Continent | World (FIVB) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Italy (2nd title) |
| Most titles |  Poland (10 titles) |
| Official website | Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner |
The first Memorial was held in 2003. The competition has been held every year since, except 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Tournament edit
History edit
The tournament is played in the middle of the year, always about two weeks before the most important event of the year. Competitions have been created in memory of the best volleyball coach in Poland, Hubert Jerzy Wagner, who won the 1974 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, the Olympic gold in 1976 and silver medals in the Men's European Volleyball Championship in 1975 and 1983 for the Polish team.
In the first few years teams played in Olsztyn. It is now played in various Polish cities to promote volleyball. In 2008, the memorial was also the qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship. The first memorial was won by the Dutch national team, which was ahead of Poland and Spain. In the second edition Russia triumphed, and the next again The Netherlands. The winner of the fourth edition was Poland, the fifth - Germany. The next two editions were again won by the hosts.
In 2010, the winners were Brazil, and in 2011 Italy. In 2012, the edition of the memorial was won by Poland ahead of Germany, Argentina and Iran. Poland retained the title in 2013.[2]
Results summary edit
National team appearances edit
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
- Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
| Team | 2003 (4) | 2004 (6) | 2005 (4) | 2006 (8) | 2007 (6) | 2008 (4) | 2009 (6) | 2010 (4) | 2011 (4) | 2012 (4) | 2013 (4) | 2014 (4) | 2015 (4) | 2016 (4) | 2017 (4) | 2018 (4) | 2019 (4) | 2021 (4) | 2022 (4) | 2023 (4) | 2024 (4) |
 Argentina | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • |
 Australia | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Azerbaijan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • |
 Belgium | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Brazil | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1st | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1st | • | • | • | • |
 Bulgaria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • | 3rd | • | 1st | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Canada | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 4th | • | • | • | • | • |
 China | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Cuba | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Czech Republic | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Egypt | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • |
 Estonia | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Finland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • |
 France | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | 2nd | 3rd | • | • | • | 4th | • |
 Germany | 4th | • | • | • | 1st | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | TBD |
 Great Britain | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Hungary | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Iran | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • |
| Italy | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 2nd | • | 1st | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1st | • |
 Japan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Montenegro | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Netherlands | 1st | 3rd | 1st | • | 2nd | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Norway | • | • | 4th | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | • | • |
| Poland | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | TBD |
| Poland B | • | 5th | • | 6th | • | • | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Portugal | • | • | • | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Russia | • | 1st | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | 2nd | 1st | • | • | 3rd | 2nd | • | • | • | • | • |
 Serbia | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | • | • | 3rd | • | 4th | • | • |
 Slovakia | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Slovenia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | TBD |
 Spain | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
 Tunisia | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Africa (CAVB) | Asia and Oceania (AVC) | Europe (CEV) | North, Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA) | South America (CSV) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt (2) Tunisia (1) | China (3) Iran (3) Australia (1) Japan (1) | Poland (21) Russia (6) Germany (5) Netherlands (5) Serbia (5) France (4) Italy (4) Bulgaria (3) Norway (3) Poland B (3) Czech Republic (2) Slovenia (2) Spain (2) Azerbaijan (1) Belgium (1) Estonia (1) Finland (1) Great Britain (1) Hungary (1) Montenegro (1) Portugal (1) Slovakia (1) | Canada (3) Cuba (1) | Brazil (2) Argentina (2) |
Medals summary edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | Russia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Serbia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 10 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
Most valuable player by edition edit
- 2004 –
Sergey Tetyukhin (RUS) - 2005 –
Marko Klok (NED) - 2006 –
Sebastian Świderski (POL) - 2007 –
Jochen Schöps (GER) - 2008 – Mariusz Wlazły (POL)
- 2009 – Bartosz Kurek (POL)
- 2010 –
Murilo Endres (BRA) - 2011 –
Cristian Savani (ITA) - 2012 – Bartosz Kurek (POL)
- 2013 – Nikolay Pavlov (RUS)
- 2014 – Dmitry Muserskiy (RUS)
- 2015 – Michał Kubiak (POL)
- 2016 –
Tsvetan Sokolov (BUL) - 2017 – Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS)
- 2018 – Artur Szalpuk (POL)
- 2019 – Yoandy Leal (BRA)
- 2021 – Wilfredo León (POL)
- 2022 – Jakub Kochanowski (POL)
- 2023 – Simone Giannelli (ITA)
See also edit
- Hubert Wagner
- Individual awards for players of Polish men's national team
- Montreux Volley Masters
- VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup
- William Jones Cup
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup
- Merlion Cup (basketball)
- Guystac Trophy
- IIHF Development Cup
- Intersport Cup
- Carpathian Trophy (women's handball)
- Carpathian Trophy (men's handball)
References edit
- ^ "History of the Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner". fundacjawagnera.pl. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ "We know who Poland will play in the Hubert Wagner Memorial. What a cast!". dailynewshack.com. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
