Poland

The Polish team is a great unknown for all teams as well as for the fans before the start of the tournament. There is no men‘s competition in Poland and the red-and-white team will make its first historic appearance on the European Championship. The team is composed mainly of young baseball players who took their first softball practice this winter, and of players who have been practicing softball for two years at the club UKC Wroclaw. These players also take softball classes at the sports lyceum they attend. Six players have also been practicing pitching since this January, and although they are no Luboš Vrbenský, they are able to throw decent pitches.

And their ambitions? They will definitely try hard not to finish last, and prove to everybody that decent ball is played in Poland. It is highly likely they will compete with Great Britain for the fifth spot. But who knows - for the remaining participants, the Poles are „a Spanish village,“ as the saying goes in Czech, or a „Czech movie“ as they say in Poland.

Roster:

   ##    Name                             
    0    GAJDA Bruno            
   41    BASON Przemyslaw       
   42    ORSZULIK Tymoteusz     
   43    GARUS Szymon           
   45    KOT Konrad             
   52    POCHWALA Jakub         
   54    BEBYN Marek            
   55    ZAJDA Radoslaw         
   66    GOLEBIOWSKI Krzyszt.   
   72    KRUCZEK Przemyslaw     
   75    GRUSZKIEVITZ Wito      
   76    STAJER Kamil           
   77    SKARZYNSKI Szymon      
   78    WASIK Oskar            
   83    DEMBSKI Mateusz        
   86    NOWATZKI Filip         
   98    ZAGORSKI Pawel

Staff:

MACNIAK Mateusz – coach
BRACHA Lukasz – coach
WINIARSKI Pawel – coach
SKURCZYNSKA Magdalena – coach
NOWAK Sandra – team assistant
MALÝ Marek – team assistant
TURČÍK Karel – team assistant

ECHJM History:

Championship                      Standing  Teams
2013 - VIII. Stenløse (DEN)         -         5
2011 - VII. Kostelec n.O. (CZE)     -         5
2009 - VI. Ledenice (CZE)           -         4
2006 - V. Havlíčkův Brod (CZE)      -         6
2004 - IV. Le Thillay/Roissy (FRA)  -         7
2002 - III. Choceň/Kostelec (CZE)   -         5
2000 - II. Enschede (NED)           -         5
1998 - I. Praha (CZE)               -         4

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Date

Previous games

Date			Result
13.07.2015	Great Britain	Poland	9 : 21
14.07.2015	Poland	Israel	11 : 13
15.07.2015	Poland	Denmark	6 : 9
16.07.2015	Croatia	Poland	12 : 5
16.07.2015	Czech republic	Poland	11 : 0
18.07.2015	Poland	Great Britain	12 : 13