The most common sport in Poland
Lots of
people say that football is the most
important sport for Polish sport fans. However, in recent years Polish men
volleyball team gives us the most satisfaction. Everybody gladly follows every
match of our representation. We are all happy and proud of every success they
get.
History:
The first
mention of volleyball in Poland dates back to 1919, but our game was initially called
"flying ball". Four years later, the first volleyball clubs were
established and they were based on the
academic community. 1928 is the official date of the beginning of an organized
form of volleyball in our country.
Rules:
The game
involves two teams. Each team appearing on the court has 6 players, and the
full composition together with the substitute players should be 12 people.
A volleyball
match is set for 2 or 3 sets won. The team that scores the first 25 points with
the necessary a two-point lead wins the set. The team which grounds the
ball on the other team's court (under organized rules) scores the point. Points
are also gained when your opponent makes a mistake. The ball may be touched
with any part of the body.
History of the most important volleyball
tournaments :
For the
first time in history the tournament of the European Championship was played in
Italy (Rome). Until now, most titles were won by the European Champion
contestants from the Soviet Union (12 times). From the previous 28 finals of
the Championship, 23 events took place with the participation of Poles. The Polish
national team once won the championship, five times won the second place and
twice the third place.
Volleyball
Men’s World Championship was held for the first time in Prague in 1949. Up to
now most world titles were won by the Soviet Union (6 times). Poland occupies the
third place winning two gold and one silver medals.
FIVB Volleyball Men’s
World Championship 2014 Poland
It was in
every way a unique tournament. The ceremony and the opening match at the
National Stadium in Warsaw with the participation of more than 60 000 fans
began a big, global volleyball festival. A lot of records were beaten,
including the attendance record. Almost 600 000 fans watched matches in Poland
from the stands, and millions around the world through broadcasting. Poles
convinced the world that they love volleyball and Poland deserves to be called
volleyball "promised land". The culmination of the tournament was the
gold medal won by the Polish national team.
Regional team:
In addition
to the Polish national team, we also support the team AssecoResoviaRzeszów from
Subcarpathia. Our volleyball team won the ”Poland Champion” title seven times.
They were also successful in lots of other significant matches.
The most common sports in Denmark
For the
kids the most common is to do sports in sports clubs, like handball or
football. For the adults it’s much more common to do sports where you don’t
have to do it at a specific time, like fitness. In Denmark it’s rare that we
are one of the best to a sport. However we are very good at handball, and
actually we claim that it was us who invented it. This is very hard to confirm
however, but we do know that the first rules for handball was written down by a
Danish man called Holger Nielsen. Since then the sport has got more popular,
and it is no longer played in Denmark only, but all over the world.
Handball
was introduced as an Olympic sport for men at the 1936 Summer Olympics in
Berlin, where Germany won, but it was dropped after that, only to be resumed at
the 1972 Summer Olympics, again on German territory, here the Yugoslavia won.
Women's handball competition was introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where
the Soviet Union won.
The countries
who have won most gold medals for men is:
·
Soviet
Union: 2
·
Yugoslavia:
2
·
Russia:2
The
countries who have won most olympic gold medals for women is:
·
Denmark:3
·
South
Korea:2
·
Norway:2
But
handball is not only played at the olympics there is also World- and european
championships. In the WC’s Denmark has won 4 medals for men and 5 for women.In
the EC’s Denmark has won 6 medals for men and 5 medals.
Rules:
2 teams
play against each other in a match, that team, which got most goals through the
match wins. The sport field is quite big, 20 multiply 40 metre. A match is
divided up in two half-time, each time is 30 min. play time.
There is 6
players and a goalkeeper, the 6 field players take part in both the offensive
and the defensive part.
The
Handball game got some things they lay claim to, it is, conditions, quickness,
brute strength, bunch- and throw power. If you are that person, which got the
position as defender, you have to be good in brute strength and quickness. The
biggest and strongest players got often the position as the Centre defends,
because its involve close encounter. The defense last hope, if they not already
had blocked the ball is the goalkeeper, the goalkeeper, need some quickness and
flexibility, to take the ball so the competitor do not score.
