2017 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner

The 2017 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner was a volleyball tournament held at the Tauron Arena in Kraków, Poland from 11 to 13 August 2017.^[1] Like the previous edition, 4 teams participated in the tournament.

2017 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner

Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	11 – 13 August
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Poland (7th title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament awards
MVP	Maxim Mikhaylov
Best Setter	Benjamin Toniutti
Best OH	Dmitry Volkov Steven Marshall
Best MB	Bartłomiej Lemański Ilyas Kurkaev
Best OPP	Dawid Konarski
Best Libero	Jenia Grebennikov
Official website
2017 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
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Poland won 2 of 3 matches and won the competition 7th time.^[2] The last match of tournament was the decisive match, where Poland beat Russia in tie-break.^[3] Maxim Mikhaylov from Russia was awarded the Most Valuable Player.^[4]

Qualification

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:  France  Russia	Wild card:  Canada

Squads

Main article: 2017 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner squads

Venue

Kraków, Poland

Tauron Arena

Capacity: 15,328

Results

• All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Poland	3	2	1	6	8	5	1.600	286	293	0.976
2	France	3	2	1	4	6	7	0.857	281	270	1.041
3	Russia	3	1	2	5	7	7	1.000	301	299	1.007
4	Canada	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	245	253	0.968

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Aug	17:30	Canada	1–3	Russia	23–25	27–29	25–22	17–25		92–101	Report
11 Aug	20:30	Poland	2–3	France	25–22	16–25	20–25	25–22	13–15	99–109	Report
12 Aug	15:00	Poland	3–0	Canada	36–34	25–22	26–24			87–80	Report
12 Aug	18:00	France	3–2	Russia	21–25	25–18	21–25	25–18	15–10	107–96	Report
13 Aug	15:00	Canada	3–0	France	25–22	25–21	25–22			75–65	Report
13 Aug	18:00	Poland	3–2	Russia	16–25	19–25	25–20	25–22	15–12	100–104	Report

Final standing

Rank Team  Poland  France  Russia 4  Canada

2017 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner winners  Poland 7th title Jakub Popiwczak, Maciej Muzaj, Dawid Konarski, Łukasz Kaczmarek, Bartosz Kurek, Artur Szalpuk, Bartłomiej Lemański, Damian Wojtaszek, Fabian Drzyzga, Grzegorz Łomacz, Michał Kubiak (C), Aleksander Śliwka, Jakub Kochanowski, Wiśniewski, Paweł Zatorski, Mateusz Bieniek, Rafał Buszek Head coach Ferdinando De Giorgi

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Maxim Mikhaylov

• Best setter

  Benjamin Toniutti

• Best outside spikers

  Dmitry Volkov

  Steven Marshall

• Best middle blockers

  Bartłomiej Lemański

  Ilyas Kurkaev

• Best opposite spiker

  Dawid Konarski

• Best libero

  Jenia Grebennikov