29/03/2019 15:13
Follow Your Star - Jakub Kochanowski
2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League - Men
Luxembourg, March 29, 2019. Jakub Kochanowski truly is a rising Volleyball star. A world champion with Poland last year in Torino, Kochanowski is achieving further glory in the CEV Champions League while wearing the shirt of PGE Skra BELCHATOW. The middle blocker top scored for his side as Skra made up for a 1-3 loss at the hands of Zenit SAINT PETERSBURG to win the all-important Golden Set and secure their spot in the semis for the first time since 2015.
Kochanowski is a member of Poland’s ‘golden generation’ that completed a clean sweep of international titles in age-group competitions earlier this decade. Their success story started in 2015 with the European U18 title, followed by gold at the European Youth Olympic Festival and world U19 crown that same year. A year later, Kochanowski was a member of the group that claimed top honours at the #EuroVolleyU20M – before in 2017 Poland secured the global U21 crown.
Kochanowski will have to put up a great performance, as PGE Skra BELCHATOW will be trying to reach the historic Super Finals in Berlin as they play Italy’s Cucine Lube CIVITANOVA in the semis, starting with a home match on April 3 at Atlas Arena in Lodz before a crowd of more than 10,000 fans. Kochanowski will be highly important in Skra’s effort to reach the gold medal match of the Champions League for the first time since they lost to Zenit KAZAN in 2012.
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