Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle triumphed in the regular season the 2021/22 Polish Men’s Volleyball Championship.
Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle lost to Trefl Gdańsk 2-3 in the last match on the schedule (recovery of Round 20) of the 2021/22 PlusLiga regular season but took the top seed for the playoffs.
After Saturday’s match in Gdańsk, in which Jastrzębski Węgiel beat Trefl 3-2, the Polish champions jumped over ZAKSA and were leading the charts with +1. ZAKSA needed to score one point today to win the regular season and surpass Jastrzębski. In turn, Trefl played for a place (the last available) in the post-season, and to be promoted to it, they had to win in Kędzierzyn-Koźle. The victory would launch Michał Winiarski’s team to 7th place. So, it wasn’t a secret that the result of 3-2 for the Gdańsk side would be an ideal solution for both Trefl and ZAKSA. The PlusLiga vice-champions, the moment they took the necessary 2 sets (won the regular season by a set-ratio), took out the basic line-up and sent backups for the remainder of the encounter, which is the fact the guests took advantage of, mostly thanks to Bartłomiej Lipiński (27 points) and Kewin Sasak (5 aces).
2021/22 PlusLiga – regular season Standings
Playoff quarter-final pairing
(1) ZAKSA – Katowice (8)
(2) Jastrzębski – Trefl (7)
(3) Skra – Olsztyn (6)
(4) Aluron – Resovia (5)
