The FIVB has chosen the best volleyball players in the world. Poland? Words missing

Last year was very abundant for volleyball players. It started with the June clashes in the League of Nations, then in July, and at the end of the holiday season, Poland was one of the co-hosts of the European Championship. All tournaments left their mark on the selection of the best twelve in 2021, although the results of the FIVB plebiscite are surprising, if not bizarre.

Brizard is the best volleyball player of 2021 thanks to … the final rounds. What are the results of the FIVB plebiscite?

Antoine Brizard was chosen the best of 2021. A French quarterback who initially did not even fit into the team led by Laurent Tilli. The player, however, received a call to the Olympic Games in Tokyo and a chance to play in the knockout round of the tournament. “In Tokyo, Brizard entered the quarter-finals with Poland in the first set and helped to take the lead in five sets” – we read in the arguments for choosing “Volleyball World” . Finally, it was the French who won the Olympic gold medal, and a few weeks earlier they won the bronze medal in

The second place in the poll was taken by Luciano De Cecco. The Argentinian who, being the captain of his national team, led it at the Olympics to the bronze medal. It was a historic moment as she won the Olympic medal for the first time in 33 years. Another Frenchman closed the podium: Earvin Ngapeth. What is the full list of the 12 best volleyball players of 2021?

1. Antoine Brizard (France)
2. Luciano De Cecco (Argentyna)
3. Earvin Ngapeth (France)
4. Jean Patry (France)
5. Jenia Grebennikov (France)
6. Maksim Mikhailov (Russia)
7. Alessandro Michieletto (Italy)
8. Ivan Yakovlev (Russia)
9. Ricardo Lucarelli (Brazil)
10. Barthélémy Chinenyeze (France)
11. Yuki Ishikawa (Japonia)
12. Bruno Rezende (Brazil)

Poland is too weak for FIVB? Wilfredo Leon worse than the Japanese

This year’s plebiscite clearly belongs to the French. On the one hand, it is hardly surprising, because they won the Olympic gold, on the other hand, however, individual players are distinguished in the poll, not the entire team. And there were more tournaments through the prism of which it was possible to make an assessment. Therefore, it is surprising that there are no Poles among the top twelve.

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White and red did not manage to win gold, neither at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, nor in the League of Nations, nor at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. However, they played a key role in every tournament, and in two of them they were on the podium (2nd place in LN after losing to Brazil in the final 1: 3 and 3rd place at the European Championships after winning 3-0 against Serbia). We finished the Tokyo Olympics in the quarter-finals. .

Individually, one of the most outstanding characters on the team was Wilfredo Leon. Not counting the awards in the squad, Leon won the Italian championship with Sir Safety Perugia, and also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League volleyball. He won the MVP award of the international Hubert Jerzy Wagner Memorial and beat it.

Even so, he did not qualify for the top twelve, and so did Yuki Ishikawa, the international. The 26-year-old was voted best host in the Asian championship, where his team won a silver medal. This is the only distinction of the Japanese in 2021.