For Poland, this marks the first time since 1976 that they’ve reached the final, winning the gold medal against the Soviet Union in Montreal.
Tomasz Fornal was an absolute wrecking crew for the Poland squad with 13 points, including 12 on the attack. Norbert Huber was just as deadly, with 12 attacking points to his credit in the back-and-forth match.
Wilfredo Leon Venero led all Polish attackers with 22 points at the net in the victory.
Matthew Anderson led the Americans with 23 attacking points, with Aaron Russell earning 18. Thomas Jaeschke and Maxwell Holt each had nine points, with Holt securing two aces in the tight loss.
Poland won the first set and the US won the middle two sets. Poland stormed back to win the fourth set 25-23, setting up a deciding fourth set.
