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Barkom Kazhany Lviv joins the PlusLiga

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n the 2022/2023 season, the PlusLiga – volleyball tournament of the world champions – will be attended by the Barkom Kazhany Lviv team. It is possible thanks to the support of the Polish Volleyball League, the Polish Volleyball Federation and the kindness of PlusLiga clubs.

Allowing the team of Barkom Kazhany to participate in the PlusLiga games in the 2022/2023 season is an expression of enormous support for the entire Polish volleyball community in connection with the war in Ukraine. The implementation of this project was possible thanks to the involvement of the Polish Volleyball League, the Polish Volleyball Federation and the kindness of the authorities of PlusLiga clubs.

– I am very grateful to our environment for the great sympathy towards our friends from Ukraine who, in the situation of war with Russia, are unable to compete normally in their homeland. From the first days of the war in Ukraine, the Polish Volleyball Federation has been helping Ukrainian volleyball and more. In addition to purely humanitarian aid, many of our projects are aimed at maintaining the training cycle of teams from Ukraine. Barkom Kazhany is an example of our consistency – said Sebastian Świderski, president of the Polish Volleyball Federation.

The participation of the Barkom Kazhany in the new PlusLiga season would also not be possible without the support of the local government and sports authorities of Krakow. The Ukrainian team will play their league matches in the Hutnika Kraków hall at Ptaszyckiego Street. The most attractive clashes will take place in Tauron Arena, which can accommodate up to 20,000. fans. The inaugural meeting of the new season, Barkom will play with Trefl in Gdańsk.

– Playing in the league of world champions is a great honor for us, but also an opportunity for constant development, both in terms of sports and organization. It is worth noting that the activities aimed at our formal participation in PlusLiga competitions, related to, inter alia, with obtaining a license, lasted for a long time. On this occasion, I would like to thank the Polish Volleyball League, the Polish Volleyball Federation and all the people whose support and kindness led to the finalization of this project. I hope that our matches will attract many fans to the halls in Krakow and will give them a lot of sports emotions – said Oleg Baran, President of the Club from Lviv.

– It’s a big deal for us, accepting the team from Lviv is a bold but well-thought-out move – says Artur Popko, president of the Polish Volleyball League. – We hope that Barkom will attract many new fans to the stands, show Ukrainians volleyball, and will also be a symbol of cooperation between our nations. We are glad that the club has found such good partners in our country, it will play in the historic city of Polish volleyball – Krakow. And in the first round he will go to Gdańsk to face the Trefl team. Considering that Lviv and Gdańsk are twin cities, we will probably witness a unique spectacle.

Club communication will be carried out bilingually – in Ukrainian and Polish. We invite you to the matches of Barkom Kazhany – both fans from Ukraine, especially from Lviv, and Ukrainians who live and work in Poland on a daily basis. We prepare for the games, set ourselves high goals, organize ourselves in sports in the new reality and we believe that we will achieve satisfactory results!