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Poland's Kamil Semeniuk at the 2025 FIVB Men's World Championship. Handout/Volleyball World

Poland's Kamil Semeniuk at the 2025 FIVB Men's World Championship.

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2025 FIVB Men's World Championship

Paige Javier

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1759063602597il7xfiw8f458tkvn6ssd.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Poland&#x27;s Kamil Semeniuk at the 2025 FIVB Men&#x27;s World Championship. Handout/Volleyball World"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Poland&#x27;s Kamil Semeniuk at the 2025 FIVB Men&#x27;s World Championship. <em>Handout/Volleyball World</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Poland&#x27;s Kamil Semeniuk is looking at the positives from their bronze medal finish in the 2025 FIVB Men&#x27;s World Championship held in Manila.</p><p>Semeniuk told reporters after their four-set win over Czechia on Sunday that they are still disappointed after missing out on the final. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/9/28/poland-claims-fivb-world-championship-bronze-in-manila-after-defeating-czechia-1641">READ: Poland claims FIVB World Championship bronze in Manila after defeating Czechia</a></div><p>&quot;Maybe for now we still are little bit sad about yesterday that we didn&#x27;t go to the final. It was our objective when we come to the tournament. But I think after a few days when we are back home, when we also start the season in the club, for sure we will be proud of this medal. Because (a) medal is (a) medal,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;After a long tournament like this World Championship for us, it&#x27;s always good to back to the home with something on the neck,&quot; Semeniuk added.</p><p>The 29-year-old player said they still have a lot to work on, especially their consistency.</p><p>&quot;I think we play good. We have obviously some moments yesterday, today that we didn&#x27;t play good. But some games we play in high level, like we should keep all the time, but it&#x27;s not easy to play all the time like high level,&quot; Semeniuk said.</p><p>&quot;So for sure next season in the preparation time, we work on some things that didn&#x27;t work during this World Championship. And I&#x27;m sure we will be stronger in the future,&quot; he explained.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/9/28/bronze-medal-in-fivb-worlds-is-bittersweet-for-poland-s-wilfredo-leon-1809">READ: Bronze medal in FIVB Worlds is &#x27;bittersweet&#x27; for Poland&#x27;s Wilfredo Leon</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>LOOKING AHEAD TO 2027 FIVB WORLDS</strong></div><p>With the next FIVB Worlds still about two years away, Semeniuk is already looking forward to competing in front of their home crowd.</p><p>Poland has been announced as the host of the 2027 FIVB Men&#x27;s World Championship.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s good news for us. We don&#x27;t want to go a long trip like here in the Philippines. Obviously it was really nice here. We have good fans all the time, but always it&#x27;s good to play in your country with your fans, so we for sure are happy,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;But in its future, now we have a season in the club, then next season in the national team, next tournament, so step by step we will be focused on the new objective,&quot; Semeniuk added.</p><p>Despite playing thousands of miles from home, the Polish player was grateful for their fans who went all the way to the Philippines to support them.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s crazy. It&#x27;s crazy that our fans from Poland are everywhere in the world. These are the advantages for us all the time. We have some people in the hall to support us, so thank you very much. You spent your time, you spent your money to come here to support us,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Obviously, we want to win the gold medal, but sometimes you must lose because the sport is valuable. But in the end, we won the bronze, so it&#x27;s nice,&quot; Semeniuk shared.</p>

<p>Poland's Kamil Semeniuk is looking at the positives from their bronze medal finish in the 2025 FIVB Men's World Championship held in Manila.</p>

Poland's Kamil Semeniuk is looking at the positives from their bronze medal finish in the 2025 FIVB Men's World Championship held in Manila.

'A medal is a medal:' Poland's Kamil Semeniuk still proud of FIVB Worlds bronze

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'A medal is a medal:' Poland's Kamil Semeniuk still proud of FIVB Worlds bronze

Paige Javier,

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Published Sep 28, 2025 08:49 PM PHT

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