{"id":4074,"date":"2013-01-19T19:29:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2013-02-02T01:24:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T01:24:35","slug":"hockey-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/hockey-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On July 1st 1907 in Lw\u00f3w there was a match between 1st Lwowski Klub Pi\u0142ki No\u017cnej and Pogo\u0144 Lw\u00f3w. This date is the beginning of the Polish Hockey. On October 31st \u00a01926 in Pozna\u0144 Polish Hockey Association originated. Since 1927 PHA has been the member of the International Hockey Federation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2013\/01\/Unknown-11.jpeg\" aria-label=\"Unknown 11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4076\"  alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2013\/01\/Unknown-11.jpeg\"><\/a>Since the first start in The Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 Men\u2019s national team have been known in the World. Men\u2019s teams five times have taken part in The Olympic Games (1952, 1960 1972, 1980, 2000), Women\u2019s \u2013 one (1980).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Poland played six times in World Cups (1975, 1978, 1981\/82, 1986, 1998, 2002), ten times in European Championships (1970, 1974, 1978, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005) and one in World Cup U-21 (2005). Men\u2019s National and club teams belong to the top of the world in indoor hockey. Men\u2019s team became Vice Champion in 2003. Earlier, in 1996, Men\u2019s U-21 team\u00a0had become European Champion. Pocztowiec Pozna\u0144 won European Club Championship in 2003. Many times Men\u2019s (1999, 2001), Men\u2019s U-21 (1985, 1992, 1996, 2000), Women\u2019s (2005) and club teams Pocztowiec Pozna\u0144 (1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005) and Grunwald Pozna\u0144 (1994) has stood on podium during European Championships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Many international tournaments have been organized in Poland e.g. 5th International Cup (World Cup Qualifier) in 1993 in Pozna\u0144 also many events in youth categories in Gniezno,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Pozna\u0144 and Siemianowice \u015al\u0105skie. Since 1996 Polish Hockey Association have organized world \u2013 known international tournament Junior Challenge Open.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In Polish Hockey there are thousands of players, officials, coaches, umpires and volunteers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Some of them are known in the world. <strong>Tadeusz Socholik<\/strong> from Katowice was one of the initiators of European Hockey Federation. For nearly 30 years he was a member of the Executive Board EHF.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In 1967 Poland, as a reward, got Paul Leautey\u2019s Cup and in 1988 special Rene Frank\u2019s reward for popularizing hockey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do nast<\/strong><strong>\u0119pnego razu&#8230; <\/strong>(Till next time&#8230;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 1st 1907 in Lw\u00f3w there was a match between 1st Lwowski Klub Pi\u0142ki No\u017cnej and Pogo\u0144 Lw\u00f3w. This date is the beginning of the Polish Hockey. On October 31st \u00a01926 in Pozna\u0144 Polish Hockey Association originated. Since 1927 PHA has been the member of the International Hockey Federation. 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