Marcin Lijewski selector Polish national team He became handball players on March 29, 2023. Since then, he led her on two great tournaments – European Championships in 2024 and World Championships in 2025 in both Poles did not leave the group in the initial round. They took 16th and 25th place respectively. Finally, the president of ZPRP Sławomir Szmal decided to say goodbye to Lijewski.
Marcin Lijewski is no longer a national team coach. There is an official message
On Tuesday on union side An official message has appeared on this matter. – The Handball Association in Poland informs about the end of cooperation with the current Polish national team coach Marcin Lijewski. The decision of the President of ZPRP Sławomir Szmal was made after a deep analysis of the coach's work, consultations with the Council of ZPRP trainers and was approved by the ZPRP Board on February 24, 2025 – we read.
Lijewski was not only weak resultsbut also a terrible atmosphere inside the staff. During the world championships, just before the last matches, the team was left by Kamil Syprzak. According to the announcement issued on 25 January by the Polish Federation, he did it arbitrarily and therefore a order was imposed on him. The rotating himself later explained with health problems.
A mess in the Polish national team. That's why Lijewski had to leave
The trainer's answer also caused a lot of confusion to the question why he rarely used Michał Olejniczak in the attack. – After two matches in these championships, Michał told me that he had no strength to play here and here – said Lijewski. The interested person himself soon issued a statement in which he accused the coach of a lie.
For now, we do not know the successor of Marcin Lijewski. It is known, however, that in subsequent elimination meetings to the European Championships the national team will be led by the current assistant of the coach -Skórski. Poles will play the next meeting on March 13. Portugal will be our rival.