Sebastian Kowalówka

Sebastian Kowalówka
Sebastian Kowalówka (2007, right)
Date of birth	August 9, 1986
place of birth	Oświęcim , Poland
size	176 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2002-2004	SMS Sosnowiec II
2004-2007	Unia Oświęcim
2007-2009	KS Cracovia
2009-2010	JKH GKS Jastrzębie
2010–2012	Actually Unia Oświęcim
2012-2015	KS Cracovia
2015-2016	Actually Unia Oświęcim
2016	Polonia Bytom
since 2016	Actually Unia Oświęcim

Sebastian Kowalówka (born August 9, 1986 in Oświęcim ) is a Polish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Aksam Unia Oświęcim in the Ekstraliga since September 2016 .

Career

Club

Sebastian Kowalówka began his career as a hockey player in the youth division of Unia Oświęcim . In 2002 he moved to the junior academy of the Polish Ice Hockey Association , for whose second team he played in the second-class I league in 2004 . At the age of 18 he returned to his hometown and from then on played for Unia Oświęcim in the Ekstraliga . In 2007, he left the team from Auschwitz and moved to the small Polish capital Krakow , where he met the KS Cracovia 2008 and 2009 Polish champion was. Despite these successes, he moved to JKH GKS Jastrzębie in 2009 , only to return to Unia Oświęcim in 2010. In 2012 he moved to Cracovia Krakow for the second time, where he was able to win the Polish championship title again straight away. Since 2015, interrupted by a detour to Polonia Bytom at the beginning of the 2016 season, he has been playing again for his home club from Oświęcim.

International

For Poland, Kowalówka took part in Division I of the U18 World Cup in 2003 and 2004 in the junior division . In 2004 he also represented his colors in Division II of the U20 World Cup when he was promoted to Division I with five clear wins in his home town of Sosnowiec . There he then took part in the U20 tournaments in 2005 , when he was named best goal setter, and in 2006 .

Kowalówka made his debut in the men's national team at the men's ice hockey world championship in 2008 in Division I. In the following years, he also represented his colors at the Division I tournaments of the 2009 World Championships , which took place in Toruń , in 2013 , 2014 and 2015 . He also played for Poland in the Olympic qualification for the Vancouver Games in 2010.

successes

• 2004 Promotion to Division I at the U20 World Cup, Division II, Group A.
• 2005 Most assists in the U20 World Cup in Division I, Group B
• 2008 Polish champion with KS Cracovia
• 2009 Polish champion with KS Cracovia
• 2013 Polish champion with KS Cracovia
• 2014 Promotion to Division I, Group A, at the World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2014 Polish Cup winner with KS Cracovia

Ekstraliga statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	14th	526	149	211	360	172
Playoffs	8th	58	15th	22nd	37	14th

(As of the end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Sebastian Kowalówka at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Sebastian Kowalówka at eurohockey.com