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Basketball team in Toruń, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Twarde Pierniki Toruń is a Polish professional basketball team based in Toruń. The team currently plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK). The club has won Polish Cup and Polish Supercup titles in 2018. Currently the team plays under the name Arriva Polski Cukier Toruń due to sponsorship commitments.
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| Leagues | PLK | ||
| Founded | 2004 | ||
| History | Twarde Pierniki Toruń (2004–present) | ||
| Arena | Arena Toruń | ||
| Capacity | 6,284[1] | ||
| Location | Toruń, Poland | ||
| Head coach | Cédric Heitz | ||
| Team captain | Bartosz Diduszko | ||
| Championships | 1 Polish Cup | ||
| Website | twardepierniki | ||
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Twarde Pierniki was founded in 2004. Toruń was offered a spot in the 2014–15 PLK season as a wild card because of the expansion from 12 to 16 teams. In the 2016–17 season, Toruń had its best season in club history and reached the PLK Finals. Here it lost to Stelmet Zielona Góra which meant the team ended in second place.
Toruń won its first trophy in on 19 February 2018, when it beat Zielona Góra 88–80 in the final of the Polish Cup, behind Karol Gruszecki who was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.[2]
Team also starts next season with winning the Polish Basketball Supercup. Another time Karol Gruszecki was named Most Valuable Player of the final match. [3]
Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known as:
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Polish Cup | European competitions | |
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| 2004–05 | 4 | 3 Liga | ||||
| 2005–06 | 3 | 2 Liga | 4th | |||
| 2006–07 | 3 | 2 Liga | 4th | |||
| 2007–08 | 3 | 2 Liga | 3rd | |||
| 2008–09 | 3 | 2 Liga | 5th | |||
| 2009–10 | 3 | 2 Liga | 7th | |||
| 2010–11 | 3 | 2 Liga | 1st | |||
| 2011–12 | 2 | 1 Liga | 9th | |||
| 2012–13 | 2 | 1 Liga | 4th | |||
| 2013–14 | 2 | 1 Liga | 1st | |||
| 2014–15 | 1 | PLK | 9th | |||
| 2015–16 | 1 | PLK | 5th | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2016–17 | 1 | PLK | 2nd | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2017–18 | 1 | PLK | 3rd | Champion | ||
| 2018–19 | 1 | PLK | 2nd | Quarterfinalist | Champions League | QR3 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | PLK | 5th | Runner-up | Champions League | RS |
| 2020–21 | 1 | PLK | 10th | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | PLK | 7th | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2022–23 | 1 | PLK | 15th | |||
| 2023–24 | 1 | PLK | 12th | Quarterfinalist | ||
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Marek Ziółkowski Grzegorz Sowiński: 2008–2011, 2013–2014 Jarosław Zyskowski: 2011–2012 Eugeniusz Kijewski: 2012–2013
Milija Bogicević: 2014–2015 Jacek Winnicki: 2015–2017
Dejan Mihevc: 2017–2019
Sebastian Machowski: 2019–2020 Jaroslaw Zawadka: 2020–2021
Ivica Skelin: 2021–2022 Miloš Mitrović: 2022–2023
Cédric Heitz: 2023 Srđan Subotić: 2023-present
All-1 Liga Team
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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