2022–23 PLK season

Energa Basket Liga
Season2022–23
Dates22 September 2022 – 15 June 2023
Number of teams16
TV partner(s)Polsat Sport
Regular season
Top seedWKS Śląsk Wrocław
Season MVPPoland Andrzej Mazurczak
RelegatedEnea Astoria Bydgoszcz
Finals
ChampionsWilki Morskie Szczecin
(1st title)
  Runners-upWKS Śląsk Wrocław
Third placeBM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Fourth placeLegia Warszawa
Finals MVPUnited States Bryce Brown
Statistical leaders
Points United States Jeremiah Martin 19.1
Rebounds United States Adam Kemp 9.6
Assists United States Courtney Fortson 8.4
Index Rating United States Jeremiah Martin 20.9
All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2022–23 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Energa Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 89th season of the Polish Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Poland. Śląsk Wrocław are the defending champions.

Teams

16 teams will participate this season.[1]

HydroTruck Radom was relegated and Sokół Łańcut will be promoted from Liga I.

Locations and venues

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Location of teams in the 2022–23 PLK season
Team Location Arena Capacity
Anwil Włocławek Włocławek Hala Mistrzów 4,200
Suzuki Arka Gdynia Gdynia Polsat Plus Arena Gdynia 5,500
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski Arena Ostrów 3,086
Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Sisu Arena 1,470
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk Slupsk Hala Gryfia 2,500
GTK Gliwice Gliwice Gliwice Arena 13,752
Legia Warsaw Warsaw OSiR Bemowo 1,000
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Dąbrowa Górnicza Centrum Hall 2,944
Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin Lublin Hala Globus 5,000
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Hala Orbita 3,000
Rawlplug Sokół Łańcut Łańcut MOSiR Łańcut 1,200
Spójnia Stargard Stargard Hala Miejska 2,500
Trefl Sopot Sopot Ergo Arena 15,000
Twarde Pierniki Toruń Toruń Arena Toruń 6,248
Wilki Morskie Szczecin Szczecin Netto Arena 7,403
Zastal Enea Zielona Góra Zielona Góra CRS Hall 6,080

Regular season

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 30 22 8 2541 2344 +197 52 Advance to playoffs
2 King Szczecin (C) 30 22 8 2600 2465 +135 52
3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 30 20 10 2584 2426 +158 50
4 Legia Warszawa 30 20 10 2536 2423 +113 50
5 Spójnia Stargard 30 18 12 2510 2462 +48 48
6 Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 30 17 13 2325 2221 +104 47
7 Anwil Włocławek 30 17 13 2532 2395 +137 47
8 Trefl Sopot 30 17 13 2468 2422 +46 47
9 Zastal Zielona Góra 30 16 14 2561 2522 +39 46
10 Asseco Arka Gdynia 30 11 19 2464 2581 −117 41
11 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 30 11 19 2544 2665 −121 41
12 Rawlplug Sokół Łańcut 30 11 19 2292 2398 −106 41
13 Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin 30 11 19 2414 2549 −135 41
14 GTK Gliwice 30 10 20 2377 2516 −139 40
15 Twarde Pierniki Toruń 30 9 21 2457 2618 −161 39
16 Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz 30 8 22 2538 2736 −198 38 Relegation to I Liga
Source: PLK
(C) Champions


Results

Home \ Away ANW GDY STA CZA BYD GTK LAN SZC LEG MKS TOR SPO LUB SOP WRO ZIE
Anwil Włocławek — 110–86 86–88 79–70 97–81 88–63 78–89 99–91 91–97 94–72 86–79 78–81 86–63 80–83 73–75 82–61
Arka Gdynia 93–79 — 92–80 68–88 85–88 91–76 84–81 88–102 81–83 84–74 87–99 76–77 90–79 75–82 87–70 78–90
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 71–68 102–73 — 74–84 103–80 100–76 87–75 95–92 90–87 85–76 90–58 80–85 78–74 79–84 68–75 88–72
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 85–73 66–64 66–90 — 82–78 49–60 91–88 66–83 73–86 83–74 94–58 68–51 82–60 83–60 75–77 64–66
Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz 95–84 88–102 88–94 59–86 — 83–72 87–78 104–103 61–86 78–80 90–100 89–98 92–100 80–91 99–111 73–91
GTK Gliwice 80–82 70–81 97–82 84–64 82–89 — 87–86 90–83 135–136 77–79 90–85 83–95 63–49 82–92 71–91 88–94
Rawlplug Sokół Łańcut 67–85 85–74 70–67 69–83 84–72 68–73 — 76–91 72–83 60–68 74–66 79–83 74–72 81–74 92–85 86–74
King Szczecin 88–87 98–93 88–97 88–77 88–80 84–62 75–73 — 69–65 88–81 99–101 97–95 86–78 103–79 78–103 69–64
Legia Warsaw 78–70 90–61 68–96 70–63 96–88 61–84 75–61 77–92 — 101–86 81–68 69–71 108–90 79–71 63–76 87–81
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 79–82 86–91 88–100 95–94 92–89 88–70 103–102 76–79 93–76 — 96–106 100–85 92–91 82–91 96–103 88–108
Twarde Pierniki Toruń 74–84 79–98 82–95 74–73 88–92 96–89 72–60 73–81 84–88 106–77 — 92–88 80–93 79–81 74–83 72–89
Spójnia Stargard 93–94 88–61 89–91 83–69 73–72 59–64 96–63 81–88 97–80 90–83 92–82 — 99–106 77–66 81–79 82–77
Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin 70–81 72–71 90–71 80–91 101–97 79–68 74–83 75–69 76–103 91–89 104–83 85–94 — 96–75 70–100 76–83
Trefl Sopot 73–81 115–83 93–78 71–77 90–71 98–79 83–68 86–91 70–80 87–73 87–85 91–79 74–69 — 74–88 81–90
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 82–91 87–80 83–68 74–86 101–90 84–73 75–76 66–78 83–77 80–88 79–74 99–66 91–84 71–67 — 85–78
Zastal Zielona Góra 88–84 97–87 87–97 85–93 98–105 100–89 81–72 78–79 90–106 94–90 98–88 101–82 96–67 83–99 67–85 —
Source: PLK
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five format (2–2–1) while the finals in a best-of-seven one (2–2–1–1–1).

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 3
8 Trefl Sopot 1
1 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 3
4 Legia Warszawa 1
4 Legia Warszawa 3
5 Spójnia Stargard 0
1 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 2
2 King Szczecin 4
2 King Szczecin 3
7 Anwil Włocławek 2
2 King Szczecin 3 Third place
3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 1
3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 3 3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 170
6 Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 0 4 Legia Warszawa 161

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 3–1 Trefl Sopot 80–73 87–95 88–80 84–75 —
King Szczecin 3–2 Anwil Włocławek 91–86 76–77 84–75 64–70 81–67
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 3–0 Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 95–85 70–63 77–70 — —
Legia Warszawa 3–0 Spójnia Stargard 84–77 91–78 93–82 — —

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 3–1 Legia Warszawa 83–77 71–57 55–78 65–63 —
King Szczecin 3–1 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 80–78 79–74 60–92 79–76 —

Third place series

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 170–161 Legia Warszawa 85–73 85–88

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 2–4 King Szczecin 78–89 65–92 67–90 85–75 82–70 72–92 —

Awards

All official awards of the 2022–23 PLK season.

Season awards

Award Player Team Ref.
PLK Most Valuable Player Poland Andrzej Mazurczak Wilki Morskie Szczecin [2]
PLK Finals MVP United States Bryce Brown Wilki Morskie Szczecin [3]
PLK Best Defender Poland Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz Enea Zastal BC Zielona Góra [2]
PLK Best Polish Player Poland Andrzej Mazurczak Wilki Morskie Szczecin [2]
PLK Best Coach Poland Arkadiusz Miłoszewski Wilki Morskie Szczecin [2]
All-PLK Team Poland Andrzej Mazurczak Wilki Morskie Szczecin [4]
United States Jeremiah Martin WKS Śląsk Wrocław
Poland Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz Enea Zastal BC Zielona Góra
Poland Aleksander Dziewa WKS Śląsk Wrocław
Poland Damian Kulig BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski

MVP of the Round

Gameday Player Team EFF Ref.
1 Poland Damian Kulig BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 35 [5]
2 United States Jeremiah Martin Śląsk Wrocław 28 [6]
3 Dominican Republic Eddy Polanco Astoria Bydgoszcz 38 [7]
4 Poland Łukasz Kolenda Śląsk Wrocław 33 [8]
5 Latvia Klavs Cavars Polski Cukier Start Lublin 33 [9]
6 Poland Damian Kulig (2) BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 34 [10]
7 United States Jeremiah Martin (2) Śląsk Wrocław 28 [11]
8 Poland Michał Kolenda Trefl Sopot 32 [12]
9 United States Courtney Fortson Spójnia Stargard 38 [13]
10 Poland Damian Kulig (3) BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 32 [14]
11 United States Jeremiah Martin (3) Śląsk Wrocław 42 [15]
12 United States Ben Simons Astoria Bydgoszcz 36 [16]
13 Croatia Ivan Ramljak Śląsk Wrocław 26 [17]
14 United States D.J. Fenner Arka Gdynia 31 [18]
15 Poland Filip Matczak King Szczecin 19 & 26 [19]
16 Poland Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz Zastal Zielona Góra 32 [20]
17 United States Gabe DeVoe Polski Cukier Start Lublin 39 [21]
18 United States Courtney Fortson (2) Spójnia Stargard 36 [22]
19 United States Courtney Fortson (3) Spójnia Stargard 32 [23]
20 Poland Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz (2) Zastal Zielona Góra 30 [24]
21 United States Trey Wade Arka Gdynia 35 [25]
22 Poland Andrzej Pluta Trefl Sopot 24 [26]
23 United States Aric Holman Legia Warsaw 35 [27]
24 United States Bryce Alford Zastal Zielona Góra 28 [28]
25 Poland Andrzej Mazurczak King Szczecin 38 [29]
26 United States Kyle Vinales Legia Warsaw 51 [30]
27 United States James Florence Arka Gdynia 18 & 16 [31]
28 United States Scoochie Smith Polski Cukier Start Lublin 33 [32]
29 United States Victor Sanders Anwil Włocławek 32 [33]

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
2022
September Poland Damian Kulig BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 27.3 [34]
October
November Poland Aleksander Dziewa Śląsk Wrocław 18.3 [35]
December United States Jeremiah Martin Śląsk Wrocław 22.5 [36]
2023
January United States Courtney Fortson Spójnia Stargard 20.0 [37]
February Poland Andrzej Mazurczak King Szczecin 24.3 [38]
March

Statistical leaders

Leaders at the end of the regular season.[39]

Category Player Team Value
Points per game Jeremiah Martin WKS Śląsk Wrocław
19.1
Rebounds per game Adam Kemp Sokół Łańcut
9.6
Assists per game Courtney Fortson Spójnia Stargard
8.4
Steals per game Jeremiah Martin WKS Śląsk Wrocław
2.4
Blocks per game Adam Kemp Sokół Łańcut
2.0
Evaluation per game Jeremiah Martin WKS Śląsk Wrocław
20.9

Polish clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Śląsk Wroclaw EuroCup Regular Season
Legia Warsaw Champions League Regular Season
Anwil Włocławek FIBA Europe Cup Champions
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk Qualifying rounds

Polish clubs in Regional competitions

Team Competition Progress
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski[40] European North Basketball League Champions
Zastal Zielona Góra[41] Quarterfinals
Wilki Morskie Szczecin[42] Semifinals
Trefl Sopot[43] Regular Season
Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin[44] Semifinals
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza[45] Alpe Adria Cup Champions

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