Twarde Pierniki Toruń

Twarde Pierniki Toruń
Twarde Pierniki Toruń logo
LeaguesPLK
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
HistoryTwarde Pierniki Toruń
(2004–present)
ArenaArena Toruń
Capacity6,284[1]
LocationToruń, Poland
Head coachCédric Heitz
Team captainAaron Cel
Championships1 Polish Cup
Websitetwardepierniki.pl

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 team play under name Arriva Polski Cukier Toruń due to sponsorship commitments.

History

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]

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known as:

Honours

Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2018–19
3rd place (1): 2017–18
Winners (1): 2018
Winners (1): 2018

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Polish Cup European competitions
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

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Twarde Pierniki Toruń roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht.
G 0 United States Smith, Arik  1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1993-12-09)9 December 1993
G/F 2 Poland Tomaszewski, Wojciech  1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2002-02-20)20 February 2002
PF 5 Poland Cel, Aaron  (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 37 – (1987-03-04)4 March 1987
PG 6 Poland Sowiński, Paweł  1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2005-10-28)28 October 2005
PG 7 Croatia Filipović, Goran  1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 27 – (1996-11-26)26 November 1996
G/F 8 Poland Szymański, Wit  1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2003-02-16)16 February 2003
F/C 10 Croatia Vucić, Mate   2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-11-11)11 November 1997
G/F 11 United States Diggs, Trey  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-02-27)27 February 1999
PF 12 Slovenia Kunc, Aljaz  2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1999-07-30)30 July 1999
PG 15 United States Washington, James  1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 36 – (1987-12-12)12 December 1987
PF 17 Poland Lipiński, Hubert  2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2005-12-17)17 December 2005
SF 21 Poland Diduszko, Bartosz  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 37 – (1987-06-28)28 June 1987
C 23 Montenegro Rakocević, Gligorije 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1995-08-07)7 August 1995
SF 27 Poland Prokopowicz, Hubert  1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2005-07-19)19 July 2005
SG 88 Poland Jagodziński, Jakub  1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (2001-01-12)12 January 2001
G/F Poland Wilczek, Dominik  1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1999-07-16)16 July 1999
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Poland Jarosław Zawadka
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: June 28, 2024

Coaches

  • Poland Marek Ziółkowski
  • Poland Grzegorz Sowiński: 2008–2011, 2013–2014
  • Poland Jarosław Zyskowski: 2011–2012
  • Poland Eugeniusz Kijewski: 2012–2013
  • Serbia Milija Bogicević: 2014–2015
  • Poland Jacek Winnicki: 2015–2017
  • Slovenia Dejan Mihevc: 2017–2019
  • Germany Sebastian Machowski: 2019–2020
  • Poland Jaroslaw Zawadka: 2020–2021
  • Croatia Ivica Skelin: 2021–2022
  • Serbia Miloš Mitrović: 2022–2023
  • France Cédric Heitz: 2023
  • Croatia Srđan Subotić: 2023-present


Individual awards

Polish Cup MVP

Polish Supercup MVP

PLK Most Improved Player

  • Krzysztof Sulima – 2017

PLK Best Coach

All-1 Liga Team

  • Tomasz Wojdyła – 2014

All-PLK Team

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

References

  1. ^ "Twarde Pierniki Torun". Basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  2. ^ "Polski Cukier Toruń zdobywa Puchar Polski". Sport.pl. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ^ https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/koszykowka/779866/lotto-superpuchar-polski-polski-cukier-torun-nie-do-zdarcia%7Ctitle=Lotto Superpuchar Polski: Polski Cukier Toruń nie do zdarcia!|date=29 September 2018|access-date=29 September 2018|publisher=SportoweFakty.pl