Twarde Pierniki Toruń

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.

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

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 43 Liga
2005–06 32 Liga4th
2006–07 32 Liga4th
2007–08 32 Liga3rd
2008–09 32 Liga5th
2009–10 32 Liga7th
2010–11 32 Liga1st
2011–12 21 Liga9th
2012–13 21 Liga4th
2013–14 21 Liga1st
2014–15 1PLK9th
2015–16 1PLK5th Quarterfinalist
2016–17 1PLK2nd Quarterfinalist
2017–18 1PLK3rd Champion
2018–19 1PLK2nd Quarterfinalist Champions LeagueQR3
2019–20 1PLK5th Runner-up Champions LeagueRS
2020–21 1PLK10th
2021–22 1PLK7th Quarterfinalist
2022–23 1PLK15th
2023–24 1PLK12th 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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
G 0 Smith, Arik  1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1993-12-09)9 December 1993
G/F 2 Tomaszewski, Wojciech  1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2002-02-20)20 February 2002
PF 5 Cel, Aaron  (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 37 – (1987-03-04)4 March 1987
PG 6 Sowiński, Paweł  1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2005-10-28)28 October 2005
PG 7 Filipović, Goran  1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 27 – (1996-11-26)26 November 1996
G/F 8 Szymański, Wit  1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2003-02-16)16 February 2003
F/C 10 Vucić, Mate   2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-11-11)11 November 1997
G/F 11 Diggs, Trey  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-02-27)27 February 1999
PF 12 Kunc, Aljaz  2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1999-07-30)30 July 1999
PG 15 Washington, James  1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 36 – (1987-12-12)12 December 1987
PF 17 Lipiński, Hubert  2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2005-12-17)17 December 2005
SF 21 Diduszko, Bartosz  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 37 – (1987-06-28)28 June 1987
C 23 Rakocević, Gligorije 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1995-08-07)7 August 1995
SF 27 Prokopowicz, Hubert  1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2005-07-19)19 July 2005
SG 88 Jagodziński, Jakub  1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (2001-01-12)12 January 2001
G/F Wilczek, Dominik  1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1999-07-16)16 July 1999
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Jarosław Zawadka
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: June 28, 2024

Coaches
  • 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


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
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