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.

Twarde Pierniki Toruń
Twarde Pierniki Toruń logo
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]

Sponsorship names

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

  • MMKS VIII LO SIDEn Toruń (2004–2005)
  • SIDEn MMKS VIII LO Toruń (2005–2011)
  • SIDEn Polski Cukier Toruń (2011–2014)
  • Polski Cukier Toruń (2014–2021)
  • Arriva Twarde Pierniki Toruń (from 2023)

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

Players

Current roster

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

Twarde Pierniki Toruń roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
G 0 United States Smith, Arik  1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1993-12-09)9 December 1993
G/F 2 Poland Tomaszewski, Wojciech  1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2002-02-20)20 February 2002
PF 5 Poland Cel, Aaron  (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 36 – (1987-03-04)4 March 1987
PG 6 Poland Sowiński, Paweł  1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (2005-10-28)28 October 2005
PG 7 Croatia Filipović, Goran  1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 26 – (1996-11-26)26 November 1996
G/F 8 Poland Szymański, Wit  1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2003-02-16)16 February 2003
G/F 11 United States Diggs, Trey  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (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
PF 17 Poland Lipiński, Hubert  2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 17 – (2005-12-17)17 December 2005
SF 21 Poland Diduszko, Bartosz  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 36 – (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) 22 – (2001-01-12)12 January 2001
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Poland Jarosław Zawadka
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 23, 2023

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–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 nationality 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.
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