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Polska Liga Koszykówki
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
First season1995–96
Country Poland
Federation PZKosz
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams17
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toI Liga
Domestic cup(s)Polish Cup
SupercupPolish Supercup
International cup(s)Eurocup Basketball
Champions League
FIBA Europe Cup
Current championsWłocławek (2nd title)
Most championshipsŚląsk Wrocław (17 titles)
Websitewww.plk.pl
2018–19 PLK season

Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English: Polish Basketball League) is a professional men's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the Polish league pyramid. The winning team of the final round are crowned the Polish Champions of that season. It began in 1947–48, with the name of I Liga, and was originally organized by the Polish Basketball Association. The league changed to its current form, beginning with the 1997–98 season, after the Polska Liga Koszykówki SA, PLK SA (the Polish Basketball League Joint-stock company) took control over the league (the PLK SA was created in 1995).[1] In 2000–01 season the league turned professional.

The PLK, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 17 teams (professional basketball's clubs). A PLK season is split into a league stage and a playoffs stage (since 1984–85 season). At the end of the league stage, the top eight teams qualify for the playoff stage.

The competition Polish basketball men's championships has existed since the year 1928. Śląsk Wrocław is the record holder for most titles, with 17.

Naming and logos

Due to sponsorship reasons, the league has known several names:

  • 1997–1999: Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK)
  • 1999–2001: Lech Basket Liga (LBL)
  • 2001–2003: Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK)
  • 2003–2005: Era Basket Liga (EBL)
  • 2005–2006: Dominet Basket Liga (DBL)
  • 2006–2008: Dominet Bank Ekstraliga (DBE)
  • 2008–2010: Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK)
  • 2010–2016: Tauron Basket Liga (TBL)
  • 2016–2018: Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK)
  • 2018–present: Energa Basket Liga[2]
  • PLK original logo (2008–2010, 2016–2018)
    PLK original logo (2008–2010, 2016–2018)

Teams

As of the 2017–18 season, the teams playing in the PLK are:


Locations and venues

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Location of teams in 2017–18 Polish Basketball League
Team Location Arena Capacity
Anwil Włocławek Włocławek Hala Mistrzów 4,200
Asseco Gdynia Gdynia Gdynia Sports Arena 5,500
AZS Koszalin Koszalin Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa 3,000
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski Hala Sportowa Stal 1,200
Energa Czarni Słupsk Słupsk Hala Gryfia 3,200
GTK Gliwice Gliwice Centrum Sportowo-Kulturalne Łabędź 400
Legia Warsaw Warsaw OSiR Bemowo 1,000[3]
Miasto Szkła Krosno Krosno MOSiR Krosno 1,380
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Dąbrowa Górnicza Centrum Hall 2,944
PGE Turów Zgorzelec Zgorzelec PGE Turów Arena 3,500
Polpharma Starogard Gdański Starogard Gdański Argo-Kociewie 2,500
Polski Cukier Toruń Toruń Arena Toruń 6,248
Rosa Radom Radom ZSE Radom 1,200
Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra Zielona Góra CRS Hall 6,080
TBV Start Lublin Lublin Hala Globus 5,000
Trefl Sopot Sopot Ergo Arena 15,000
Wilki Morskie Szczecin Szczecin Azoty Arena 7,403
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Anwil Włocławek 32 24 8 2732 2366 +366 .750 Qualification to playoffs
2 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 32 23 9 2586 2350 +236 .719
3 Polski Cukier Toruń 32 23 9 2730 2427 +303 .719
4 Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra 32 21 11 2738 2505 +233 .656
5 Rosa Radom 32 20 12 2659 2531 +128 .625
6 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 32 20 12 2642 2477 +165 .625
7 King Szczecin 32 18 14 2656 2583 +73 .563
8 PGE Turów Zgorzelec 32 18 14 2722 2707 +15 .563
9 TBV Start Lublin 32 17 15 2619 2588 +31 .531
10 Trefl Sopot 32 17 15 2568 2519 +49 .531
11 Asseco Gdynia 32 17 15 2607 2650 −43 .531
12 Polpharma Starogard Gdański 32 15 17 2525 2575 −50 .469
13 AZS Koszalin 32 11 21 2506 2756 −250 .344
14 GTK Gliwice 32 10 22 2548 2756 −208 .313
15 Miasto Szkła Krosno 32 8 24 2481 2711 −230 .250
16 Legia Warsaw 32 5 27 2449 2823 −374 .156
17 Czarni Słupsk[a] (D) 32 5 27 1463 1907 −444 .156 Withdrew
Source: PLK
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. ^ On 31 January 2018, Czarni Słupsk retired from the league and was dissolved due to financial collapse.[4]

Medalists

The official PLK medals
Season Champion Runner-up Score Third place
1997–98 Zepter Śląsk Wrocław PEKAES Pruszków 4–3 Ericsson Bobry Bytom
1998–99 Zepter Śląsk Wrocław Anwil Włocławek 4–3 Ericsson Bobry Bytom
1999–00 Zepter Śląsk Wrocław Anwil Włocławek 4–1 Hoop-Pekaes Pruszków
2000–01 Zepter Śląsk Wrocław Anwil Włocławek 4–1 Prokom Trefl Sopot
2001–02 Idea Śląsk Wrocław Prokom Trefl Sopot 4–1 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2002–03 Anwil Włocławek Prokom Trefl Sopot 4–2 Idea Śląsk Wrocław
2003–04 Prokom Trefl Sopot Idea Śląsk Wrocław 4–1 Polonia Warszawa
2004–05 Prokom Trefl Sopot Anwil Włocławek 4–2 Polonia Warszawa
2005–06 Prokom Trefl Sopot Anwil Włocławek 4–1 Energa Czarni Słupsk
2006–07 Prokom Trefl Sopot BOT Turów Zgorzelec 4–1 ASCO Śląsk Wrocław
2007–08 Prokom Trefl Sopot PGE Turów Zgorzelec 4–3 ASCO Śląsk Wrocław
2008–09 Asseco Prokom Sopot PGE Turów Zgorzelec 4–1 Anwil Włocławek
2009–10 Asseco Prokom Gdynia Anwil Włocławek 4–0 Polpharma Starogard Gdański
2010–11 Asseco Prokom Gdynia PGE Turów Zgorzelec 4–3 Energa Czarni Słupsk
2011–12 Asseco Prokom Gdynia Trefl Sopot 4–3 Zastal Zielona Góra
2012–13 Stelmet Zielona Góra PGE Turów Zgorzelec 4–0 AZS Koszalin
2013–14 PGE Turów Zgorzelec Stelmet Zielona Góra 4–2 Trefl Sopot
2014–15 Stelmet Zielona Góra PGE Turów Zgorzelec 4–2 Energa Czarni Słupsk
2015–16 Stelmet Zielona Góra Rosa Radom 4–0 Energa Czarni Słupsk
2016–17 Stelmet Zielona Góra Polski Cukier Toruń 4–1 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2017–18 Anwil Włocławek Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 4–2 Polski Cukier Toruń

Records and statistics

  • Most seasons:
Śląsk Wrocław (56)
  • Single game scoring record:
90 – Poland Mieczysław Młynarski (10 December 1982: Górnik Wałbrzych – Pogoń Szczecin)
  • All-Time Scoring leaders:
Pos Player Pnts Mtch
1. Eugeniusz Kijewski 10,185 395
2. Adam Wójcik 10,097 651
3. Edward Jurkiewicz 9,832 306
4. Jerzy Binkowski 9,204 586
5. Mieczysław Młynarski 9,026 357
6. Mariusz Bacik 8,706 627
7. Maciej Zieliński 8,650 579
8. Andrzej Pluta 8,512 591
9. Henryk Wardach 8,163 557
10. Dominik Tomczyk 8,008 556
11. Jarosław Jechorek 7,681 489
12. Dariusz Zelig 7,481 420
13. Eugeniusz Durejko 7,048 365
14. Jarosław Marcinkowski 6,979 499
15. Jarosław Zyskowski 6,774 484
  • Highest attendance in a game:
10,152 – Trefl Sopot vs Asseco Prokom Gdynia, at Ergo Arena on 14 April 2012

Individual awards

After the end of each season, individual honors are given to the best performing players of a season. A select group of press members vote for the winners of individual awards.

List of Polish basketball champions

See also

References

  1. ^ uleb.com
  2. ^ "Energa sponsorem polskiej koszykówki" (in Polish). Onet.pl. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Legia Warszawa". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Czarni Słupsk wycofali się z Energa Basket Ligi, więc Legia się utrzyma" (in Polish). Sport.pl. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
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