Polish Basketball League

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox basketball league Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English: Polish Basketball League), officially known as the Orlen Basket Liga due to its sponsorship by Orlen, 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 Federation. 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 the 2000–01 season, the league turned professional.

The PLK, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 16 teams. 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 18.

Legia Warsaw are the defending champions.

Naming and logos

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Teams

Team Location Arena Capacity
Anwil Włocławek Włocławek Hala Mistrzów Template:Nts
Arka Gdynia Gdynia Gdynia Sports Arena Template:Nts
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Hala Orbita Template:Nts
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski Arena Ostrów Template:Nts
GTK Gliwice Gliwice Centrum Sportowo-Kulturalne Łabędź / Gliwice Arena Template:Nts / Template:Nts
Górnik Wałbrzych Wałbrzych Aqua Zdrój Template:Nts
Legia Warsaw Warsaw OSiR Bemowo Template:Nts
Astoria Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Sisu Arena Template:Nts
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Dąbrowa Górnicza Centrum Hall Template:Nts
Czarni Słupsk Słupsk Hala Gryfia Template:Nts
Twarde Pierniki Toruń Toruń Arena Toruń Template:Nts
Zastal Zielona Góra Zielona Góra CRS Hall Zielona Góra Template:Nts
Start Lublin Lublin Globus Hall Template:Nts
Spójnia Stargard Stargard Hala Miejska Template:Nts
Trefl Sopot Sopot Ergo Arena / Hala Stulecia Sopot Template:Nts / Template:Nts
Wilki Morskie Szczecin Szczecin Netto Arena Template:Nts

Medalists

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The official PLK medals
Season Champion Runner-up Score Third place
1997–98 Śląsk Wrocław (13) Pruszków 4–3 Bobry Bytom
1998–99 Śląsk Wrocław (14) Włocławek 4–3 Bobry Bytom
1999–00 Śląsk Wrocław (15) Włocławek 4–1 Pruszków
2000–01 Śląsk Wrocław (16) Anwil Włocławek 4–1 Trefl Sopot
2001–02 Śląsk Wrocław (17) Trefl Sopot 4–1 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2002–03 Włocławek (1) Trefl Sopot 4–2 Śląsk Wrocław
2003–04 Trefl Sopot (1) Śląsk Wrocław 4–1 Polonia Warszawa
2004–05 Trefl Sopot (2) Włocławek 4–2 Polonia Warszawa
2005–06 Trefl Sopot (3) Włocławek 4–1 Czarni Słupsk
2006–07 Trefl Sopot (4) Turów Zgorzelec 4–1 Śląsk Wrocław
2007–08 Trefl Sopot (5) Turów Zgorzelec 4–3 Śląsk Wrocław
2008–09 Trefl Sopot (6) Turów Zgorzelec 4–1 Włocławek
2009–10 Gdynia (7) Włocławek 4–0 Starogard Gdański
2010–11 Gdynia (8) Turów Zgorzelec 4–3 Czarni Słupsk
2011–12 Gdynia (9) Trefl Sopot 4–3 Zielona Góra
2012–13 Zielona Góra (1) Turów Zgorzelec 4–0 AZS Koszalin
2013–14 Turów Zgorzelec (1) Zielona Góra 4–2 Trefl Sopot
2014–15 Zielona Góra (2) Turów Zgorzelec 4–2 Czarni Słupsk
2015–16 Zielona Góra (3) Rosa Radom 4–0 Czarni Słupsk
2016–17 Zielona Góra (4) Toruń 4–1 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2017–18 Włocławek (2) Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 4–2 Toruń
2018–19 Włocławek (3) Toruń 4–3 Arka Gdynia
2019–20Template:Efn Zielona Góra (5) Start Lublin Włocławek
2020–21 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (1) Zastal Zielona Góra 4–2 WKS Śląsk Wrocław
2021–22 Śląsk Wrocław (18) Legia Warszawa 4–1 Anwil Włocławek
2022–23 King Szczecin (1) Śląsk Wrocław 4–2 Anwil Włocławek
2023–24 Trefl Sopot (1) King Szczecin 4–3 WKS Śląsk Wrocław
2024–25 Legia Warsaw (8) PGE Start Lublin 4–3 Trefl Sopot

Records and statistics

Individual records

The all-time scoring leaders of Poland's top-tier level men's pro club basketball competition, since the year 1947, when the competition began. From 1947 to 1975, official records of individual player statistics were not kept. The Polish Basketball Association officially began to keep the records of individual player statistics in 1976.

All-time scoring leaders (1947–present)

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1. Edward Jurkiewicz 23,126

All-time scoring leaders (1976–present)

The all-time scoring leaders of Poland's top-tier level men's pro club basketball competition, since the year 1976, when the Polish Basketball Association officially began to keep the records of individual player statistics.

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1. Eugeniusz Kijewski 10,185 395
2. Adam Wójcik 10,097 651
3. Edward Jurkiewicz 9,832 306
4. Jerzy Bińkowski 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

Single game scoring highs

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  2. Template:Flagicon Edward Jurkiewicz: 84 points (1969–70 season: Wybrzeże Gdańsk versus Baildon Katowice: March 15 March 1970)
  3. Template:Flagicon Mieczysław Łopatka: 77 points (1962–63 season: Śląsk Wrocław versus AZS Gdańsk)
  4. Template:Flagicon Leszek Doliński: 74 points (1988–89 season: Gwardia Wrocław versus AZS Koszalin)
  5. Template:Flagicon Edward Jurkiewicz: 67 points (1974–75 season: Górnik Wałbrzych versus Wybrzeże Gdańsk: 9 October 1974)
  6. Template:Flagicon Mieczysław Młynarski: 63 points (1982–83 season: Górnik Wałbrzych versus Pogoń Szczecin)

Team records

  • Highest attendance in a single game:
10,152Trefl 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.

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List of Polish basketball champions

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Titles by club

Club Champions Winning years
Śląsk Wrocław
18
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Lech Poznań
11
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1935, 1939, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990
Arka Gdynia
9
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2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Legia Warsaw
8
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1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 2025
Wisła Kraków
6
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1954, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1974, 1976
Zastal Zielona Góra
5
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2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
AZS Poznań
4
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1930, 1931, 1932, 1937
Wybrzeże Gdańsk
4
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1971, 1972, 1973, 1978
KK Włocławek
3
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2003, 2018, 2019
YMCA Kraków
2
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1933, 1934
Cracovia
2
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1929, 1938
Społem Łódź
2
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1950, 1952
AZS Warsaw
2
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1947, 1967
Zagłębie Sosnowiec
2
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1985, 1986
Górnik Wałbrzych
2
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1982, 1988
MKS Znicz Basket Pruszków
2
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1995, 1997
Czarna Trzynastka Poznań
1
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1928
YMCA Łódź
1
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1948
ŁKS Łódź
1
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1953
Polonia Warsaw
1
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1959
Resovia
1
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1975
Turów Zgorzelec
1
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2014
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
1
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2021
Wilki Morskie Szczecin
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2023
Trefl Sopot
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2024

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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