Twarde Pierniki Toruń


Twarde Pierniki Toruń is a Polish professional basketball team based in Toruń. The team currently plays in the Polish Basketball League. The club has won Polish Cup and Polish Supercup titles in 2018. Currently the team plays under the 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.
Team also starts next season with winning the Polish Basketball Supercup. Another time Karol Gruszecki was named Most Valuable Player of the final match.

Sponsorship names

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

Honours

Coaches

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