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Professional men's club basketball league in Poland
Basketball league
Polska Liga Koszykowki
(
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 Federation
. The league changed to its current form, beginning with the 1997?98 season, after the
Polska Liga Koszykowki SA
, PLK SA (the Polish Basketball League
Joint-stock company
) took control over the league (the PLK SA was created in 1995).
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In 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.
?l?sk Wrocław
is the record holder for most titles, with 18.
King Szczecin
are the defending champions.
Naming and logos
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Due to sponsorship reasons, the league has known several names:
- 1997?1999: Polska Liga Koszykowki (PLK)
- 1999?2001:
Lech
Basket Liga (LBL)
- 2001?2003: Polska Liga Koszykowki (PLK)
- 2003?2005:
Era
Basket Liga (EBL)
- 2005?2006:
Dominet
Basket Liga (DBL)
- 2006?2008: Dominet Bank Ekstraliga (DBE)
- 2008?2010: Polska Liga Koszykowki (PLK)
- 2010?2016:
Tauron
Basket Liga (TBL)
- 2016?2018: Polska Liga Koszykowki (PLK)
- 2018?2023:
Energa
Basket Liga
[2]
- 2023?present:
Orlen
Basket Liga (OBL)
Teams
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Team
|
Location
|
Arena
|
Capacity
|
Anwil Włocławek
|
Włocławek
|
Hala Mistrzow
|
4,200
|
Arka Gdynia
|
Gdynia
|
Gdynia Sports Arena
|
5,500
|
WKS ?l?sk Wrocław
|
Wrocław
|
Hala Orbita
|
3,000
|
Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski
|
Ostrow Wielkopolski
|
Arena Ostrow
|
3,000
|
GTK Gliwice
|
Gliwice
|
Centrum Sportowo-Kulturalne Łab?d? /
Gliwice Arena
|
400
/
15,000
|
Rawlplug Sokoł Ła?cut
|
Ła?cut
|
MOSiR Ła?cut
|
1,200
|
Legia Warsaw
|
Warsaw
|
OSiR Bemowo
|
1,000
|
Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz
|
Bydgoszcz
|
Sisu Arena
|
1,470
|
MKS D?browa Gornicza
|
D?browa Gornicza
|
Centrum Hall
|
2,944
|
Czarni Słupsk
|
Słupsk
|
Hala Gryfia
|
2,500
|
Twarde Pierniki Toru?
|
Toru?
|
Arena Toru?
|
6,248
|
Enea Zastal BC Zielona Gora
|
Zielona Gora
|
CRS Hall Zielona Gora
|
6,080
|
Pszczołka Start Lublin
|
Lublin
|
Globus Hall
|
5,000
|
PGE Spojnia Stargard
|
Stargard
|
Hala Miejska
|
2,500
|
Trefl Sopot
|
Sopot
|
Ergo Arena
/ Hala Stulecia Sopot
|
15,000
/
1,000
|
KING Szczecin
|
Szczecin
|
Netto Arena
|
7,403
|
Medalists
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The official PLK medals
Records and statistics
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Individual records
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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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All-time scoring leaders (1976?present)
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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.
|
Player
|
|
|
1.
|
Eugeniusz Kijewski
|
10,185
|
395
|
2.
|
Adam Wojcik
|
10,097
|
651
|
3.
|
Edward Jurkiewicz
|
9,832
|
306
|
4.
|
Jerzy Bi?kowski
|
9,204
|
586
|
5.
|
Mieczysław Młynarski
|
9,026
|
357
|
6.
|
Mariusz Bacik
|
8,706
|
627
|
7.
|
Maciej Zieli?ski
|
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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Mieczysław Młynarski
:
90 points
(1982?83 season:
Gornik Wałbrzych
versus Pogo? Szczecin: 10 December 1982)
Edward Jurkiewicz
:
84 points
(1969?70 season:
Wybrze?e Gda?sk
versus Baildon Katowice: March 15 March 1970)
Mieczysław Łopatka
:
77 points
(1962?63 season:
?l?sk Wrocław
versus AZS Gda?sk)
Leszek Doli?ski
:
74 points
(1988?89 season: Gwardia Wrocław versus
AZS Koszalin
)
Edward Jurkiewicz
:
67 points
(1974?75 season:
Gornik Wałbrzych
versus
Wybrze?e Gda?sk
: 9 October 1974)
Mieczysław Młynarski
:
63 points
(1982?83 season:
Gornik Wałbrzych
versus Pogo? Szczecin)
Team records
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- Highest attendance in a single game:
- 10,152
?
Trefl Sopot
vs
Asseco Prokom Gdynia
, at
Ergo Arena
on 14 April 2012
Individual awards
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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
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Titles by club
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Club
|
Champions
|
Winning years
|
?l?sk Wrocław
|
18
|
1965, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
2022
|
Lech Pozna?
|
11
|
1935, 1939, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990
|
Arka Gdynia
|
9
|
2004,
2005
,
2006
, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011
,
2012
|
Legia Warsaw
|
7
|
1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969
|
Wisła Krakow
|
6
|
1954, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1974, 1976
|
Zastal Zielona Gora
|
5
|
2013
,
2015
,
2016
,
2017
,
2020
|
AZS Pozna?
|
4
|
1930, 1931, 1932, 1937
|
Wybrze?e Gda?sk
|
4
|
1971, 1972, 1973, 1978
|
KK Włocławek
|
3
|
2003,
2018
,
2019
|
YMCA Krakow
|
2
|
1933, 1934
|
Cracovia
|
2
|
1929, 1938
|
Społem Łod?
|
2
|
1950, 1952
|
AZS Warsaw
|
2
|
1947, 1967
|
Zagł?bie Sosnowiec
|
2
|
1985, 1986
|
Gornik Wałbrzych
|
2
|
1982, 1988
|
MKS Znicz Basket Pruszkow
|
2
|
1995, 1997
|
Czarna Trzynastka Pozna?
|
1
|
1928
|
YMCA Łod?
|
1
|
1948
|
ŁKS Łod?
|
1
|
1953
|
Polonia Warsaw
|
1
|
1959
|
Resovia
|
1
|
1975
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Turow Zgorzelec
|
1
|
2014
|
Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski
|
1
|
2021
|
Wilki Morskie Szczecin
|
1
|
2023
|
Trefl Sopot
|
1
|
2024
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See also
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Notes
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References
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