Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional
basketball
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team, based in
Gdynia
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. The team plays in the Polish
PLK. The club's sponsorship name comes from the company
Asseco
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. Historically the team is one of the most successful in Poland, mainly because of the nine championships in a row the team won from 2004 to 2012.
History
The team was founded in 1995, as STK Trefl Sopot. In its first season, the team won the Polish third division and
promotion
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Marketing
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to the Polish second division. In the 1996–97 season, after winning Group B of the Polish second division, the team was promoted to the top Polish Basketball League, the
Dominet Bank Ekstraliga
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.
In 2003, Prokom Trefl played in the final of the
FIBA EuroCup Challenge
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, against
Aris Aris or ARIS may refer to:
People
* Aris (surname)
Given name
* Aris Alexandrou, Greek writer
* Aris Brimanis, ice hockey player
* Aris Christofellis, Greek male soprano
* Aris Gavelas, Greek sprinter
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. Starting in 2004, the team began to play in the
EuroLeague. In its first EuroLeague season, the club became the first Polish team to reach the EuroLeague's Top 16 stage. Through the 2012–13 season, it was one of 14 clubs across Europe that held
Euroleague Basketball A Licenses, which (normally) gave their holders an automatic place in the Regular Season phase of the
EuroLeague.
In 2018, the club changed its name to Arka Gdynia. It also made a return to European-wide competitions for the first time in 6 years, by playing in the
2018–19 EuroCup.
Arena
Since 2009, Arka Gdynia has played its home games at the 5,500 seat
Gdynia Sports Arena
Gdynia Arena (known in Poland as Hala Sportowo-Widowiskowa Gdynia) is an indoor arena that is located in Gdynia, Poland. It is the home of the professional Euroleague Basketball club Arka Gdynia. The arena opened on December 22, 2008, and it has a ...
.
Honours and titles
*
Polish Championships (9):
:2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012
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*
Polish Cups (4):
:2000, 2001, 2006, 2008
*
Polish SuperCups (2):
:2001, 2010
Season by season
: Cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Players
Current roster
Notable players
Head coaches
References
External links
Official website(in Polish)
Eurobasket.com Team Page
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Basketball teams in Poland
Basketball teams established in 1995
Sport in Gdynia