GKS Płomień Milowice was a
volleyball
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section of the same name club from Poland, located in the city of
Sosnowiec, founded in 1961. Płomień Milowice was one of the most important sports clubs in
Poland
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during the
PRL era. In 1992, the club was replaced by
Płomień Sosnowiec
Płomień Sosnowiec was a men's volleyball team based in Sosnowiec in southern Poland, founded in 1992. The successor of Płomień Milowice. One time Polish Champion (1996) and two–time Polish Cup winner (2003, 2004).
In 2008, due to finan ...
.
History
Płomień Milowice was founded in 1929. Throughout the years, the club had teams of different sports:
football,
judo
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,
gymnastics
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,
boxing
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,
chess
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and volleyball, with the latter created in 1961. The first success is dated to 1974, when Płomień Milowice won the championship in the women's team. The club dominated the national scene between the seventies and the eighties, winning a total of 7 championships and one Polish Cup. The greatest success was achieved by the male team, which in 1978 won the
European Champions Cup, the most prestigious European club volleyball competition.
At the end of 1991, Płomień Milowice finished in 4th place in the men's domestic competition and in 6th in the women's, the club has been disbanded in the next year.
Honours
Men's volleyball
Domestic
*
Polish Championship
:Winners (2): 1976–77, 1978–79
*
Polish Cup
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:Winners (1): 1984–85
International
*
CEV European Champions Cup
:Winners (1): 1977–78
:Semifinalists (1): 1978–79
Women's volleyball
* Polish Championship
:Winners (5): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81
References
External links
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Polish volleyball clubs
Sport in Silesian Voivodeship
Volleyball clubs established in 1961
1961 establishments in Poland