WKS Śląsk Wrocław is a Polish

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club, based in

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. Founded in 1948, Śląsk is the most decorated Polish basketball club, with 17 Polish League and 14 Polish cup championships. The club currently plays in the

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(PLK), the highest-tier level in Polish men's basketball. The home court is Hala Orbita.

History

Since the basketball section was founded in 1948, ''Śląsk Wrocław'' has been the most decorated and most recognizable club in Polish basketball. The team has won the Polish league championships 17 times so far. Most recognized period of Śląsk's history is the "Great Śląsk Era" when the team won five championship titles in a row (1998-2002). Most of those successes where achieved with coach

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. The notable players playing for Śląsk Wrocław over the years were:

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(1960s),

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(1970s and 1980s),

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(1980s, 1990s), Dariusz Zelig (1980s, 1990s),

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(1980s, 1990s, 2000s),

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and Dominik Tomczyk. In 2008 the club has gone into serious financial difficulties, which resulted in withdrawing the team from Polish Basketball League. After years of rebuilding attempts, the club is now back playing in the Polish Basketball League top division. In the

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, the team finished third. Śląsk defeated

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86:85 in overtime of the decisive game 3 of the bronze medal series. The result exceeded expectations as it was the club's first league podium finish in 11 years. Key players of that team included

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, Kyle Gibson, Elijah Stewart and Strahinja Jovanović.EBL: Aleksander Dziewa: To nieopisana radość. Nikt w Polsce na nas nie stawiał
Mariusz Hawryszczuk (

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), 25 April 2021. Accessed 20 May 2021.

Season by season (since 1990)

Players

Current roster

Retired numbers

Notable players

Achievements

* Polish League (17): **Winner (17): 1965, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 ** Runners-up (6): 1963, 1964, 1972, 1978, 1989, 2004 ** Third place (15): 1960, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2021 * 1 Liga (1): **Winner (1): 2012–13 *

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(14): ** 1957, 1959, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2014 *

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(2): ** 1999, 2000

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Slask Wroclaw (Basketball) Śląsk Wrocław Basketball teams in Poland Basketball teams established in 1948 1947 establishments in Poland