Twarde Pierniki Toruń is a Polish professional

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team based in

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. The team currently plays in the

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(PLK). The club has won

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and

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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

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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

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of the

, behind Karol Gruszecki who was named

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of the tournament. Team also starts next season with winning the

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. Another time Karol Gruszecki was named

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Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known as: *MMKS VIII LO SIDEn Toruń (2004–2005) *SIDEn MMKS VIII LO Toruń (2005–2011) *SIDEn Polski Cukier Toruń (2011–2014) * Polski Cukier Toruń (2014–2021) *

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Twarde Pierniki Toruń (2023) *

Polski Cukier Toruń (2023-present)

Honours

* Polish League :Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2018–19 * Polish League :3rd place (1): 2017–18 *

:Winners (1):

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:Winners (1): 2018

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Coaches

* Marek Ziółkowski * Grzegorz Sowiński: 2008–2011, 2013–2014 * Jarosław Zyskowski: 2011–2012 * Eugeniusz Kijewski: 2012–2013 * Milija Bogicević: 2014–2015 * Jacek Winnicki: 2015–2017 * Dejan Mihevc: 2017–2019 * Sebastian Machowski: 2019–2020 * Jaroslaw Zawadka: 2020–2021 * Ivica Skelin: 2021–2022 * Miloš Mitrović: 2022–2023 * Cédric Heitz: 2023 *

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: 2023–present

Individual awards

Polish Cup MVP * Karol Gruszecki – 2018 Polish Supercup MVP * Karol Gruszecki – 2018 PLK Most Improved Player * Krzysztof Sulima – 2017 PLK Best Coach * Dejan Mihevc – 2018 All-1 Liga Team * Tomasz Wojdyła – 2014 All-PLK Team * Danny Gibson – 2016 * Maksym Korniyenko – 2016 * Aaron Cel – 2018, 2019

Notable players

References

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