Polish Basketball League


Polska Liga Koszykówki 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 Association. The league changed to its current form, beginning with the 1997–98 season, after the Polska Liga Koszykówki SA, PLK SA took control over the league. In 2000–01 season the league turned professional.
The PLK, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 17 teams. A PLK season is split into a league stage and a playoffs stage. 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. Śląsk Wrocław is the record holder for most titles, with 17.

Naming and logos

Due to sponsorship reasons, the league has known several names:

Teams

As of the 2019–20 season, the teams playing in the PLK are:
TeamLocationArenaCapacity
Anwil WłocławekWłocławekHala Mistrzów4200
Arka GdyniaGdyniaGdynia Sports Arena5500
WKS Śląsk WrocławWrocławHala Orbita3000
BM Slam Stal Ostrów WielkopolskiOstrów WielkopolskiHala Sportowa Stal1200
GTK GliwiceGliwiceCentrum Sportowo-Kulturalne Łabędź / Gliwice Arena / 15000
HydroTruck RadomRadomZSE Radom1200
Legia WarsawWarsawOSiR Bemowo1000
Enea Astoria BydgoszczBydgoszczArtego Arena5000
MKS Dąbrowa GórniczaDąbrowa GórniczaCentrum Hall
Polpharma Starogard GdańskiStarogard GdańskiArgo-Kociewie
Polski Cukier ToruńToruńHala Widowiskowo-Sportowa
Stelmet Enea Zielona GóraZielona GóraCRS Hall Zielona Góra
TBV Start LublinLublinGlobus Hall
PGE Spójnia StargardStargardHala Miejska
Trefl SopotSopotErgo Arena / Hala Stulecia Sopot15000 / 1000
KING Wilki Morskie SzczecinSzczecinAzoty Arena

Medalists

SeasonChampionRunner-upScoreThird place
1997–98Śląsk Wrocław Pruszków4–3Bobry Bytom
1998–99Śląsk Wrocław Włocławek4–3Bobry Bytom
1999–00Śląsk Wrocław Włocławek4–1Pruszków
2000–01Śląsk Wrocław Anwil Włocławek4–1Trefl Sopot
2001–02Śląsk Wrocław Trefl Sopot4–1Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2002–03Włocławek Trefl Sopot4–2Śląsk Wrocław
2003–04Trefl Sopot Śląsk Wrocław4–1Polonia Warszawa
2004–05Trefl Sopot Włocławek4–2Polonia Warszawa
2005–06Trefl Sopot Włocławek4–1Czarni Słupsk
2006–07Trefl Sopot Turów Zgorzelec4–1Śląsk Wrocław
2007–08Trefl Sopot Turów Zgorzelec4–3Śląsk Wrocław
2008–09Trefl Sopot Turów Zgorzelec4–1Włocławek
2009–10Gdynia Włocławek4–0Starogard Gdański
2010–11Gdynia Turów Zgorzelec4–3Czarni Słupsk
2011–12Gdynia Trefl Sopot4–3Zielona Góra
2012–13Zielona Góra Turów Zgorzelec4–0AZS Koszalin
2013–14Turów Zgorzelec Zielona Góra4–2Trefl Sopot
2014–15Zielona Góra Turów Zgorzelec4–2Czarni Słupsk
2015–16Zielona Góra Rosa Radom4–0Czarni Słupsk
2016–17Zielona Góra Toruń4–1Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2017–18Włocławek Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski4–2Toruń
2018–19Włocławek Toruń4–3Arka Gdynia
2019–20Zielona Góra Start LublinWłocławek

Records and statistics

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.