Twarde Pierniki Toruń
Twarde Pierniki Toruń, for sponsorship reasons named Polski Cukier Toruń, is a Polish professional basketball team based in Toruń. The team currently plays in the Polish Basketball League and Basketball Champions League.
The club has won Polish Cup and Polish Supercup titles in 2018.History
Twarde Pierniki was founded in 2004. Toruń was offered a spot in the 2014–15 PLK season 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 final of the Polish Cup, behind Karol Gruszecki who was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.Sponsorship names
Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known as:
- MMKS VIII LO SIDEn Toruń
- SIDEn MMKS VIII LO Toruń
- SIDEn Polski Cukier Toruń
- Polski Cukier Toruń
Honours
- Polish League
- Polish League
- Polish Cup
- Polish Supercup
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–present
Individual awards
Polish Cup MVP
Polish Supercup MVP
PLK Most Improved Player
PLK Best Coach
All-1 Liga Team
All-PLK Team
- Danny Gibson – 2016
- Maksym Korniyenko – 2016
- Aaron Cel – 2018, 2019
Notable players