Twarde Pierniki Toruń is a Polish professional basketball team based in Toruń. The team currently plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK). The club has won Polish Cup and Polish Supercup 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 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.
Team also starts next season with winning the Polish Basketball Supercup. Another time Karol Gruszecki was named Most Valuable Player of the final match. https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/koszykowka/779866/lotto-superpuchar-polski-polski-cukier-torun-nie-do-zdarcia|title=Lotto Superpuchar Polski: Polski Cukier Toruń nie do zdarcia!|date=29 September 2018|access-date=29 September 2018|publisher=SportoweFakty.pl
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) Arriva Twarde Pierniki Toruń (2023) Arriva Polski Cukier Toruń (2023–present)
Honours Polish League Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2018–19
Polish League 3rd place (1): 2017–18
Polish Cup Winners (1): 2018
Polish Supercup Winners (1): 2018
Season by season Season Tier League Polish CupEuropean competitions 2004–05 4 3 Liga 2005–06 3 2 Liga 4th 2006–07 3 2 Liga 4th 2007–08 3 2 Liga 3rd 2008–09 3 2 Liga 5th 2009–10 3 2 Liga 7th 2010–11 3 2 Liga 1st 2011–12 2 1 Liga 9th 2012–13 2 1 Liga 4th 2013–14 2 1 Liga 1st 2014–15 1 PLK 9th 2015–16 1 PLK 5th Quarterfinalist 2016–17 1 PLK 2nd Quarterfinalist 2017–18 1 PLK 3rd Champion 2018–19 1 PLK 2nd Quarterfinalist Champions League 2019–20 1 PLK 5th Runner-up Champions League 2020–21 1 PLK 10th 2021–22 1 PLK 7th Quarterfinalist 2022–23 1 PLK 15th 2023–24 1 PLK 12th Quarterfinalist 2024–25 1 PLK 9th 2025–26 1 PLK 12th
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 Srđan Subotić: 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
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