Twarde Pierniki Toruń

Twarde Pierniki Toruń
Leagues	PLK
Founded	2004; 20 years ago (2004)
History	Twarde Pierniki Toruń (2004–present)
Arena	Arena Toruń
Capacity	6,284[1]
Location	Toruń, Poland
Head coach	Cédric Heitz
Team captain	Bartosz Diduszko
Championships	1 Polish Cup
Website	twardepierniki.pl
Home Away

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.

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.^[2]

Team also starts next season with winning the Polish Basketball Supercup. Another time Karol Gruszecki was named Most Valuable Player of the final match. ^[3]

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)

• 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

Twarde Pierniki Toruń roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. C 0 Abu, Abdul-Malik 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-09-16)16 September 1995 PG 1 Myles, Divine   1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 28 – (1996-02-25)25 February 1996 G/F 2 Tomaszewski, Wojciech  1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2002-02-20)20 February 2002 SG 3 Ertel, Michael  1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1999-01-22)22 January 1999 PG 6 Sowiński, Paweł 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2005-10-28)28 October 2005 G/F 9 Wilczek, Dominik  1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1999-07-16)16 July 1999 PF 10 Grochowski, Ignacy 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-05-21)21 May 1998 SF 11 Ryuny, Dzimitry 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2000-01-12)12 January 2000 PF 12 Kunc, Aljaz  2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1999-07-30)30 July 1999 PF 17 Lipiński, Hubert 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2005-12-17)17 December 2005 F 18 Gaddefors, Viktor 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 SF 21 Diduszko, Bartosz (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 37 – (1987-06-28)28 June 1987	Head coach Srđan Subotić Assistant coach(es) Jarosław Zawadka Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 5, 2024

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