| Twarde Pierniki Toruń | |
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| Leagues: | PLK |
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| History: | Twarde Pierniki Toruń (2004–present) |
| Arena: | Arena Toruń |
| Capacity: | 6,284[1] |
| Location: | Toruń, Poland |
| Coach: | Cédric Heitz |
| Captain: | Aaron Cel |
| Championships: | 1 Polish Cup |
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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 team play under 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:
Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2018–19
3rd place (1): 2017–18
Winners (1): 2018
Winners (1): 2018
| Season | Tier | League | Polish Cup | European competitions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05 | 4 | align=left | 3 Liga | ||||||
| 2005–06 | 3 | align=left | 2 Liga | 4th | |||||
| 2006–07 | 3 | align=left | 2 Liga | 4th | |||||
| 2007–08 | 3 | align=left | 2 Liga | 3rd | |||||
| 2008–09 | 3 | align=left | 2 Liga | 5th | |||||
| 2009–10 | 3 | align=left | 2 Liga | 7th | |||||
| 2010–11 | 3 | align=left | 2 Liga | 1st | |||||
| 2011–12 | 2 | align=left | 9th | ||||||
| 2012–13 | 2 | align=left | 4th | ||||||
| 2013–14 | 2 | align=left | 1st | ||||||
| 2014–15 | 1 | align=left | 9th | ||||||
| 2015–16 | 1 | align=left | 5th | Quarterfinalist | |||||
| 2016–17 | 1 | align=left | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | align=left | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | align=left | bgcolor= #e1b384 | 3rd | align=left bgcolor=gold | Champion | |||
| 2018–19 | 1 | align=left | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | align=left | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | align=left | 5th | align=left bgcolor=silver | Runner-up | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | align=left | 10th | ||||||
| 2021–22 | 1 | align=left | 7th | Quarterfinalist | |||||
| 2022–23 | 1 | align=left | 15th | ||||||
| 2023–24 | 1 | align=left | 12th | Quarterfinalist | |||||
Marek Ziółkowski Grzegorz Sowiński: 2008–2011, 2013–2014 Jarosław Zyskowski: 2011–2012 Eugeniusz Kijewski: 2012–2013 Jacek Winnicki: 2015–2017 Jaroslaw Zawadka: 2020–2021
Miloš Mitrović: 2022–2023
Cédric Heitz: 2023All-1 Liga Team