Arka Gdynia (women's basketball)

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Arka Gdynia
League Orlen Basket Liga Kobiet
Founded1946
Arena Gdynia Arena
(capacity: 4,010)
Location Gdynia, Poland
Team colorsYellow and Blue
  
President Flag of Poland.svg Bogusław Witkowski
Head coach Flag of Romania.svg Philip Mestdagh
Website basketgdynia.pl

Arka Gdynia, currently known as VBW Gdynia for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional women's basketball club based in Gdynia. With 13 Polish Championships and 10 Polish Cups won (as of 2022), it is one of the country's most accomplished women's basketball clubs. It plays in the Orlen Basket Liga Kobiet, the highest division in Poland. [1]

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Gdynia Arena, home venue of Arka Gdynia Hala Sportowo-Widowiskowa w Gdyni 04.jpg
Gdynia Arena, home venue of Arka Gdynia

History

It was founded in 1946 in the city of Gdańsk as Spójnia Gdańsk. In 1992 the club moved from Gdańsk to Gdynia and changed the name to Bałtyk Gdynia. Then it changed its name several times. From 2001 till 2010 the name of the club was Lotos Gdynia after its titular sponsor Grupa Lotos S.A.. Other sponsor names followed before the team was called Basket 90 Gdynia from 2014 to 2018, and Arka Gdynia from 2018 to 2020. Since then, its name is VBW Gdynia after their sponsor VBW Engineering sp. z o.o.

Titles

Current roster

Arka Gdynia roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PF 0 Flag of the United States.svg Davis, Rannia 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)25 – (1999-02-24)24 February 1999
PF 3 Flag of the United States.svg Cowling, Mikayla 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)28 – (1996-04-09)9 April 1996
SG 9 Flag of Poland.svg Podgórna, Kamila 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)28 – (1996-09-19)19 September 1996
PG 15 Flag of Poland.svg Rudzka, Justyna 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)23 – (2000-12-24)24 December 2000
C 21 Flag of Lithuania.svg Miškinienė, Laura 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)31 – (1992-10-28)28 October 1992
SG 23 Flag of Poland.svg Kastanek, Marissa Lee 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)34 – (1990-05-31)31 May 1990
PG 41 Flag of Slovakia.svg Wrzesiński, Barbora 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)29 – (1994-12-15)15 December 1994
PF 90 Flag of Poland.svg Ułan, Karolina 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)19 – (2005-06-01)1 June 2005
C 91 Flag of Poland.svg Borkowska, Kamila 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)22 – (2002-07-26)26 July 2002
PG 92 Flag of Poland.svg Bazan, Julia 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)23 – (2001-07-01)1 July 2001
SF 93 Flag of Poland.svg Żytkowska, Alicja 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)23 – (2001-08-29)29 August 2001
PF 94 Flag of Poland.svg Szulc, Magdalena 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)23 – (2001-03-08)8 March 2001
SF 96 Flag of Poland.svg Tomasik, Nikola 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)19 – (2005-08-19)19 August 2005
PG 97 Flag of Poland.svg Szymkiewicz, Magdalena 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)22 – (2002-08-10)10 August 2002
SG 98 Flag of Poland.svg Gilmajster, Agada 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)19 – (2004-12-12)12 December 2004
SF 98 Flag of Poland.svg Sasiak, Wiktoria 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)19 – (2005-03-04)4 March 2005
Head coach
  • Flag of Romania.svg Philip Mestdagh

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: 2024-8-26

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References

  1. Profile in eurobasket.com