Polonia Warsaw (women's basketball)

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Polonia Warsaw
Polonia Warsaw.png
Leagues Basket Liga Kobiet
Founded1925;99 years ago (1925)
History1911, 26.05.1925 (creation of a section)
ArenaCentrum Sportu Wilanów
Location Warsaw, Poland
Team colors    
President Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Tusiński
Head coach Flag of France.svg Jérôme Fournier
Championships2 Polish Championships
2 Polish Basketball Cup
Website skk.poloniawarszawa.com

SKK (Women's Basketball Section) Polonia Warsaw - is a Polish professional women's basketball club based in Warsaw, currently playing in the basketball premier league - Basket Liga Kobiet. [1]

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History

The female sports games section of the Polonia Warsaw club was established in 1925. The first discipline of the section was hazena, and soon the players also started playing basketball and volleyball (usually practicing several sports at the same time). [2]

In the 1930s, Polonia's women basketball players were among the country's top players - they won two Polish championship titles (1934, 1935), twice won the Winter Cup of the Polish Sports Games Association (1934, 1935 - a tournament equivalent to today's Polish Cup), twice won the national vice-championship (1933, 1937) and once took third place (1939). [3]

After World War II, the women's basketball section was revived in mid-1948, and the very next year the basketball players won the Polish vice-championship. In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Polonia finished on the podium of the Polish championship six times. Its greatest successes - including the Polish vice-championship in 1976 - came under coach Bohdan Bartosiewicz, who held that position continuously from 1962 to 1976. In 1976 the Polonia women's basketball represented Poland as Vice-Champions in the Ronchetti Cup. [4]

In 1978, the club was relegated from the highest level of the competition (then the First League) for the first time in its history. In the following years, it repeatedly made his way between the premier league and the second division. Before the 2000/2001 season, despite remaining in the first division, the team was withdrawn from the competition for financial reasons, and the section was disbanded. [5] [6]

Reactivation - as SKK Polonia Warsaw - took place in 2011. On April 17, 2021, the club won the First Women's Basketball League and earned the right to play in the Basket Liga Kobiet. [7] In the first season after returning to the top league (2021/2022), Polonia advanced to the play-offs, eventually finishing a high 7th in the league. In the 2022/2023 season, the club will compete in an international competition for again in its history - the European Women's Basketball League. [8] [9]

Honours and titles

Notable players

Players

Current roster

Polonia Warsaw roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 2 Flag of Poland.svg Sklepowicz, Zuzanna 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)27 – (1996-12-20)20 December 1996
PG 4 Flag of Poland.svg Pawłowska, Anna 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)28 – (1996-01-18)18 January 1996
SG 9 Flag of Poland.svg Berezowska, Julia 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)27 – (1996-06-09)9 June 1996
PF 10 Flag of the United States.svg Crymble, Hanna 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)26 – (1997-09-02)2 September 1997
SF 11 Flag of Poland.svg Mistygacz, Marta 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)32 – (1991-04-14)14 April 1991
C 12 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Zada 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)27 – (1996-12-16)16 December 1996
C 15 Flag of Poland.svg Leszczyńska, Martyna 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)23 – (2000-06-11)11 June 2000
PF 22 Flag of the United States.svg Wells, Kayla 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)24 – (1999-07-13)13 July 1999
SG 24 Flag of Poland.svg Preihs, Weronika 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)24 – (1999-09-24)24 September 1999
PG 91 Flag of Poland.svg Janczak, Alicja 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)21 – (2002-11-15)15 November 2002
SG 93 Flag of Poland.svg Węcłaś, Klaudia 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)20 – (2004-01-23)23 January 2004
SG 95 Flag of Poland.svg Zaron, Gabriela 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)18 – (2005-03-10)10 March 2005
SF 96 Flag of Poland.svg Masłowska, Marta 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)20 – (2003-03-21)21 March 2003
PF 99 Flag of Poland.svg Batura, Nicola 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)20 – (2004-03-09)9 March 2004
Head coach
  • Flag of France.svg Jérôme Fournier
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: 2023-09-15

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References

  1. ↑ Profile in eurobasket.com
  2. ↑ "Dole i niedole bieżącego sezonu gier" (in Polish). Star page 4. 1930-03-14. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  3. ↑ Stefan Sieniarski 70 lat „Czarnych koszul”, wyd. Warszawa 1984, s. 114, 190-191, 194
  4. ↑ Ronchetti Cup
  5. ↑ "90-lecie żeńskich drużyn na Polonii: Ku likwidacji" (in Polish). SKK Polonia Warszawa. 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  6. ↑ "Polonia nie zdążyła" (in Polish). Gazeta Wyborcza. 2000-10-04. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  7. ↑ "Znamy kadrę SKK Polonia Warszawa w sezonie 2021/2022" (in Polish). Rytm Warszawy. 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
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  9. ↑ "Fans fill the stands, Polonia Warszawa take bronze". EWBL. 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
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