Polonia Warsaw (women's basketball)

For information on other sections of the club, see Polonia Warsaw and Polonia Warsaw (basketball).
Polonia Warsaw
Polonia Warsaw logo
LeaguesBasket Liga Kobiet
Founded1929; 95 years ago (1929)
History1911, 1929/1930 (creation of a basketball team)
ArenaCentrum Sportu Wilanów
LocationWarsaw, Poland
Team colors       
PresidentPoland Łukasz Tusiński
Head coachFrance Jérôme Fournier
Championships2 Polish Championships
2 Polish Basketball Cup
Websiteskk.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]

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] Primary official game in women's basketball was played by Polonia in 1930, against AZS Warszawa.[3]

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).[4]

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.[5]

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 Before the 2000/2001 season, despite remaining in the first division, the team was withdrawn from the competition for financial reasons, and the section was disbanded.[6][7]

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.[8] 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.[9][10]

Honours and titles

  • Polish Championships:
    • 1st place (2): 1934, 1935
    • 2nd place (4): 1933, 1937, 1949, 1975–76
    • 3nd place (6): 1939, 1950–51, 1955–56, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1974–75
  • Polish Cup:
    • 1st place (2): 1934, 1935
    • 2nd place (3): 1953, 1970, 1991
  • LOTTO 3×3 Women's League Championship:
    • 1st place (1): 2023, 2024
  • European Women's Basketball League:
    • 1st place (1): 2024
    • 3nd place (1): 2023
  • Polish Junior Championships:
    • 1st place (1): 1988
    • 2nd place (2): 1987, 1991
  • Polish Championship in basketball 3×3 U23:
    • 1st place (1): 2019

Notable players

Players

Current roster

Polonia Warsaw roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 4 Poland Pawłowska, Anna 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 28 – (1996-01-18)18 January 1996
SF 5 United States Moore, Sierra 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 30 – (1994-01-23)23 January 1994
PG 7 Ukraine Dubnik, Daria 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 22 – (2002-07-23)23 July 2002
PF 11 Poland Marciniak, Marzena 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 33 – (1991-05-02)2 May 1991
SF 13 Poland Sosnowska, Klaudia 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 34 – (1990-04-06)6 April 1990
SF 15 Poland Puter, Bożena 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2000-02-27)27 February 2000
C 20 France Manala, Séréna 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (2000-10-31)31 October 2000
PF 35 United States Nicholson, Javyn 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (2001-08-02)2 August 2001
SF 90 Poland Lubaszka, Barbara 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 19 – (2005-06-10)10 June 2005
PG 91 Poland Janczak, Alicja 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 22 – (2002-11-15)15 November 2002
SF 92 Poland Wojak, Zofia 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 19 – (2005-02-10)10 February 2005
PG 95 Poland Lagutkowa, Katsiaryna 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 18 – (2006-03-17)17 March 2006
SF 96 Poland Masłowska, Marta 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 21 – (2003-03-21)21 March 2003
PG 97 Poland Bukowczan, Kornelia 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 21 – (2003-08-06)6 August 2003
Head coach
  • France Jérôme Fournier
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 2024-09-25

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. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  4. ^ Stefan Sieniarski 70 lat „Czarnych koszul”, wyd. Warszawa 1984, s. 114, 190-191, 194
  5. ^ Ronchetti Cup
  6. ^ "90-lecie żeńskich drużyn na Polonii: Ku likwidacji" (in Polish). SKK Polonia Warszawa. 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  7. ^ "Polonia nie zdążyła" (in Polish). Gazeta Wyborcza. 2000-10-04. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  8. ^ "Znamy kadrę SKK Polonia Warszawa w sezonie 2021/2022" (in Polish). Rytm Warszawy. 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  9. ^ https://www.ewbl.eu/home ewbl.eu
  10. ^ "Fans fill the stands, Polonia Warszawa take bronze". EWBL. 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-06.