Twarde Pierniki Toruń

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.

History
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.

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

Sponsorship names
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)

Honours

 * 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

Coaches

 * 🇵🇱 Marek Ziółkowski
 * 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Sowiński: 2008–2011, 2013–2014
 * 🇵🇱 Jarosław Zyskowski: 2011–2012
 * 🇵🇱 Eugeniusz Kijewski: 2012–2013
 * Milija Bogicević: 2014–2015
 * 🇵🇱 Jacek Winnicki: 2015–2017
 * Dejan Mihevc: 2017–2019
 * 🇩🇪 Sebastian Machowski: 2019–2020
 * 🇵🇱 Jaroslaw Zawadka: 2020–2021
 * Ivica Skelin: 2021–2022
 * 🇷🇸 Miloš Mitrović: 2022–2023
 * 🇫🇷 Cédric Heitz: 2023
 * Srđan Subotić: 2023-present

Individual awards
 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

Notable players
• Alade Aminu

• 🇵🇱 Aaron Cel

• 🇨🇦 Sean Denison

• 🇵🇱 Karol Gruszecki

• 🇺🇸 Danny Gibson

• 🇵🇱 Przemek Karnowski

• 🇺🇦 Maksym Korniyenko

• 🇵🇱 Damian Kulig

• 🇸🇳 Cheikh Mbodj

• 🇺🇸 Obie Trotter

• 🇺🇸 Kyle Weaver