Asseco Gdynia
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- Arka Gdynia
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- Polen - PLK 331 Euro Cup 20 Vänskapsmatcher - Klubblag 18 Polen - Cup 6
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Wikipedia - Arka Gdynia (basketball)
Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Gdynia. The team plays in the Polish PLK. The club's sponsorship name comes from the company Asseco. Historically the team is one of the most successful in Poland, mainly because of the nine championships in a row the team won from 2004 to 2012.
History
The team was founded in 1995, as STK Trefl Sopot. In its first season, the team won the Polish third division and promotion to the Polish second division. In the 1996–97 season, after winning Group B of the Polish second division, the team was promoted to the top Polish Basketball League, the Dominet Bank Ekstraliga.
In 2003, Prokom Trefl played in the final of the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, against Aris. Starting in 2004, the team began to play in the EuroLeague. In its first EuroLeague season, the club became the first Polish team to reach the EuroLeague's Top 16 stage. In 2009, the club relocated from Sopot to its neighbouring city of Gdynia within the Tricity. Through the 2012–13 season, it was one of 14 clubs across Europe that held Euroleague Basketball A Licenses, which (normally) gave their holders an automatic place in the Regular Season phase of the EuroLeague.
In 2018, the club changed its name to Arka Gdynia. It also made a return to European-wide competitions for the first time in 6 years, by playing in the 2018–19 EuroCup.
Asseco Gdynia har deltagit i flera europeiska cuptävlingar, inklusive EuroCup och FIBA Europe Cup. Klubbens bästa resultat i en europeisk cup är en kvartsfinal i FIBA Europe Cup 2014/15.
Asseco Gdynia har flera kända spelare i sin trupp, inklusive den polska landslagsstjärnan Marcin Gortat. Klubben har också haft flera utländska spelare, inklusive den amerikanska guard Derrick Walton och den serbiska forwarden Marko Tejić.
Asseco Gdynia är en av de mest framgångsrika basketklubbarna i Polen. Klubben har en stark fanbas och är en viktig del av Gdynia-samhället.