SKK (Women's Basketball Section) Polonia Warsaw is a Polish professional women's basketball club based in Warsaw, currently playing in the Polish top division, the Basket Liga Kobiet (OBLK).
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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). Primary official game in women's basketball was played by Polonia in 1930, against AZS Warsaw.
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).
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.
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 Before the 2000–01 season, despite remaining in the first division, the team was withdrawn from the competition for financial reasons, and the section was disbanded.
Reactivation - as SKK Polonia Warsaw - took place in 2011. On 17 April 2021, the club won the 1 Liga and earned the right to play in the Basket Liga Kobiet. In the first season after returning to the top league (2021–22), Polonia advanced to the play-offs, eventually finishing a high 7th in the league. In the 2022–23 season, the club competed in the European Women's Basketball League.
Honours and titles
Polish Championships:
Champions (2): 1934, 1935
Runners-up (4): 1933, 1937, 1949, 1975–76
Third place (6): 1939, 1950–51, 1955–56, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1974–75
Polish Cup:
Winners (3): 1934, 1935, 1965
Runners-up (3): 1953, 1970, 1991
LOTTO 3×3 Women's League Championship:
Champions (2): 2023, 2024
European Women's Basketball League:
Champions (1): 2024
Third place (1): 2023
Polish Junior Championships:
Champions (1): 1988
Runners-up (2): 1987, 1991
Polish Championship in basketball 3×3 U23:
Champions (1): 2019
Notable players
Edyta Czerwonka
Katarzyna Dulnik
Klaudia Sosnowska
Krystyna Szymańska-Lara
Stacie Terry-Hutson