KK Włocławek

Anwil Włocławek
Anwil Włocławek
Nickname	Rottweilery (The Rottweilers)
Leagues	Polish Basketball League ; European North Basketball League
Founded	1990; 32 years ago
History	Provide Włocławek ; 1990–1992; Nobiles Włocławek ; 1992–1999; Anwil Włocławek; 1999–present
Arena	Hala Mistrzów
Capacity	4,200
Location	Włocławek, Poland
Team colors	Blue, White, Green;
Main sponsor	Anwil S.A.
President	Arkadiusz Lewandowski
Head coach	Przemysław Frasunkiewicz
Team captain	Kamil Łączyński
Ownership	Włocławek (67%); TKM Włocławek (33%)
Championships	3 Polish League; 4 Polish Cups; 3 Polish Supercups
Retired numbers	2 (10, 12)
Website	kkwloclawek.pl
Home	Away

Klub Koszykówki Włocławek (in English: Basketball Club Włocławek), or known for sponsorship reasons as Anwil Włocławek, is a Polish professional basketball club, based in Włocławek, Poland. The team plays in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) and internationally in the European North Basketball League.^[1] Their home arena is Hala Mistrzów.

The club has won the PLK championship three times - in 2003, 2018 and 2019. The club has also won four Polish Cup titles and three Polish Supercup titles.

History[]

In the 2017–18 season, Anwil finished first in the regular season with a 24–8 record. In the following playoffs, Anwil beat Turów Zgorzelec in the quarterfinals and defending champions Zielona Góra in the semifinals. On 4 June 2018, Włocławek won its second PLK title after defeating Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 65–73 in Game 6 of the finals.^[2] Anwil's Kamil Łączyński, who averaged 10.8 points and 4.8 assists in the series, was named PLK Finals MVP.^[3]

In the 2018–19 season, Anwil made its debut in the Basketball Champions League. In Group A, Anwil had a 4–10 record and did not advance past the regular season. In the playoffs, it eliminated first-seeded Arka Gdynia in the semifinals, 3–2. In the finals, the team beat Polski Cukier Toruń in seven games to repeat as Polish champions. The deciding Game 7 was won 77–89 despite the game being in Toruń.^[4]

Evolution of the logo[]

The logo of the club features a rottweiler dog. The logo features a star in its logo for every PLK championship won.

Honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

Polish Basketball League

Winners (3): 2003, 2018, 2019
Runners-up (8): 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010
3rd place (3): 1995, 2009, 2020
Semifinals (6): 1996, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2016

Polish Basketball Cup

Winners (4): 1995, 1996, 2007, 2020
Runners-up (3): 2004, 2011, 2017

Polish Basketball Supercup

Winners (3): 2007, 2017, 2019
Runners-up (2): 2018, 2020

European competitions[]

Saporta Cup:

Semifinals (1): 2002
Quarterfinals (1): 2001

Korać Cup:

Quarterfinals (1): 2000

Season by season[]

Season	Tier	League	Pos	Polish Cup	Polish Supercup	European competitions
1990–91	3	III Liga	1st	not held	not held	did not participate
1991–92	2	II Liga	2nd	did not qualify	not held	did not participate
	1	I Liga	2nd	not held	not held	did not participate
	1	I Liga	2nd	not held	not held	2 FIBA European Cup	3R	3–1
	1	I Liga	3rd	Champion	not held	2 FIBA European Cup	QGS	7–9
	1	I Liga	4th	Champion	not held	2 FIBA European Cup	QGS	5–9
	1	I Liga	5th	Semifinal	not held	2 FIBA EuroCup	R16	8–6
	1	PLK	7th	Quarterfinal	not held	3 FIBA Korać Cup	R2	0–6
	1	PLK	2nd	Semifinal	not held	did not participate
	1	PLK	2nd		did not qualify	3 FIBA Korać Cup	QF	8–4
	1	PLK	2nd		did not qualify	2 FIBA Saporta Cup	QF	11–3
	1	PLK	4th	not held	did not qualify	2 FIBA Saporta Cup	SF	7–9
	1	PLK	1st	not held	not held	3 FIBA Europe Champions Cup	GS2	10–4
	1	PLK	4th	Runner-up	not held	3 FIBA Europe League	R16	9–5
	1	PLK	2nd		not held	3 FIBA Europe League	QR	5–7
	1	PLK	2nd	Semifinal	not held	2 ULEB Cup	RS	3–7
	1	PLK	4th	Champion	not held	2 ULEB Cup	RS	3–7
	1	PLK	5th	Semifinal	Champion	2 ULEB Cup	RS	4–6
	1	PLK	3rd	Semifinal	not held	did not participate
	1	PLK	2nd	Semifinal	not held	did not participate
2010–11	1	PLK	6th	Runner-up	did not qualify	2 Eurocup Basketball	RS	1–5
2011–12	1	PLK	5th	Quarterfinal	did not qualify	did not participate
2012–13	1	PLK	4th	Quarterfinal	did not qualify	did not participate
2013–14	1	PLK	5th	Semifinal	did not qualify	did not participate
2014–15	1	PLK	12th	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not participate
2015–16	1	PLK	4th	Semifinal	did not qualify	did not participate
2016–17	1	PLK	5th	Runner-up	did not qualify	did not participate
2017–18	1	PLK	1st	Semifinal	Champion	did not participate
2018–19	1	PLK	1st	Quarterfinal	Runner-up	3 Basketball Champions League	RS	4–10
2019–20	1	PLK	3rd^[a]	Champion	Champion	3 Basketball Champions League	RS	5–9
2020–21	1	PLK	13th	did not qualify	Runner-up	3 Basketball Champions League	QR1	0–1
2020–21	1	PLK	13th	did not qualify	Runner-up	4 FIBA Europe Cup	R16	1–2

^ Season curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sponsorship naming[]

Provide Włocławek (1991–1992)
Nobiles Włocławek (1992–1996)
Nobiles/Azoty Włocławek (1996–1997)
Azoty/Nobiles Włocławek (1997)
Anwil/Nobiles Włocławek (1997–1998)
Nobiles/Anwil Włocławek (1998–1999)
Anwil Włocławek (1999–present)

Home arenas[]

Hala OSiR (1991–2001)
Hala Mistrzów (2001–present)

Players[]

Retired numbers[]

Anwil Włocławek retired numbers
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ceremony Date
10		Andrzej Pluta	SG	2002–03, 2006–2011	20 September 2011
12		Igor Griszczuk	G	1991–2002	16 September 2002

Current roster[]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Anwil Włocławek roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
SG	00	Dykes, Kyndall	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	34 – (1987-11-12)12 November 1987
PF	0		2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	25 – (1996-09-04)4 September 1996
SG	2	Mathews, Jonah	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	24 – (1998-02-10)10 February 1998
PG	7		1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	28 – (1993-03-25)25 March 1993
PG	9	Łączyński, Kamil (C)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	32 – (1989-04-17)17 April 1989
PF	18	Petrasek, Luke	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	26 – (1995-08-17)17 August 1995
SF	21		2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	25 – (1996-05-20)20 May 1996
C	27	Dimec, Žiga	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	28 – (1993-02-20)20 February 1993
SF	29		1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	16 – (2005-10-29)29 October 2005
PG	30		1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	16 – (2005-03-02)2 March 2005
SF	31	Bell, James	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	30 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992
C	33	Szewczyk, Szymon	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	39 – (1982-12-21)21 December 1982
PF	40		1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	16 – (2005-12-23)23 December 2005
C	45		2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	25 – (1996-12-27)27 December 1996
SG	77		1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	21 – (2000-03-13)13 March 2000

Head coach

Przemysław Frasunkiewicz

Assistant coach(es)

Piotr Blechacz
Grzegorz Kożan

Athletic trainer(s)

Hubert Śledziński

Physiotherapist(s)

Mateusz Goleniewski

Team manager

Filip Brylski

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: January 30, 2022

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1
C	Žiga Dimec	Szymon Szewczyk
PF	Luke Petrasek
SF	James Bell
SG	Kyndall Dykes
PG	Kamil Łączyński	Jonah Mathews

Squad changes for the 2021–22 season[]

In[]

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
9	PG	Kamil Łączyński (from Pszczółka Start Lublin)
77	SG	(from )
0	PF	(from UCLA Bruins)
21	SF	(from Górnik Trans.eu Wałbrzych)
7	G	(from Polpharma Starogard Gdański)
18	PF	Luke Petrasek (from BC Nizhny Novgorod)
33	C	Szymon Szewczyk (from GTK Gliwice)
31	SF	James Bell (from Happy Casa Brindisi)
2	G	Jonah Mathews (from Köping Stars)
51	C	(from Michigan Wolverines)
11	C	Kavell Bigby-Williams (from Telenet Giants Antwerp)
29	PF	(from )
30	PG	(from )
45	C	(from Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz)
27	C	Žiga Dimec (from Cedevita Olimpija)
40	PF	(from )

Out[]

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
40	C	Ivica Radić (to S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantù)
15	PG	(to JA Vichy-Clermont Métropole Basket)
0	G	(to Enea Abramczyk Astoria Bydgoszcz)
5	SG	(to Asseco Arka Gdynia)
2	G	Curtis Jerrells (to Reyer Venezia)
21	C	Shawn Jones (to KK Split)
32	SF	(to )
55	SF	(to GTK Gliwice)
8	SF	Przemysław Zamojski (Retirement)
24	PG	(to Free agent)
51	C	(to Free agent)
11	C	Kavell Bigby-Williams (to Free agent)
20	PF	(to )

Notable players[]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Individual awards[]

Award	Titles	Players
PLK Most Valuable Player	2	Igor Griszczuk (1993) Ivan Almeida (2018)
PLK Finals MVP	3	Damir Krupalija (2003) Kamil Łączyński (2018) Ivan Almeida (2019)
PLK Best Polish Player	1	Krzysztof Szubarga (2010)
PLK Most Improved Player	1	Michał Sokołowski (2013)

Head coaches[]

Mirosław Noculak (1991–1992)
Szczepan Waczyński (1992–1993)
Wojciech Krajewski (1993–1996)
Jacek Gembal (1996)
Wojciech Kobielski (1996–1997)
Rajko Toroman (1997)
Wojciech Kobielski (1997)
Eugeniusz Kijewski (1997–1999)
Danijel Jusup (2000–2001)
Wojciech Kobielski (2001)
Stevan Tot (2001)
Aleksandar Petrović (2001–2002)
Andrej Urlep (2002–2006)
David Dedek (2006)
Aleš Pipan (2006–2008)
Zmago Sagadin (2008)
Igor Griszczuk (2008–2010)
Krzysztof Szablowski (2010)
Emir Mutapčić (2010–2012)
Krzysztof Szablowski (2012)
Dainius Adomaitis (2012)
Milija Bogićević (2012–2014)
Mariusz Niedbalski (2014)
Predrag Krunić (2014–2015)
Marcin Woźniak (2015)
Igor Miličić (2015–2020)
Dejan Mihevc (2020)
Marcin Woźniak (2020–2021)
Przemysław Frasunkiewicz (2021–)

References[]

^ "Official: European North Basketball league taking off in October". ewbl.eu. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^ "Anwil Włocławek mistrzem Polski koszykarzy 2017/2018" (in Polish). Eurosport.interia.pl. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ "KAMIL ŁĄCZYŃSKI MVP FINAŁÓW EBL". 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ "Anwil Włocławek mistrzem Energa Basket Ligi!". Polska Liga Koszykówki. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

External links[]

Official website

[5] Season curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

[1] "Official: European North Basketball league taking off in October". ewbl.eu. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[2] "Anwil Włocławek mistrzem Polski koszykarzy 2017/2018" (in Polish). Eurosport.interia.pl. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[3] "KAMIL ŁĄCZYŃSKI MVP FINAŁÓW EBL". 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[4] "Anwil Włocławek mistrzem Energa Basket Ligi!". Polska Liga Koszykówki. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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v t Polska Liga Koszykówki
2021–22 Clubs	Anwil Włocławek Asseco Gdynia BM Slam Stal Ostów Wielkopolski Enea Astoria Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk GTK Gliwice HydroTruck Radom King Szczecin Legia Warszawa MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin Śląsk Wrocław Spójnia Stargard Twarde Pierniki Toruń Trefl Sopot Zastal Zielona Góra
Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Awards	Most Valuable Player Finals MVP Top Scorer All-PLK Team Best Defender Most Improved Player Best Polish Player Rookie of the Year Best Young Player Best Coach
Associated competitions	Polish Cup Polish Supercup
Category Commons

v t Anwil Włocławek current roster
00 Dykes 0 2 Mathews 6 Almeida 7 9 Łączyński 12 18 Petrasek 20 21 27 Dimec 31 Bell 33 Szewczyk 77
Head coach: Frasunkiewicz Assistant coaches: Woźniak Kożan Sadowski