The 2023–24 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Orlen Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 90th season of the Polish Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Poland. Wilki Morskie Szczecin were the defending champions.

Orlen Basket Liga
Season2023–24
Dates21 September 2023 – 16 June 2024
Teams16
TV partner(s)Polsat Sport
Regular season
Top seedAnwil Włocławek
RelegatedSewertronics Sokół Łańcut
Finals
ChampionsTrefl Sopot
  Runners-upKing Szczecin
Third placeWKS Śląsk Wrocław
Fourth placeSpójnia Stargard
Finals MVPPoland Jakub Schenk
Statistical leaders
Points United States Liam O'Reilly 21.4
Rebounds Croatia Mate Vucić 11.2
Assists United States Tayler Persons 9.6
Index Rating Canada Kadre Gray 21.8
Records
Biggest home winStal Ostrów Wielkopolski 126–60 Zielona Góra
(27 April 2024)
Biggest away winArka Gdynia 78–117 Śląsk Wrocław
(20 January 2024)
Highest scoringMKS Dąbrowa 122–115 GTK Gliwice
(30 December 2023)
All statistics correct as of complete.

Teams

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16 teams will participate this season.[1]

Dziki Warsaw was promoted from Liga I and Astoria Bydgoszcz was relegated.

Locations and venues

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Team Location Arena Capacity
Anwil Włocławek Włocławek Hala Mistrzów 4,200
Suzuki Arka Gdynia Gdynia Polsat Plus Arena Gdynia 5,500
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski Arena Ostrów 3,086
Dziki Warsaw Warsaw Hala Koło 1,280
Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk Slupsk Hala Gryfia 2,500
GTK Gliwice Gliwice Gliwice Arena 13,752
Legia Warsaw Warsaw OSiR Bemowo 1,000
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Dąbrowa Górnicza Centrum Hall 2,944
Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin Lublin Hala Globus 5,000
Sewertronics Sokół Łańcut Łańcut MOSiR Łańcut 1,200
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Hala Orbita 3,000
Spójnia Stargard Stargard Hala Miejska 2,500
Trefl Sopot Sopot Ergo Arena 15,000
Twarde Pierniki Toruń Toruń Arena Toruń 6,248
Wilki Morskie Szczecin Szczecin Netto Arena 7,403
Zastal Enea Zielona Góra Zielona Góra CRS Hall 6,080

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anwil Włocławek 30 23 7 2585 2312 +273 53 Advanced to playoffs
2 Trefl Sopot (C) 30 21 9 2570 2385 +185 51
3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 30 19 11 2641 2417 +224 49
4 King Szczecin 30 19 11 2701 2534 +167 49
5 Legia Warszawa 30 19 11 2587 2473 +114 49
6 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 30 17 13 2393 2469 −76 47
7 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 30 16 14 2887 2755 +132 46
8 Spójnia Stargard 30 16 14 2453 2333 +120 46
9 Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin 30 16 14 2720 2707 +13 46
10 Dziki Warszawa 30 16 14 2347 2382 −35 46
11 Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk 30 14 16 2332 2395 −63 44
12 Twarde Pierniki Toruń 30 13 17 2428 2520 −92 43
13 Asseco Arka Gdynia 30 9 21 2452 2753 −301 39
14 GTK Gliwice 30 9 21 2577 2729 −152 39
15 Zastal Zielona Góra 30 8 22 2468 2737 −269 38
16 Sewertronics Sokół Łańcut 30 5 25 2413 2653 −240 35 Relegated to I Liga
Source: PLK
(C) Champions


Results

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Home \ Away ANW GDY STA CZA DZI GTK LAN SZC LEG MKS TOR SPO LUB SOP WRO ZIE
Anwil Włocławek 97–66 97–86 75–60 78–66 96–73 88–71 88–90 74–76 97–91 91–70 78–69 100–71 91–83 80–74 75–93
Krajowa Grupa Spożywcza Arka Gdynia 85–89 102–95 67–84 69–94 100–87 115–118 84–103 104–102 82–104 83–79 86–96 90–82 72–92 78–117 86–81
Arged BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 89–87 89–79 106–77 68–75 89–96 89–77 86–95 71–53 103–102 98–80 77–73 96–93 70–71 108–51 126–60
Icon Sea Czarni Słupsk 58–83 93–82 65–85 59–66 72–81 92–90 74–78 82–80 92–90 90–65 61–81 77–81 74–65 78–53 73–69
Dziki Warsaw 67–95 83–81 86–65 83–96 87–88 93–85 75–84 96–86 82–76 78–56 70–67 86–71 75–80 71–80 61–74
Tauron GTK Gliwice 77–88 73–84 81–94 100–79 87–94 87–100 79–105 100–105 73–110 92–76 76–74 83–86 79–80 86–87 90–92
Muszynianka Domelo Sokół Łańcut 64–88 74–77 85–80 88–74 58–68 71–96 74–96 71–82 96–98 93–87 73–86 78–88 79–82 84–91 88–89
King Szczecin 92–93 91–73 81–85 82–86 90–72 112–86 85–79 84–85 86–106 70–92 101–103 81–85 79–84 89–84 95–84
Legia Warsaw 96–87 87–67 88–96 94–84 61–62 83–81 87–78 89–96 93–86 91–84 89–78 75–92 70–85 82–98 90–72
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 84–87 107–86 85–89 77–84 116–83 122–115 100–90 103–101 86–103 85–92 98–106 112–87 101–106 82–80 100–93
Arriva Polski Cukier Toruń 78–83 101–86 57–76 83–82 72–80 104–83 81–69 92–88 70–83 79–89 72–97 98–84 69–80 78–75 85–74
PGE Spójnia Stargard 64–70 91–54 65–62 77–65 64–56 86–76 77–56 69–78 81–87 83–93 73–84 86–81 80–73 93–67 94–72
Polski Cukier Start Lublin 88–80 98–88 78–100 77–86 111–84 100–93 99–83 93–98 92–112 114–102 102–85 110–108 84–85 102–85 91–95
Trefl Sopot 76–71 85–69 88–76 81–90 96–85 79–85 94–78 92–98 77–69 110–102 78–80 88–70 73–82 79–72 124–74
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 82–96 88–79 103–95 67–65 78–72 80–75 98–79 60–83 68–97 72–76 78–69 75–69 97–95 66–87 77–66
Zastal Zielona Góra 73–83 73–78 87–92 89–80 91–97 94–99 86–84 79–90 71–92 91–104 89–110 105–93 91–103 85–97 76–80
Source: PLK
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five format (2–2–1) while the finals in a best-of-seven one (2–2–1–1–1).

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Anwil Włocławek 2
8 Spójnia Stargard 3
4 King Szczecin 3
8 Spójnia Stargard 0
4 King Szczecin 3
5 Legia Warszawa 1
2 Trefl Sopot 4
4 King Szczecin 3
2 Trefl Sopot 3
7 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 1
2 Trefl Sopot 3 Third place
6 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 1
3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 2 6 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 175
6 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 3 8 Spójnia Stargard 168

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Anwil Włocławek 2–3 Spójnia Stargard 89–70 98–84 82–86 68–86 77–81
Trefl Sopot 3–1 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 97–78 82–81 84–92 101–93
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 2–3 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 76–85 81–64 97–102 84–74 81–83
King Szczecin 3–1 Legia Warszawa 85–80 80–77 88–90 99–84

Semifinals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
King Szczecin 3–0 Spójnia Stargard 104–86 78–72 88–75
Trefl Sopot 3–1 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 78–54 88–70 70–76 81–77


Third place series

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 175–168 Spójnia Stargard 88–83 87–85

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Trefl Sopot 4–3 King Szczecin 73–82 84–81 59–75 76–81 88–84 101–80 77–71

Awards

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All official awards of the 2023–24 PLK season.

Season awards

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Award Player Team Ref.
PLK Most Valuable Player   Victor Sanders Anwil Włocławek [2]
PLK Finals MVP   Jakub Schenk Trefl Sopot [3]
PLK Best Defender   Amir Bell Anwil Włocławek [4]
PLK Best Polish Player   Andrzej Mazurczak King Szczecin [5]
PLK Best Coach   Przemysław Frasunkiewicz Anwil Włocławek [6]
All-PLK Team   Andrzej Mazurczak King Szczecin [7]
  Aigars Šķēle BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
  Christian Vital Legia Warszawa
  Victor Sanders Anwil Włocławek
  Aric Holman Legia Warszawa

MVP of the Month

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Month Player Team EFF Ref.
2023
September   Victor Sanders Anwil Włocławek 18.2 [8]
October
November   Josh Price GTK Gliwice 23.8 [9]
December   Aigars Šķēle BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 27.0 [10]
2024
January   Dominic Green Dziki Warsaw 19.8 [11]
February   Andrzej Mazurczak King Szczecin 20.3 [12]
March

MVP of the Round

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Gameday Player Team EFF Ref.
1   Jabril Durham Polski Cukier Start Lublin 33 [13]
2   Damian Kulig BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 34 [14]
3   Dušan Miletić WKS Śląsk Wrocław 29 [15]
4   Aaron Cel Twarde Pierniki Toruń 24 [16]
5   Tayler Persons MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 31 [17]
6   Barret Benson Polski Cukier Start Lublin 36 [18]
7   Joshua Price GTK Gliwice 35 [19]
8   Wesley Gordon Spójnia Stargard 32 [20]
9   Arūnas Mikalauskas BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 33 [21]
10   Michał Michalak Grupa Sierleccy Czarni Słupsk 19 [22]
11   Andrzej Pluta Jr. Arka Gdynia 27 [23]
12   Daniel Gołębiowski WKS Śląsk Wrocław 29 [24]
13   Tayler Persons (x2) MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 35 [25]
14   Aric Holman Legia Warsaw 31 [26]
15   Arūnas Mikalauskas (x2) BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 26 [27]
16   Mikołaj Witliński Trefl Sopot 23 [28]
17   Lovell Cabbil MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 27 [29]
18   Jakub Nizioł WKS Śląsk Wrocław 35 [30]
19   Liam O'Reilly Polski Cukier Start Lublin 35 [31]
20   Stephen Brown Spójnia Stargard 35 [32]
21   Adrian Bogucki Arka Gdynia 39 [33]
22   Victor Sanders Anwil Włocławek 27 [34]
23   Aaron Best Trefl Sopot 31 [35]
24   Adam Hrycaniuk Arka Gdynia 23 [36]
25   Tyler Cheese Sewertronics Sokół Łańcut 32 [37]
26   Devon Daniels Spójnia Stargard 23 [38]
27   Zac Cuthbertson King Szczecin 24 [39]
28   Liam O'Reilly (x2) Polski Cukier Start Lublin 34 [40]
29   Christian Vital Legia Warsaw 34 [41]
30   Loren Jackson Legia Warsaw 32 [42]

Statistical leaders

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Leaders at the end of the regular season.[43]

Category Player Team Value
Points per game   Liam O'Reilly Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin
21.4
Rebounds per game   Mate Vucić Twarde Pierniki Toruń
11.2
Assists per game   Tayler Persons MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
9.6
Steals per game   Jabril Durham Polski Cukier Pszczółka Start Lublin
2.3
Blocks per game   Wesley Gordon Spójnia Stargard
2.0
Evaluation per game   Kadre Gray GTK Gliwice
21.8

Polish clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Śląsk Wroclaw EuroCup Regular Season
King Szczecin Champions League Regular Season
Legia Warsaw Qualifying rounds
FIBA Europe Cup Quarterfinals
Anwil Włocławek Regular Season
PGE Spójnia Stargard Regular Season

Polish clubs in Regional competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Enea Zastal Zielona Gora[44] European North Basketball League Regular Season
Polski Cukier Start Lublin[45] Regular Season
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza[46] Alpe Adria Cup Champions

References

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