R8 Basket Krakow
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- AZS AGH Cracovia
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- Polonia - 1ª Divisione 167 Polonia - 2. Liga 30 Amichevoli per club 5 Coppa di Polonia 3
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R8 Basket Krakow
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Wikipedia - R8 Basket Kraków
R8 Basket Kraków was a Polish professional basketball club based in Kraków. Established in 2016, the team played two seasons in the I Liga, the second division of basketball in Poland. Its owner was Dominika Kotarby-Majkutewicza. In 2018, R8 Basket was dissolved just two years after its foundation.
History
The club started in 2015 with the licence of AZS Politechniki Kraków. In 2016, the club was transformed to R8 Basket. Game were played in a hall of the Tauron Arena, which has a capacity of 800 people. In the 2016–17 season, Kraków won the third division 2 Liga and was promoted to the national second division.
In the 2017–18 season, R8 Basket was eliminated in the quarter-finals by GKS Tychy after finishing fourth in the I Liga regular season. On 1 June 2018, the club announced it was to be dissolved. The disestablishment was no surprise as before the season it was announced that if the team would not promote it would be dissolved. Head coach Marcin Kękuś stated that "there is no climate for high level basketball in Krakow".
La squadra è stata fondata nel 2003 con il nome di AZS Politechnika Kraków e ha cambiato nome in R8 Basket Kraków nel 2017. Ha vinto il campionato polacco di seconda divisione nel 2015-16 e ha ottenuto la promozione in Polska Liga Koszykówki.
L'R8 Basket Kraków gioca le partite casalinghe al Kraków Arena, che ha una capienza di 15.030 spettatori. I colori sociali della squadra sono il bianco e il blu.
I giocatori più importanti della squadra attuale sono:
* Szymon Szewczyk (guardia)
* Michał Michalak (ala)
* Jakub Głowiński (centro)
* Paweł Dzierżak (guardia)
* Karol Gruszecki (ala)
L'allenatore della squadra è David Dedek.
L'R8 Basket Kraków ha partecipato a diverse competizioni internazionali, tra cui la FIBA Europe Cup e la FIBA Challenge Cup. Ha raggiunto i quarti di finale della FIBA Europe Cup nel 2018-19 e ha vinto la FIBA Challenge Cup nel 2019-20.
La squadra è sostenuta da un gruppo di tifosi appassionati che riempiono l'arena durante le partite casalinghe.