2015–16 PLK season

Tauron Basket Liga¹
Champions	Stelmet Zielona Góra (3rd title)
Runners-up	Rosa Radom
Third place	Energa Czarni Słupsk
Fourth place	Anwil Włocławek
Teams	17 ⁺¹
Awards
MVP	Mateusz Ponitka
Finals MVP	Dee Bost
Statistical leaders
Points	David Jelinek 17.6
Rebounds	Kirk Archibeque 9.8
Assists	Jerel Blassingame 6.1

The 2015–16 Polish Basketball League, for sponsorship reasons the Tauron Basket Liga, was the 82nd season of the highest professional basketball tier in Poland and the 20th since the foundation of the Polish Basketball League.

Teams

Promoted from the 2014–15 1 Liga:
- BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (1st)

Location of teams in 2015–16 PLK

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Asseco Gdynia	Gdynia	Gdynia Sports Arena	7003550000000000000♠5,500
AZS Koszalin	Koszalin	Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa	7003300000000000000♠3,000
Energa Czarni Słupsk	Słupsk	Hala Gryfia	7003320000000000000♠3,200
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski ^P	Ostrów Wielkopolski	Hala Sportowa Stal	7003120000000000000♠1,200
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	Dąbrowa Górnicza	Centrum Hall	7003294400000000000♠2,944
PGE Turów Zgorzelec	Zgorzelec	PGE Turów Arena	7003350000000000000♠3,500
Polfarmex Kutno	Kutno	SP9 Hall	7003120000000000000♠1,200
Polski Cukier Toruń	Toruń	Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa	7003624800000000000♠6,248
Rosa Radom	Radom	ZSE Radom	7003120000000000000♠1,200
Siarka Tarnobrzeg	Tarnobrzeg	OSiR Wisla Hall	7003150000000000000♠1,500
Polpharma Starogard Gdański	Starogard Gdański	Argo-Kociewie	7003250000000000000♠2,500
WKS Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Hala Orbita	7003300000000000000♠3,000
Start Lublin	Lublin	Globus	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Stelmet Zielona Góra	Zielona Góra	CRS Hall Zielona Góra	7003608000000000000♠6,080
Trefl Sopot	Sopot	Ergo Arena	7004150000000000000♠15,000
Wilki Morskie Szczecin	Szczecin	Azoty Arena	7003740300000000000♠7,403
WTK Anwil Włocławek	Włocławek	Hala Mistrzów	7003420000000000000♠4,200

Notes: ^P Promoted from the 1 Liga.

Regular Season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stelmet Zielona Góra	32	28	4	2656	2179	+477	60	Qualification to playoffs
2	Rosa Radom	32	25	7	2439	2226	+213	57
3	Anwil Włocławek	32	24	8	2509	2221	+288	56
4	Polski Cukier Toruń	32	24	8	2514	2280	+234	56
5	Energa Czarni Słupsk	32	23	9	2575	2341	+234	55
6	King Wilki Morskie Szczecin	32	18	14	2596	2529	+67	50
7	Polfarmex Kutno	32	18	14	2272	2225	+47	50
8	Asseco Gdynia	32	17	15	2309	2383	−74	49
9	PGE Turów Zgorzelec	32	16	16	2674	2631	+43	48
10	MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	32	14	18	2382	2400	−18	46
11	Polpharma Starogard Gdański	32	13	19	2342	2400	−58	45
12	AZS Koszalin	32	13	19	2284	2436	−152	45
13	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	32	12	20	2297	2434	−137	44
14	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	32	8	24	2285	2511	−226	40
15	Trefl Sopot	32	8	24	2167	2332	−165	40
16	Siarka Tarnobrzeg	32	7	25	2253	2557	−304	39
17	Start Lublin	32	4	28	2154	2623	−469	36

Source: PLK

Playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Finals

1	Stelmet Zielona Góra	3
8	Asseco Gdynia	0
			1	Stelmet Zielona Góra	3

			5	Energa Czarni Słupsk	0
4	Polski Cukier Toruń	1

5	Energa Czarni Słupsk	3
							1	Stelmet Zielona Góra	4
							2	Rosa Radom	0
3	Anwil Włocławek	3
6	King Wilki Morskie Szczecin	1
			3	Anwil Włocławek	1	Third place

			2	Rosa Radom	3
2	Rosa Radom	3					5	Anwil Włocławek	0

7	Polfarmex Kutno	0					3	Energa Czarni Słupsk	2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4
Stelmet Zielona Góra	3–0	Asseco Gdynia	91–57	81–53	92–55
Polski Cukier Toruń	1–3	Energa Czarni Słupsk	87–90	86–71	71–84	83–94
Anwil Włocławek	3–1	King Wilki Morskie Szczecin	78–54	86–71	88–93	83–75 (OT)
Rosa Radom	3–0	Polfarmex Kutno	76–66	63–56	73–68

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Stelmet Zielona Góra	3–0	Energa Czarni Słupsk	93–73	87–67	77–61
Rosa Radom	3–1	Anwil Włocławek	58–64	82–65	71–56	75–61

Third-position play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Anwil Włocławek	0–2	Energa Czarni Słupsk	54–59	62–78

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Stelmet Zielona Góra	4–0	Rosa Radom	86–80 (OT)	70–51	65–53	64–53

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Player	Team	Ref.
Mateusz Ponitka	Stelmet Zielona Góra	^[1]

Finals MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Dee Bost	Stelmet Zielona Góra	^[2]

Best Defender

Player	Team	Ref.
Michał Sokołowski	Rosa Radom	^[3]

Best Polish Player

Player	Team	Ref.
Mateusz Ponitka	Stelmet Zielona Góra	^[1]

Best Coach

Player	Team	Ref.
Sašo Filipovski	Stelmet Zielona Góra

Statistical leaders

Final statistical leaders after the Regular Season.^[4]

Efficiency


Pos	Player	Club	PIR
1	Jarvis Williams	Śląsk Wrocław	20.3
2	Zach Robbins	Siarka Tarnobrzeg	19.0
3	Kirk Archibeque	PGE Turów Zgorzelec	18.4

Points


Pos	Player	Club	PPG
1	David Jelinek	Anwil Włocławek	17.4
2	Jarvis Williams	Śląsk Wrocław	17.2
3	Michael Hicks	Starogard Gdański	17.2

Rebounds


Pos	Player	Club	RPG
1	Kirk Archibeque	PGE Turów Zgorzelec	9.8
2	Michael Fraser	Polfarmex Kutno	9.6
3	Kevin Johnson	Polfarmex Kutno	9.5

Assists


Pos	Player	Club	APG
1	Jerel Blassingame	Energa Czarni Słupsk	6.1
2	Danny Gibson	Polski Cukier Toruń	5.9
3	Daniel Dillon	PGE Turów Zgorzelec	5.7

References

1 2 "Najbardziej Wartościowy Zawodnik: Mateusz Ponitka" (in Polish). Tauron Basket Liga. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
↑
↑ "Najlepsza piątka i najlepszy zawodnik w obronie w TBL". plk.pl. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
↑ Statistics at PLK.pl

Polska Liga Koszykówki

Seasons	1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Clubs	Anwil Włocławek Asseco Gdynia AZS Koszalin Energa Czarni Słupsk Jezioro Tarnobrzeg King Wilki Morskie Szczecin MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Miasto Szkła Krosno PGE Turów Zgorzelec Polfarmex Kutno Polpharma Starogard Gdański Polski Cukier Toruń Rosa Radom Stelmet Zielona Góra TBV Start Lublin Trefl Sopot Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski

Awards	Most Valuable Player All-PLK Team Finals MVP Best Defender Best Polish Player Best Young Player Most Improved Player Best Coach ~~Rookie of the Year~~

Associated competitions	Polish Cup Polish Supercup

Category Commons

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Domestic leagues

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Women	Hungary Scotland Serbia Spain Turkey

Regional leagues

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Women	Central Women's Basketball League Baltic League MŽRKL Eastern European League

Domestic cups

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Women	Scotland Serbia Spain

Supercups

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Women

Continental
competitions

Men	Euroleague Regular Season Top 16 Playoffs Final Four Eurocup Regular Season Last 32 Knockout stage Finals FIBA Europe Cup Final Four Next Generation Tournament

Women	EuroLeague Women EuroCup Women SuperCup Women

International
competitions

Men	EuroBasket 2015 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries 2016 Summer Olympics qualifying EuroBasket 2017 qualification

Women	EuroBasket Women 2015 EuroBasket Women 2017 qualification 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries 2016 Summer Olympics qualifying

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