2015–16 PLK season

Tauron Basket Liga^1
Season	2015–16
Teams	17
Regular season
Season MVP	Mateusz Ponitka
Finals
Champions	Stelmet Zielona Góra (3rd title)
Runners-up	Rosa Radom
Third place	Energa Czarni Słupsk
Fourth place	Anwil Włocławek
Finals MVP	Dee Bost
Statistical leaders
Points Jarvis Williams 17.2 Rebounds Kirk Archibeque 9.8 Assists Jerel Blassingame 6.1
← 2014–15 2016–17 → ^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Tauron.

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)

Anwil

Ostrów

Koszalin

Gdynia

Rosa Radom

Zielona Góra

Trefl Sopot

Śląsk

Czarni Słupsk

Tarnobrzeg

Polpharma

Szczecin

Kutno

Toruń

Dąbrowa

Start Lublin

Turów

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Location of teams in 2015–16 PLK

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

Bracket

	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	Game 5
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 Jarvis Williams Śląsk Wrocław 17.24 2 Danny Gibson Twarde Pierniki Toruń 17.22 3 Michael Hicks Starogard Gdański 17.19 4 David Jelinek Anwil Włocławek 17.1

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

Polish clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Stelmet Zielona Gora	Euroleague	Regular season
	Eurocup	Quarterfinals
PGE Turow Zgorzelec	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
Slask Wroclaw		Top 32
Rosa Radom		Top 32

References

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

External links

• Polska Liga Koszykówki - Official Site (in Polish)
• Polish League at Eurobasket.com