AZS AGH Cracovia
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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 1969 e ha vinto il suo primo campionato polacco nel 1971. Da allora, ha vinto altri 10 campionati, l'ultimo dei quali nel 2019.
L'AZS AGH Cracovia è una delle squadre più forti del campionato polacco e ha partecipato a numerose competizioni europee, come la EuroLeague e la EuroCup.
I colori sociali della squadra sono il bianco e il blu.
Alcuni dei giocatori più famosi che hanno giocato per l'AZS AGH Cracovia sono:
* Marcin Gortat
* Maciej Lampe
* Adam Wójcik
* Przemysław Zamojski
* Łukasz Koszarek
L'AZS AGH Cracovia è una delle squadre più popolari in Polonia e ha una grande tifoseria.