Lech Poznań (basketball)

Koszykarski Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań (Basketball Sports Club Lech Poznań) was the professional basketball section of the Polish multi-sports club Lech Poznań.

KKS Lech Poznań
Founded	19 March 1922; 103 years ago (1922-03-19) (sports club) 1930; 95 years ago (1930) (basketball section)
Folded	1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Location	Poznań, Poland
Championships	Men's: 11 Polish Championships 3 Polish Cups 4 Junior Championships Women's: 1 Polish Championship 4 Junior Championships
Home Away

History

The club was established in 1922, with the basketball section founded in 1930.^[1] They competed in the Polish League until the summer of 1997, when due to financial and organizational problems, the club was withdrawn from the national league.

In European-wide competitions, a great achievement for Lech Poznań was its qualification to the EuroLeague's last 8 stage of the 1989–90 season, along with other clubs such as: Maccabi Tel Aviv, Olimpia Milano, Barcelona, Jugoplastika Split, Aris Thessaloniki, and Limoges.

Honours

Men's

Polish League

• Winners (11): 1935, 1939, 1946, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1989–90
• Runners-up (7): 1937, 1948, 1950, 1961, 1982, 1985, 1991
• Third place (7): 1938, 1947, 1956, 1959, 1987, 1988, 1994

Polish Cup

• Winners (4): 1935–36, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1983–84
• Runners-up (3): 1970, 1975, 1977

European Champions Cup

• Semifinalists (1): 1958–59
• Quarterfinalists (1): 1989–90

Junior Polish Championship

• Winners (4): 1952, 1966, 1983, 1991
• Runners-up (2): 1960, 1964
• Third place (1): 1993

Women's

Polish League

• Winners (1): 1957
• Runners-up (3): 1955, 1956, 1990
• Third place (5): 1958, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1984

Junior Polish Championship

• Winners (4): 1955, 1956, 1962, 1994
• Runners-up (1): 1963
• Third place (1): 1993