AZS AGH Krakow
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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".
Le club a été fondé en 1955 et a remporté le championnat de Pologne à trois reprises, en 1965, 1966 et 1967. L'AZS AGH a également remporté la Coupe de Pologne à deux reprises, en 1965 et 1967.
L'équipe est dirigée par l'entraîneur Arkadiusz Grudzień. Les joueurs les plus connus de l'AZS AGH sont Adam Wójcik, Łukasz Koszarek et Przemysław Zamojski.
L'AZS AGH Cracovie joue ses matchs à domicile dans la salle de sport AGH.