SUZUKI Polish Cup : For the 10th time in their history, they have won the Polish Cup. VBW Arka Gdynia won the Polish Cup. Arka Gdynia – CCC Polkowice 69:65

VBW Arka Gdynia – CCC Polkowice 69:65. 4 points so much and so little decided about the Cup who will hold it in their hands tonight. The basketball players of Arka won this coveted SUZUKI Cup of Poland . Great “FETA” in Gdynia

At the very beginning we must mention to our readers and remind them that a year ago in Lublin in the season 2019 / 2020 the same teams of VBW Arka and CCC Polkowice also played in the grand final of the Suzuki Cup of Poland for Women . Then also the players from Gdynia turned out to be better, which in Lublin after extra time won 83:73.

The team from Gdynia is the 12-time Polish Champion, 9-time winner of the Polish Cup and 2-time Euroleague vice-champion and club world vice-champion. In the final meeting Arka defeated the team from Polkowice by 69:65 and thus won the Polish Cup for the 10th time in history. The day before, the team from Pomerania defeated in the semi-final the Lublin “Pszczółka”.

The final match between the basketball players of VBW Arka Gdynia and CCC Polkowice b stood on a high basketball level and it was worth seeing those few good actions in the best basketball of Energa Basket Liga Kobiet (EBLK) in the Polish Cup final tournament. On Sunday, 7 March we watched in Arena Gdynia the best teams of women’s basketball Arka Gdynia and Polkowice met to win the cup.

In the first quarter of the game with the Polkowice players could not catch the right rhythm of the game. The match did not start well for Arki Gdynia. In the 56th second of the match Alice Kunek fell out of the game. Australian, who acquired an ankle injury coach Vētry. Kunek, who unfortunately fell badly after the collection had to leave the floor.

In addition, well played Aaryn Ellenberg Wiley and so in the first quarter she had 18 points on her account, and CCC Polkowice led 36:29.

However, the third quarter showed that the players of VBW Arka began to play better and when in an important action Artemis Spanou hit the points that led to a tie at 44:44 the team gained momentum. Still good play of Barbora Balintova and Angelika Slamova gave the lead and after a good throw of Sonja Greinacher (48:44) and it showed that the basketball players took control in this quarter of the home team.

At the beginning of the last part of the game the home team gained a few-point advantage, which they did not give up till the end. When less than 60 seconds before the final buzzer Artemis Spanou hit a three, it became clear that this evening will shine in yellow and blue.
At the score of 66:62 Kamile Nacickaite first used only one free throw, and after a while Polkowice players forgot to pledge. Balintova threw and freely collected the ball after her throw, and after a “three” from Artemis Spanou’s rebound eight seconds before the end closed the duel. The match ended with the score 69 to 65.

“After the match, the coach of Arka Gdynia Actually for them , with the loss of like player Alice Kunek, we have to think how to deal with this loss. Nnatomiast why his players train and are a team, to cope with such situations. In the first half they played below their expectations but all the players have the mentality of a winner, the mentality of warriors and they showed it today during this meeting”. The interview after the game gave TV Com coach VBW Arka Gdynia Gundars Vetra.

On CCC Polkowice, however, “revenge” narrow rotation and in the later part of the match it was VBW Arka that regained the position, and as a result developed a modest advantage.

VBW Arka Gdynia – CCC Polkowice 69:65 (13:16, 16:20, 21:12, 19:17)
Arka: Kunek 0, Spanou 21 (3), Miskiniene 7 (1), Kastanek 0, Balintova 13 oraz Slamova 6, Podgórna 5 (1), Rembiszewska 8 (2), Greinacher 9

CCC: Ellenberg-Wiley 27 (3), Stanković 10, Gajda 2, Gertchen 2, Hampton 21 (1) oraz Nacickaite 3, Telenga 0.

Suzuki Women’s Basketball Polish Cup Schedule:

Friday – quarter-finals
Pszczółka Polski Cukier AZS UMCS Lublin – PolskaStrefaInwestycji Enea Gorzów Wielkopolski 77:66 (12:19, 17:19, 22:9, 19:19)
Basket 25 Bydgoszcz – Polonia Warszawa 83:53 (18:19, 20:13, 29:12, 16:9)

Saturday – semifinals
VBW Arka Gdynia – Pszczółka Polski Cukier AZS UMCS Lublin 85:81 (22:21, 24:18, 16:19, 23:23)
CCC Polkowice – Basket 25 Bydgoszcz 70:68 (8:13, 20:25, 25:16, 17:14)

Sunday – Suzuki Cup of Poland final
VBW Arka Gdynia – CCC Polkowice 69:65 (13:16, 16:20, 21:12, 19:17)