Klub Uczelniany Akademickiego Związku Sportowego Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie or KU AZS UMCS Lublin is a Polish university multi-sports club based in
Lublin
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. It is the university sports club for the
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. Top departments include
athletics, swimming and women's basketball. It is one of the top athletics clubs in Poland, whereas the women's basketball team competes in the
Basket Liga Kobiet
Basket Liga Kobiet (BLK), currently known for sponsorship reasons as Energa Basket Liga Kobiet (EBLK; 2001–2013 Polska Liga Koszykówki Kobiet, PLKK) is a professional women's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highes ...
, the country's top division (as of 2023–2024).
Other
team sports departments include men's and women's handball, men's
futsal and women's
volleyball.
Women's basketball
The top
team sport department of AZS UMCS is women's basketball. The team competes in the
Basket Liga Kobiet
Basket Liga Kobiet (BLK), currently known for sponsorship reasons as Energa Basket Liga Kobiet (EBLK; 2001–2013 Polska Liga Koszykówki Kobiet, PLKK) is a professional women's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highes ...
, the country's top division (as of 2023–2024). It debuted in the top division in the 1965–1966 season. It won its first Polish Cup in the 2015–2016 season. In the 2022–2023 season AZS UMCS won its first Polish Championship, thus qualifying to the
2023–24 EuroLeague Women
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, and followed the success by winning the 2023 Polish SuperCup.
Honours
*Athletics
**Polish Club Champions:
***winners: 2019, 2020,
***''runners-up'': 2022, 2023
***''third place'': 2018 2021
*Women's basketball
**
Polish Champions:
***winners: 2023
***''runners-up'': 2022
**Polish Cup
***winners: 2016
***''runners-up'': 2024
**Polish SuperCup
***winners: 2023
References
External links
Official website (in Polish)
{{Polish Women's Basketball League
Athletics clubs in Poland
Futsal clubs in Poland
Multi-sport clubs in Poland
Sport in Lublin
Women's basketball teams in Poland
Women's volleyball teams in Poland