TBL
Tauron Basket Liga (TBL) - the highest in the hierarchy of class league men's basketball games in Poland, which is also the highest level facility (and division level).
The functioning and history
Struggle within it are under way on a regular basis (the first season of 1947/1948), a round-robin, (from the 1984/1985 season with a play-off phase), as the league championship and are for the best Polish basketball clubs. PLK winner is also a master of Polish, and the weakest teams are relegated to the first Polish league. Until 1997, managed by the Polish Basketball Federation (NCPE), and since 1997 by the Polish Basketball League SA (Organization formed in 1995 as the Polish Basketball League Sp.). PLK SA is a professional league, between October 2001 and a member of the Union of European Basketball Leagues (ULEB), and since September 2005 is also a shareholder of Commercial Assets Euroleague. To participate in the games are released only with the status of professional clubs (ie working as a sports joint stock company), which - after meeting all necessary criteria - received a one year license to perform at this level (it is also possible the so-called issue. Conditional license).
In January 2010, there were changes in management and supervisory board of the league. In place of the outgoing president Janusz Wierzbowski, were appointed: Jacek Jakubowski (CEO) and Greg Bachański (league commissioner with the rank of vice president.) Shareholders' Meeting PLK SA also elected a new board of directors was made up by Ryszard Krauze, Roman Ludwiczuk, Waldemar Luczak, Zbigniew Polatowski, Andrzej Twardowski.
The official name of the league
By 1995, the most important class of men's basketball league and was hailed as the Polish league, Ekstraklasa, or Polish. But then - over the years - the official name of the senior tournament underwent changes several times, which was conditional on the names of sponsors, the titular League:
* Lech Basketball League (LBL) - from 1999/2000 to 2000/2001 season.
The name arose because of sponsorship agreement with Lech Browary.
* Era Basket Liga (EBL) - from season 2003/2004 to 2004/2005 season.
The name arose because of sponsorship agreement with the Polish Telefonia Cyfrowa (Era network operator).
* Dominet Basketball League (DBL) - in the 2005/2006 season.
The name arose because of a sponsorship agreement with Dominet Bank SA, which was signed on November 21, 2005 (during the season 2005/2006) [1]. At its best the league would get more than 2 million zł per year [2].
* Dominet Bank Extraliga (DBE) - from season 2006/2007 to 2007/2008 season.
The name arose because of a sponsorship agreement with Dominet Bank SA and in force since 13 October 2006 to September 30, 2008 [3].
* Polish Basketball League (BBL) - in the 2008/2009 season.
PLK Board found no strategic sponsor for the league and the titular.
* Polish Basketball League / Tauron Basketball League (BBL / TBL) - in the 2009/2010 season.
PLK Board found no strategic sponsor for the league and the titular before the season begins. Sponsorship agreement was signed only on 27 April 2010. For the period until the end of the 2009/2010 season contract with the PLK Poland has signed Tauron Energia SA based in Katowice [4].
League on TV
For the 1992/1993 season irregular coverage of the tournament the highest Polish basketball league conducted exclusively Polish Television (TVP), mostly on the individual regional centers antennas TVP 3 In the seasons 1993/1994 and 1994/1995 Ekstraklasa matches began to be regularly presented as the ABC. Since the 1995/1996 edition of the regular direct relationships appeared on TV, which in addition to local bands also began to popularize basketball quite significantly aired on mainstream TVP 1 and TV Polonia. At the time the Premier League TV Poland became the first ever official media partner of the top division. Therefore, the different channels belonging to it season after season, regular meeting were presented PLK (since 5 November 2005 and in iTVP [5]). This cooperation was finalized after the 2005/2006 season, due to the declining popularity of basketball in Poland and a disappointing viewing figures. Therefore, in September 2006 signed an agreement with PLK TV Polsat for the right to broadcast matches, and exclusive magazine issue summarizing the league every turn, starting from the 2006/2007 edition (it was signed for two seasons, with a possible extension for another). The matches were shown in Polsat Sport, Polsat Sport Extra and TV 4 After the expiry of the contract, the postal service - because of the greater involvement of the popularization of the retina - but he was not interested in extending it for another year, so in July 2008, the Board PLK started talking to the TVP on the patronage of the re-taking the league by that station. They finally managed to reach an agreement and both parties have signed three-year contract, which was linked to the start of the re-popularization of shares in the context of the basketball finals of the men's championship Europy'2009. Since the 2008/2009 season league meetings and the magazine ("The Three") are presented in TVP Sport
