The first trophy won by Skra in 2012, was the sixth Polish Cup in the history of the club. On 18 March 2012 "PGE Skra" achieved a silver medal of the 2011–12 CEV Champions League. They won a match against Arkas İzmir in the semifinal, but lost in the final to the Zenit-Kazan from Russia in the Final Four held at Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland. The final match ended controversially, with the Serbian referee Dejan Jovanović not seeing the block of the Russian player, whereby the match ended despite that the audience and all the players saw the touch on a screen. "PGE Skra" players received three out of eight individual awards. Michał Winiarski was named the "Best Receiver", the award for the "Best Spiker" was received by Bartosz Kurek, and the title of the "Most Valuable Player" was garnered by the team captain Mariusz Wlazły. In the 2011–12 PlusLiga season, the club lost in the final of the Polish Championship to Asseco Resovia, and achieved silver medals. That defeat ended seven seasons of Skra dominance in PlusLiga. On 18 October, "PGE Skra" lost the semifinal of the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship with Sada Cruzeiro (2–3). On the next day, the Polish team won a bronze medal in their match with Zenit-Kazan (3–2). The opposite Aleksandar Atanasijević was awarded the "Best Scorer" of the tournament. In the 2012–13 PlusLiga season, the club took fifth place, and was eliminated from the 2012–13 CEV Champions League by Arkas İzmir.