Tapiolan Honka is a

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club based in

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. Their men's team plays in top-tier

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, after they were promoted from I division A in 2024, and their women's team plays in

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History

It was founded as a sports club Tapion Honka in 1957. The basketball section separated in 1975 under the name of Tapiolan Honka. Nowadays the club has 700 licensed players and over 1200 total members in different age categories. From 1975 onwards, the men's first team was known as

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. The team was dissolved in 2011 and a new team was founded under the original name Tapiolan Honka.

Honours

* Finnish Championships (5): ** 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

Notable players

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* Uolevi Manninen *

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Tuukka Kotti Tuukka Kotti (born 18 March 1981) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Tapiolan Honka. Kotti attended Providence College in the United States, where he played college basketball between 2001 and 2005. He left Finland as a point gua ...

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* Annika Holopainen *

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* Kiana Johnson *

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References

External links

Tapiolan Honka official website

Tapiolan Honka in Korisliiga

Tapiolan Honka in Naisten Korisliiga
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