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Espoon Honka
237px, Petteri Koponen with Espoon Honka in 2007 Espoon Honka, also known as Honka Playboys, was a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland and it played in Korisliiga. The club was dissolved in 2011 due to financial difficulties. History Espoon Honka was founded in 1975 as a professional team apart from Tapiolan Honka, which worked as a feeder team and took responsibility for organizing youth teams and other activities. Espoon Honka played 16 seasons in the Korisliiga and won seven championship titles. Espoon Honka didn't play in the 2011–12 season of Korisliiga due to financial problems and the whole team was then dissolved later that year. A new team was then founded under the name Tapiolan Honka. Honours * Korisliiga **Winners (7): 1974, 1976, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 *Finnish Cup The Finnish Cup (; ) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapiolan Honka
Tapiolan Honka is a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland. Their men's team plays in top-tier Korisliiga, after they were promoted from Koripallon I-divisioona, I division A in 2024, and their women's team plays in Naisten Korisliiga. 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 Espoon Honka. The team was dissolved in 2011 and a new team was founded under the original name Tapiolan Honka. Honours * Korisliiga, Finnish Championships (5): ** 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 Notable players * Seppo Kuusela * Uolevi Manninen * Anton Odabasi * Kimmo Muurinen * Tuukka Kotti * Carl Lindbom * Annika Holopainen * Lele Hardy * Kiana Johnson * Haiden Palmer References External links Tapiolan Honka official websiteTapiolan Honka in Kori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 guard, but gradually turned into a Center (basketball), center during his college career. In 2018, Kotti was named the Korisliiga MVP, Korisliiga Most Valuable Player at age 37, while playing with Helsinki Seagulls. Career statistics National team EuroCup , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 Eurocup Basketball, 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;", Bisons Loimaa , 10 , , 10 , , 26.8 , , .549, , - , , .409 , , 5.1 , , 1.9 , , 1.0 , , 0.4 , , 10.9 , , 10.0 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kotti, Tuukka 1981 births Living people Andrea Costa Imola players Centers (basketball) Crailsheim Merlins players Finnish expatriate basketball people in France Finnish expatriate basketball people in Germany Finnish expatriate bask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Establishments In Finland
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , causing a partial collapse resulting in 12 deaths. * January 15 – Alvor Agreement: Portugal announces that it will grant independence to Angola on November 11. * January 20 ** In Hanoi, North Vietnam, the Politburo approves the final military offensive against South Vietnam. ** Work is abandoned on the 1974 Anglo-French Channel Tunnel scheme. * January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport In Espoo
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions admit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Teams Established In 1975
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's Basket (basketball), hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihailo Pavićević
Mihailo Pavićević ( sr-cyr, Михаило Павићевић; born March 15, 1958) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. He currently works as the head coach for Mornar of the Montenegrin Basketball League and the ABA League. Playing career Pavićević has spent most of his playing career in his native Bar playing for the local team Mornar. On two occasions he played for Budućnost in Podgorica, and he ended his playing career in Omonia Nicosia. Coaching career Pavićević started coaching in 1989 in Mornar, before moving to the Crvena zvezda in 1996. With the Zvezda he won the YUBA League championship in the 1997–98 season. Between 2000 and 2009, Pavićević led Espoon Honka and won five Finnish championships and two Finnish Cups. He managed to promote several important Finnish players, such as Petteri Koponen, Sasu Salin, Kimmo Muurinen, and others. In 2013, Pavićević became the coach of the Chinese club Liaoning Flying Leopa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Herbert
Gordon Walter Herbert (born February 16, 1959) is a Canadian and Finnish professional basketball coach and former player. Herbert is currently serving as the head coach of Canada national team and Bayern Munich in the Basketball Bundesliga and the EuroLeague. He was previously named the head coach of the Germany national team in 2021 and guided them to a bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2022, and to the gold medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Playing career Born and raised in Penticton, British Columbia, Herbert attended two-year North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene, and transferred to the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1979, where he played college basketball for the Vandals under head coach Don Monson. Prior to his senior season in he injured his left wrist and was redshirted; the Vandals were and went to the NCAA tournament as Big Sky champions. As a fifth-year senior in 1981–82, Herbert started at forward and Idaho won its first sixteen games, went in the reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamar Wilson
Jamar J. Wilson (born February 22, 1984) is an American-Finnish former professional basketball player who last played for Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro B. He currently works as an assistant coach for I division A team Tapiolan Honka. High school career Wilson attended All Hallows High School in Bronx, New York for two years before transferring to Our Savior New American School in Centereach, New York. As a senior, he averaged 14.2 points, 5.1 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game as he led Pioneers to a 25–11 record and the 2002 NACA Division I Boys Basketball National Championship. College career Wilson played college basketball at Albany from 2002 to 2007. He made an immediate impact, as he was named the America East Conference rookie of the year and second-team All-Conference as a freshman after averaging 18.9 points and 3.3 assists per game. After a medical redshirt in the 2003–04 season, Wilson came back to again make the All-Conference second t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aki Ulander
Aki Ulander (born 29 December 1981 in Oulu) is a Finnish basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ... player. He stands 6'10 tall and weighs 255lbs. Ulander has been a member of the Finland national basketball team for several years. Career Season 2008-2009: *''Swedish Championship League:'' Sundsvall Dragons, Sundsvall, Sweden Past seasons *Lappeenrannan NMKY, Lappeenranta, Finland / FIBA Eurocup: Team Lappeenranta *Sallen Basket, Uppsala, Sweden *Namika Lahti, Lahti, Finland *Ciudad De Palencia, Palencia, Spain *Honka Playboys, Espoo, Finland *Pussihukat, Vantaa, Finland Titles Latest: *Swedish League: League Champion 2009 *Finnish League: Bronze Medal 2008 *Finnish League: Regular Season Champion 2008 *Finnish Cup: Cup Champion 2007 *Finnish League: Regular S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasu Salin
Sasu Antreas Salin (born June 11, 1991) is a Finnish professional basketball player who plays for Romanian team U-BT Cluj-Napoca in Liga Națională. Standing at he plays at the shooting guard position. Salin also captains the Finland national team. Professional career Union Olimpija On August 27, 2010, Salin signed a three-year contract with the Slovenian club Union Olimpija in the EuroLeague. On June 20, 2013, he extended his contract with Olimpija for two more seasons. Gran Canaria In February 2015, he left Olimpija and signed with Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroCup team Herbalife Gran Canaria for the rest of the season. On June 16, 2015, he re-signed with Gran Canaria for one more season. Unicaja Malaga On July 11, 2017, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Unicaja of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Lenovo Tenerife On July 12, 2019, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Iberostar Tenerife in ACB and the Basketball Champions League. Salin and Ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmo Muurinen
Kimmo Muurinen (born February 23, 1981) is a Finnish former professional basketball player. He played the majority of his career in his home country of Finland, but also had spells in Germany, Italy and the United States. He is also a long time member of the Finnish national team, which he debuted for in 2000. As of September 2, 2014, he has played 153 games for Finland. Personal life Muurinen has been married with Jenni Laaksonen who is also a former professional basketball player and played for Finland women's national basketball team. Their son Miikka Muurinen is also a basketball player. mtvuutis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
