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HBA-Märsky Players
HBA-Märsky is a Finnish basketball club, administrated by the Helsinki Basketball Academy. Their home arena is in URHEA Campus in Mäkelänrinne, Vallila, Helsinki, which also serves as the National Olympic Training Center. Helsinki Basketball Academy Helsinki Basketball Academy is a joint program of the Finnish Basketball Association and Helsinki-based schools (''Mäkelänrinne Sports High School''; nicknamed Märsky) and (''PHYK''). PHYK operates with teens aged 13–15 where they advance to Märsky high school program. In 2022, a new training center was opened in Pirkkola Sports Park, Pirkkola, Helsinki, which is located near the PHYK school of Pohjois-Haaga. The HBA program was created in 2011, with a strong influence by Henrik Dettmann, and started in 2012. The aim of the program is to develop young Finnish talented basketball players aged 13–19 to an international level for Finnish national teams, by providing year round professional coaching and education. HBA-Märs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koripallon I-divisioona
The Koripallon I-divisioona is the second tier professional basketball league in Finland. The teams play playoffs Ami Laaksonen (Forssan Lehti). 29 September 2019, retrieved 5 February 2020. for promotion to the Korisliiga. Current clubs (2023–24) References External links Presentation at Eurobasket.com Basketball competitions in Finland Second-level basketball leagues in Europe, Finland {{basketball-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukka Toijala
Jukka Toijala (born 9 May 1972) is a Finnish professional basketball coach and former player, who is currently working as the assistant coach of the Yokohama B-Corsairs in Japan's B.League. Previously he worked as the head coach of the Estonia national team during 2019–2024. Coaching career Kouvot After announcing his retirement from playing career, Toijala stayed in Kouvola with Kouvot and was named the head coach of the team in March 2006, after Risto Piipari. Kataja Basket In 2010, Toijala decided to stay in Finland and signed a deal with Finnish team Kataja Basket. He departed the club in 2016. Steaua Bucaresti Toijala worked as the head coach of Steaua București in the Romanian first league from 2016 until 2018. Toijala led Steaua to the finals of the Romanian league twice, eventually falling short on both occasions. Due to political turmoil inside the club, Toijala was released in October 2018. The club later sued Toijala and four players under contract to the court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touko Tainamo
Touko Tainamo (born 6 January 2001) is a Finnish college basketball player who plays for Wyoming Cowboys in Mountain West Conference. College career In December 2023 while playing with Denver Pioneers, Tainamo grabbed a Denver's record-tying 20 rebounds in a game. National team career Tainamo has played for Finland U18 at the 2018 FIBA U18 European Championship and at the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship. He also represented Finland at the postponed 2021 Summer Universiade competitions in Chengdu in the summer 2023, , 16 August 2023 where Finlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ville Tahvanainen
Ville Tahvanainen (born 30 June 2000), is a Finnish professional basketball player for CD Póvoa in the Portuguese Basketball League. Career Tahvanainen started his career with NMKY Helsinki and HBA-Märsky, before moving to the United States to start college in Bradley in 2019. After a season in Iceland as a professional with Haukar and Álftanes, Tahvanainen signed with CD Póvoa in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol in September 2024. National team Tahvanainen debuted in the Finland national basketball team in 2018 at the age of 18. basket.fi Personal life His father Mika-Matti Tahvanainen is a former professional basketball player who represented Finland na ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remu Raitanen
Remu Raitanen (born 21 August 1997) is a Finnish professional basketball player who plays for Keflavík in Úrvalsdeild karla. Raitanen started playing basketball in youth teams of Torpan Pojat, continuing his senior career in 2014 with Helsinki Basketball Academy team HBA-Märsky, competing in Finnish second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona. College career On 11 May 2016, Raitanen verbally committed to University of San Francisco team San Francisco Dons in West Coast Conference (WCC). Professional career On 19 August 2020, Raitanen returned to Finland and signed a professional contract with Korisliiga team Kobrat. After playing with Kobrat, Raitanen signed with KTP Basket for the 2021–22 season. For the 2022–23 season, Raitanen moved to Spain and joined LEB Oro team Albacete. On 11 August 2023, Raitanen signed with fellow LEB Oro club Cáceres. On 21 July 2024, Raitanen joined BC Prievidza in Slovak Basketball League and Alpe Adria Cup for the 2024–25 season. In Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannes Pöllä
Hannes Pöllä (born 9 March 1998) is a Finnish basketball player who plays as a center for Korisliiga team Kataja. , 3 December 2024 External links Pöllä at Basketball Finland
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Lassi Nikkarinen
Lassi Nikkarinen (born 11 March 1997) is a Finnish professional basketball player for Finnish Korisliiga team Helsinki Seagulls. National team career Nikkarinen is a former youth international and has represented Finland U16, Finland U18 and Finland U20 national teams. He has played seven games with the Finland men's national basketball team. Personal life His second cousin is also basketball player in Korisliiga. , 15 October 2019 Career statistics College , - , style="text-align:left;",[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edon Maxhuni
Edon Maxhuni (born May 21, 1998) is a Finnish professional basketball player who plays as a point guard for Karşıyaka Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He is also part of the Finland men's national basketball team, Finland national team Youth career Maxhuni started playing basketball in a youth team of his hometown club before joining Helsingin NMKY in 2012. Later he was trained at the Helsinki Basketball Academy of the Basketball Finland, Finnish Basketball Association, and played in the second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona with the academy team HBA-Märsky. At the end of the 2016–17 season, Maxhuni was named the MVP of the Finnish second-tier league. College career He left Finland in 2017, to study and play basketball at Long Beach State University in California, United States. Until 2019, the point guard played a total of 67 games for the college team, averaging 6.7 points per game. Professional career CB Canaria Claret SAD In the 2019/20 season, he was under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauri Markkanen
Lauri Elias Markkanen (; born 22 May 1997) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and for the Finland national team. Nicknamed "the Finnisher" and "the Fabulous Finn", he is the son of Finnish basketball players Pekka and Riikka Markkanen, and the younger brother of footballer Eero Markkanen. Starting his career with HBA-Märsky in the Finnish second-tier league, Markkanen represented Finland at the FIBA U18 EuroBasket in 2015 and the FIBA U20 EuroBasket in 2016, and was the top scorer in both tournaments. He moved to the United States and played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats in the 2016–17 season, where he earned First-team All-Pac-12 honors in his lone year with the team. He was selected seventh overall in the 2017 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves before being included in a draft-night trade to the Chicago Bulls for Jimmy Butler. Following a stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Markkan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miro Little
Miro Little (born 30 May 2004) is a Finnish college basketball player who plays for UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in Big West Conference. He previously played for the Utah Utes and the Baylor Bears. Little also represents the Finland national team. Early career Little started to play basketball in a youth team of his hometown club Tampereen Pyrintö. He joined Helsinki Basketball Academy in 2019 and played with HBA-Märsky in Finnish second tier Koripallon I-divisioona. In 2022, he played at the Adidas Next Generation tournament with HBA in Patras, Greece, averaging 23.0 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists over four games. Later in the same year, he moved to United States to attend Sunrise Christian Academy high school. In February 2023, Little was invited to the Basketball Without Borders camp, and in April 2023, he was invited to the Nike Hoop Summit event. College career Little started his college career in 2023 and joined Baylor for the 2023–24 season. He had committed to Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Jantunen
Mikael Olli Axel Jantunen (born 20 April 2000) is a Finnish professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the French LNB Élite and the EuroLeague, and for the Finland national team. He played college basketball for the Utah Utes. Early life and career Jantunen grew up in Vuosaari, Helsinki and initially played football before switching to basketball at the age of 11. He started basketball in a youth team of a local club Wartti Basket. Jantunen competed for HBA-Märsky in Finnish second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona from 2016 to 2019, while attending the Helsinki Basketball Academy. College career In October 2018, Jantunen committed to Utah over offers from Loyola Marymount, Oregon State, Georgia Tech, and Stanford. Jantunen started three games as a freshman and averaged 6.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. He suffered a fractured nose in December 2020, forcing him to wear a protective mask. On 9 January 2021, Jantunen scored a career-high 20 points in a 79–73 loss t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Gustavson
Andre Gustavson (born 7 May 1999), is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Kauhajoki Karhu Basket, Karhu Basket of the Finnish Korisliiga. Youth career Born in Helsinki, Gustavson started playing basketball in a local club :fi:Wartti Basket, Wartti Basket. Later he joined the Helsinki Basketball Academy and played for the academy team HBA-Märsky in Finnish second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona. College career In April 2018, Gustavson committed to Richmond Spiders men's basketball, Richmond university basketball team. Professional career After a one-year hiatus due to injuries after finishing college, Gustavson turned professional for the 2024–25 season when he signed with Kauhajoki Karhu Basket in Finnish top-tier Korisliiga. He averaged 13.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 2.1 steals, He also shot 45.6% from the field International career Gustavson has played for Finland U16 and U18 national teams. He was also part of the Finland U17 roster at the 2016 FIBA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
