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Korisliiga

The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total of 22 regular season games. The top six teams advances continues to upper stage and the bottom six teams plays lower stage after 22 games, 5 games at home and 5 games at away versus all other teams in stage. The best two teams from lower group joins to playoffs with upper group teams. Playoffs are played best of seven format, except the quarter-finals which are played best of 5 format. Pantterit holds the record for the most league titles won, with 14. The top level Finnish league for women is the Naisten Korisliiga.

Korisliiga
Founded1939
CountryFinland
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toKoripallon I-divisioona
Domestic cup(s)Finnish Basketball Cup
International cup(s)Champions League
FIBA Europe Cup
Current championsHelsinki Seagulls (1st title) (2022-23 season)
Most championshipsPantterit (14 titles)
TV partnersElisa Viihde
Websitekorisliiga.fi
2021–22 Korisliiga

Logos edit

Teams edit

Current teams edit

Team City Home arena Founded Head coach
Helsinki Seagulls Helsinki Töölön kisahalli 2013 Jussi Laakso
Joensuun Kataja Joensuu Motonet Areena 1949 Petri Virtanen
Kauhajoen Karhu Kauhajoki IKH Areena 1910 Janne Koskimies
Kobrat Lapua Kobra-Areena 1989 Ville Turja
Korihait Uusikaupunki Uusikaupunki Areena 1898 Jarno Nikula
Kouvot Kouvola MLL Areena 1964 Jyri Lehtonen
KTP-Basket Kotka Steveco-areena 1927 Roope Mäkelä
Lahti Basketball Lahti Lahti Energia Areena 2015 Tom Cooman
BC Nokia Nokia Nokian palloiluhalli 1997 Greg Gibson
Salon Vilpas Salo Salohalli 1908 Jussi Savolainen
Tampereen Pyrintö Tampere Pyynikin palloiluhalli 1896 Miikka Sopanen
Tapiolan Honka Espoo Tapiolan urheiluhalli 1957 Aapo Heinonen

From 2000s, Korisliiga in timeline edit

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Pyrbasket Pyrintö
KTP
Kouvot
Kataja
Namika Lahti
Vilpas
Korihait
Karhu
LrNMKY N. Lpr
Espoon Honka
Tapiolan Honka
Tarmo
LoKoKo
ToPo
Seagulls
Kobrat
FoKoPo
T. Comp.
Pussihukat
Aura Basket
Huima
BC Jyväskylä
BC Nokia
SäyRi
Pantterit

Title holders edit

Finals edit

Season Champion Runner-up Finals score Bronze medal
1980–81 Torpan Pojat Tampereen Pyrintö 3–0 Hyvinkään Tahko
1981–82 Turun NMKY Pantterit 3–2 KTP Basket
1982–83 Torpan Pojat Pantterit 3–2 Turun NMKY
1983–84 Helsingin NMKY Tapiolan Honka 3–0 KTP Basket
1984–85 Helsingin NMKY KTP Basket 3–1 UU
1985–86 Torpan Pojat KTP Basket 3–1 Helsingin NMKY
1986–87 Helsingin NMKY KTP Basket 3–0 UU
1987–88 KTP Basket Helsingin NMKY 3–2 Torpan Pojat
1988–89 Helsingin NMKY HoNsU 3–2 Pantterit
1989–90 UU KTP Basket 3–1 Helsingin NMKY
1990–91 KTP Basket HoNsU 3–2 Torpan Pojat
1991–92 Helsingin NMKY Pantterit 4–2 UU
1992–93 KTP Basket Torpan Pojat 3–0 HoNsU
1993–94 KTP Basket Torpan Pojat 3–2 Forssan Koripojat
1994–95 Kouvot Korihait 3–1 Torpan Pojat
1995–96 Torpan Pojat Namika Lahti Espoon Honka
1996–97 Torpan Pojat Kouvot Espoon Honka
1997–98 Torpan Pojat Kouvot Espoon Honka
1998–99 Kouvot Espoon Honka 3–1 Turun NMKY
1999–00 Namika Lahti Torpan Pojat 3–2 Espoon Honka
2000–01 Espoon Honka Tampereen Pyrintö 3–0 Namika Lahti
2001–02 Espoon Honka Namika Lahti 3–2 Kataja
2002–03 Espoon Honka Kataja 3–1 Pussihukat
2003–04 Kouvot Namika Lahti 3–1 KTP Basket
2004–05 Lappeenrannan NMKY Pussihukat 3–2 Kataja
2005–06 Lappeenrannan NMKY Kataja 3–2 Espoon Honka
2006–07 Espoon Honka Namika Lahti 3–0 Kataja
2007–08 Espoon Honka Kouvot 3–1 Lappeenrannan NMKY
2008–09 Namika Lahti Kataja 3–0 Tampereen Pyrintö
2009–10 Tampereen Pyrintö Torpan Pojat 3–2 Kouvot
2010–11 Tampereen Pyrintö Kataja 3–2 KTP Basket
2011–12 Bisons Loimaa Kataja 3–1 Torpan Pojat
2012–13 Bisons Loimaa KTP Basket 3–2 Kataja
2013–14 Tampereen Pyrintö Kataja 3–1 Bisons Loimaa
2014–15 Kataja Bisons Loimaa 3–2 KTP
2015–16 Kouvot Tampereen Pyrintö 4–1 BC Nokia
2016–17 Kataja Salon Vilpas 4–2 Helsinki Seagulls
2017–18 Kauhajoki Karhu Salon Vilpas 4–2 Helsinki Seagulls
2018–19 Kauhajoki Karhu Kouvot 4–1 KTP
2019–20 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21 Salon Vilpas Kauhajoki Karhu 4-2 Helsinki Seagulls
2021-22 Kauhajoki Karhu Salon Vilpas 3-1 Helsinki Seagulls
2022-23 Helsinki Seagulls Kauhajoki Karhu Basket 4-2 Kataja Basket

Performance by club edit

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.

Korisliiga winners by club
Club Wins Seasons won
Pantterit 14 1944, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1980
Espoon Honka 13 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
Torpan Pojat 9 1960, 1966, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998
Helsingin NMKY 7 1946, 1947, 1984, 1985,1987, 1989, 1992
KTP 6 1958, 1967, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994
HKT 5 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Turun NMKY 4 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982
Kouvot 4 1995, 1999, 2004, 2016
Pyrintö 3 2010, 2011, 2014
Kauhajoki Karhu 3 2018, 2019, 2022
Lappeenrannan NMKY 2 2005, 2006
Namika Lahti 2 2000, 2009
Bisons Loimaa 2 2012, 2013
Kataja 2 2015, 2017
Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat 1 1939
Eiran Kisa-Veikot 1 1940
Kadettikoulu 1 1941
Korihait 1 1990
Salon Vilpas 1 2021
Helsinki Seagulls 1 2023

Records edit

All-time table of teams edit

Updated after the 2021-22 season.[1]

Rank Team Seasons GP W L D W%      
1. KTP-Basket 65 2215 1245 969 1 56.2 6 7 12
2. Torpan Pojat 51 1663 995 662 6 59.8 9 9 7
3. Tampereen Pyrintö 55 1853 935 909 9 50.5 3 5 1
4. Pantterit 54 1284 695 582 7 54.1 14 4 3
5. Kouvot 29 1241 676 565 0 54.5 4 4 1
6. Kataja Basket 27 1144 662 482 0 57.9 2 6 4
7. Helsingin NMKY 48 1191 645 543 3 54.2 7 3 8
8. Namika Lahti 35 1249 639 610 0 51.2 2 4 1
9. Korihait 38 1474 633 841 0 42.9 1 1 3
10. Tapiolan Honka 00ers 36 1089 600 489 0 55.1 6 5 5

All-time leaders edit

Category Player Total
Games   Jarkko Tuomala
623
Points   Gerald Lee, Sr.
12,552
Rebounds   Jonathan Moore
4,414
Assists   Petri Virtanen
1,653
Steals   Gerald Lee, Sr.
1,145
Blocks   Sami Lehtoranta
551

Source: Basket.fi

Single game records edit

Category Player Record Season
Points   Joe Wright
79
1991–92
Rebounds   Garcia Hopkins
42
1985–86
Assists   Petri Niiranen
23
1991–92
Efficiency   Larry Pounds
70
1985–86
Steals   Gerald Lee, Sr.
12
1988–89
Blocks   Damon Vance
14
1987–88

Source: Basket.fi

Individual player records edit

As of after the 2021-22 season.[2]

  • Most points scored in a game:
    • 79 by Joe Wright on February 12, 1992 in Turku NKMY 117-145 Panterit
  • Highest efficiency score in a game
    • 70 by Larry Pounds on November 24, 1985 in Kotka Työväe's Ballers 100-73 Säynätsalo Riento
  • Most 2-point field goals made in a game
    • 24 by Herbert Crook on March 11, 1993 in Helsingin NMKY 132-111 Turun NMKY
  • Most 3-point field goals made in a game
    • 14 by Adonis Jordan on October 17, 1999 in Espoon Honka 98-84 Pussihukat
  • Most free throws made in a game
  • Most rebounds in a game
    • 32 by Garcia Hopkins on February 16, 1986 in Tampereen Pyrintö 131-80 Säynätsalon Riento

Awards edit

Attendance edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Historia". www.basket.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  2. ^ "Historia". www.basket.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  3. ^ "Korisliigan yleisöennätys 7420 katsojaa". basket.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Basketball Federation. 7 November 2005. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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See Naisten Korisliiga for women s top basketball league in Finland The Korisliiga is the top tier professional basketball league in Finland comprising the top 12 teams of the country In its current format each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season once at home and once away for a total of 22 regular season games The top six teams advances continues to upper stage and the bottom six teams plays lower stage after 22 games 5 games at home and 5 games at away versus all other teams in stage The best two teams from lower group joins to playoffs with upper group teams Playoffs are played best of seven format except the quarter finals which are played best of 5 format Pantterit holds the record for the most league titles won with 14 The top level Finnish league for women is the Naisten Korisliiga KorisliigaFounded1939CountryFinlandConfederationFIBA EuropeNumber of teams12Level on pyramid1Relegation toKoripallon I divisioonaDomestic cup s Finnish Basketball CupInternational cup s Champions LeagueFIBA Europe CupCurrent championsHelsinki Seagulls 1st title 2022 23 season Most championshipsPantterit 14 titles TV partnersElisa ViihdeWebsitekorisliiga wbr fi2021 22 Korisliiga Contents 1 Logos 2 Teams 2 1 Current teams 2 2 From 2000s Korisliiga in timeline 3 Title holders 4 Finals 5 Performance by club 6 Records 6 1 All time table of teams 6 2 All time leaders 6 3 Single game records 6 4 Individual player records 7 Awards 8 Attendance 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksLogos edit nbsp The official Korisliiga logo used until the 2015 16 seasonTeams editCurrent teams edit Team City Home arena Founded Head coachHelsinki Seagulls Helsinki Toolon kisahalli 2013 Jussi LaaksoJoensuun Kataja Joensuu Motonet Areena 1949 Petri VirtanenKauhajoen Karhu Kauhajoki IKH Areena 1910 Janne KoskimiesKobrat Lapua Kobra Areena 1989 Ville TurjaKorihait Uusikaupunki Uusikaupunki Areena 1898 Jarno NikulaKouvot Kouvola MLL Areena 1964 Jyri LehtonenKTP Basket Kotka Steveco areena 1927 Roope MakelaLahti Basketball Lahti Lahti Energia Areena 2015 Tom CoomanBC Nokia Nokia Nokian palloiluhalli 1997 Greg GibsonSalon Vilpas Salo Salohalli 1908 Jussi SavolainenTampereen Pyrinto Tampere Pyynikin palloiluhalli 1896 Miikka SopanenTapiolan Honka Espoo Tapiolan urheiluhalli 1957 Aapo Heinonen From 2000s Korisliiga in timeline edit 2000 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016Pyrbasket PyrintoKTPKouvotKatajaNamika LahtiVilpasKorihaitKarhuLrNMKY N LprEspoon HonkaTapiolan HonkaTarmoLoKoKoToPoSeagullsKobratFoKoPoT Comp PussihukatAura BasketHuimaBC JyvaskylaBC NokiaSayRiPantteritTitle holders edit1938 39 Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat 1939 40 Eiran Kisa Veikot 1940 41 Kadettikoulu 1941 43 Not held due to WWII 1943 44 Kiri Veikot 1944 45 Kiri Veikot 1945 46 NMKY Helsinki 1946 47 NMKY Helsinki 1947 48 Kiri Veikot 1948 49 HOK Veikot 1949 50 HOK Veikot 1950 51 HOK Veikot 1951 52 HOK Veikot 1952 53 Pantterit 1953 54 Pantterit 1954 55 Pantterit 1955 56 Pantterit 1956 57 Pantterit 1957 58 KTP 1958 59 Pantterit 1959 60 Torpan Pojat 1960 61 Helsingin Kisa Toverit 1961 62 Helsingin Kisa Toverit 1962 63 Helsingin Kisa Toverit 1963 64 Helsingin Kisa Toverit 1964 65 Helsingin Kisa Toverit 1965 66 Torpan Pojat 1966 67 KTP 1967 68 Espoon Honka 1968 69 Espoon Honka 1969 70 Espoon Honka 1970 71 Espoon Honka 1971 72 Espoon Honka 1972 73 Turun NMKY 1973 74 Espoon Honka 1974 75 Turun NMKY 1975 76 Espoon Honka 1976 77 Turun NMKY 1977 78 Torpan Pojat 1978 79 Espoon Honka 1979 80 Pantterit 1980 81 Torpan Pojat 1981 82 Turun NMKY 1982 83 Torpan Pojat 1983 84 NMKY Helsinki 1984 85 NMKY Helsinki 1985 86 Torpan Pojat 1986 87 NMKY Helsinki 1987 88 KTP 1988 89 NMKY Helsinki 1989 90 Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat 1990 91 KTP 1991 92 NMKY Helsinki 1992 93 KTP 1993 94 KTP 1994 95 Kouvot 1995 96 Torpan Pojat 1996 97 Torpan Pojat 1997 98 Torpan Pojat 1998 99 Kouvot 1999 00 Namika Lahti 2000 01 Espoon Honka 2001 02 Espoon Honka 2002 03 Espoon Honka 2003 04 Kouvot 2004 05 Lappeenrannan NMKY 2005 06 Lappeenrannan NMKY 2006 07 Espoon Honka 2007 08 Espoon Honka 2008 09 Namika Lahti 2009 10 Tampereen Pyrinto 2010 11 Tampereen Pyrinto 2011 12 Bisons Loimaa Nilan 2012 13 Bisons Loimaa Nilan 2013 14 Tampereen Pyrinto 2014 15 Kataja 2015 16 Kouvot 2016 17 Kataja 2017 18 Kauhajoki Karhu 2018 19 Kauhajoki Karhu 2019 20 None 2020 21 Salon Vilpas 2021 22 Kauhajoki Karhu 2022 23 Helsinki SeagullsFinals editSeason Champion Runner up Finals score Bronze medal1980 81 Torpan Pojat Tampereen Pyrinto 3 0 Hyvinkaan Tahko1981 82 Turun NMKY Pantterit 3 2 KTP Basket1982 83 Torpan Pojat Pantterit 3 2 Turun NMKY1983 84 Helsingin NMKY Tapiolan Honka 3 0 KTP Basket1984 85 Helsingin NMKY KTP Basket 3 1 UU1985 86 Torpan Pojat KTP Basket 3 1 Helsingin NMKY1986 87 Helsingin NMKY KTP Basket 3 0 UU1987 88 KTP Basket Helsingin NMKY 3 2 Torpan Pojat1988 89 Helsingin NMKY HoNsU 3 2 Pantterit1989 90 UU KTP Basket 3 1 Helsingin NMKY1990 91 KTP Basket HoNsU 3 2 Torpan Pojat1991 92 Helsingin NMKY Pantterit 4 2 UU1992 93 KTP Basket Torpan Pojat 3 0 HoNsU1993 94 KTP Basket Torpan Pojat 3 2 Forssan Koripojat1994 95 Kouvot Korihait 3 1 Torpan Pojat1995 96 Torpan Pojat Namika Lahti Espoon Honka1996 97 Torpan Pojat Kouvot Espoon Honka1997 98 Torpan Pojat Kouvot Espoon Honka1998 99 Kouvot Espoon Honka 3 1 Turun NMKY1999 00 Namika Lahti Torpan Pojat 3 2 Espoon Honka2000 01 Espoon Honka Tampereen Pyrinto 3 0 Namika Lahti2001 02 Espoon Honka Namika Lahti 3 2 Kataja2002 03 Espoon Honka Kataja 3 1 Pussihukat2003 04 Kouvot Namika Lahti 3 1 KTP Basket2004 05 Lappeenrannan NMKY Pussihukat 3 2 Kataja2005 06 Lappeenrannan NMKY Kataja 3 2 Espoon Honka2006 07 Espoon Honka Namika Lahti 3 0 Kataja2007 08 Espoon Honka Kouvot 3 1 Lappeenrannan NMKY2008 09 Namika Lahti Kataja 3 0 Tampereen Pyrinto2009 10 Tampereen Pyrinto Torpan Pojat 3 2 Kouvot2010 11 Tampereen Pyrinto Kataja 3 2 KTP Basket2011 12 Bisons Loimaa Kataja 3 1 Torpan Pojat2012 13 Bisons Loimaa KTP Basket 3 2 Kataja2013 14 Tampereen Pyrinto Kataja 3 1 Bisons Loimaa2014 15 Kataja Bisons Loimaa 3 2 KTP2015 16 Kouvot Tampereen Pyrinto 4 1 BC Nokia2016 17 Kataja Salon Vilpas 4 2 Helsinki Seagulls2017 18 Kauhajoki Karhu Salon Vilpas 4 2 Helsinki Seagulls2018 19 Kauhajoki Karhu Kouvot 4 1 KTP2019 20 Not awarded due to the COVID 19 pandemic2020 21 Salon Vilpas Kauhajoki Karhu 4 2 Helsinki Seagulls2021 22 Kauhajoki Karhu Salon Vilpas 3 1 Helsinki Seagulls2022 23 Helsinki Seagulls Kauhajoki Karhu Basket 4 2 Kataja BasketPerformance by club editTeams shown in italics are no longer in existence Korisliiga winners by club Club Wins Seasons wonPantterit 14 1944 1945 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1980Espoon Honka 13 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1976 1979 2001 2002 2003 2007 2008Torpan Pojat 9 1960 1966 1978 1981 1983 1986 1996 1997 1998Helsingin NMKY 7 1946 1947 1984 1985 1987 1989 1992KTP 6 1958 1967 1988 1991 1993 1994HKT 5 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965Turun NMKY 4 1973 1975 1977 1982Kouvot 4 1995 1999 2004 2016Pyrinto 3 2010 2011 2014Kauhajoki Karhu 3 2018 2019 2022Lappeenrannan NMKY 2 2005 2006Namika Lahti 2 2000 2009Bisons Loimaa 2 2012 2013Kataja 2 2015 2017Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat 1 1939Eiran Kisa Veikot 1 1940Kadettikoulu 1 1941Korihait 1 1990Salon Vilpas 1 2021Helsinki Seagulls 1 2023Records editAll time table of teams edit Updated after the 2021 22 season 1 Rank Team Seasons GP W L D W nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 KTP Basket 65 2215 1245 969 1 56 2 6 7 122 Torpan Pojat 51 1663 995 662 6 59 8 9 9 73 Tampereen Pyrinto 55 1853 935 909 9 50 5 3 5 14 Pantterit 54 1284 695 582 7 54 1 14 4 35 Kouvot 29 1241 676 565 0 54 5 4 4 16 Kataja Basket 27 1144 662 482 0 57 9 2 6 47 Helsingin NMKY 48 1191 645 543 3 54 2 7 3 88 Namika Lahti 35 1249 639 610 0 51 2 2 4 19 Korihait 38 1474 633 841 0 42 9 1 1 310 Tapiolan Honka 00ers 36 1089 600 489 0 55 1 6 5 5All time leaders edit Category Player TotalGames nbsp Jarkko Tuomala 623Points nbsp Gerald Lee Sr 12 552Rebounds nbsp Jonathan Moore 4 414Assists nbsp Petri Virtanen 1 653Steals nbsp Gerald Lee Sr 1 145Blocks nbsp Sami Lehtoranta 551Source Basket fi Single game records edit Category Player Record SeasonPoints nbsp Joe Wright 79 1991 92Rebounds nbsp Garcia Hopkins 42 1985 86Assists nbsp Petri Niiranen 23 1991 92Efficiency nbsp Larry Pounds 70 1985 86Steals nbsp Gerald Lee Sr 12 1988 89Blocks nbsp Damon Vance 14 1987 88Source Basket fi Individual player records edit As of after the 2021 22 season 2 Most points scored in a game 79 by Joe Wright on February 12 1992 in Turku NKMY 117 145 Panterit Highest efficiency score in a game 70 by Larry Pounds on November 24 1985 in Kotka Tyovae s Ballers 100 73 Saynatsalo Riento Most 2 point field goals made in a game 24 by Herbert Crook on March 11 1993 in Helsingin NMKY 132 111 Turun NMKY Most 3 point field goals made in a game 14 by Adonis Jordan on October 17 1999 in Espoon Honka 98 84 Pussihukat Most free throws made in a game 27 by Ville Kaunisto on April 12 2004 in Kouvot 96 71 Namika Lahti Most rebounds in a game 32 by Garcia Hopkins on February 16 1986 in Tampereen Pyrinto 131 80 Saynatsalon RientoAwards editMVP One for domestic players and another for foreign ones Finals MVP Defensive Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Most Improved Player Sixth Man of the Year Coach of the Year Referee of the Year Finnish Basketball Hall of FameAttendance editAveragesYear Avg2007 9182008 8832009 9112010 9052011 8682012 9492013 776 Records 3 Attendance Game Year7 420 Torpan Pojat Espoon Honka 20056 580 Torpan Pojat Kouvot 19986 500 Turun NMKY Forssan Koripojat 19905 450 Espoon Honka Namika Lahti 20025 128 Espoon Honka Piiloset 20004 630 Namika Lahti Kouvot 20044 097 Torpan Pojat Karkkilan Urheilijat 1998See also editFinnish Basketball CupReferences edit Historia www basket fi in Finnish Retrieved 2022 08 09 Historia www basket fi in Finnish Retrieved 2022 08 09 Korisliigan yleisoennatys 7420 katsojaa basket fi in Finnish Finnish Basketball Federation 7 November 2005 Retrieved 17 November 2014 External links editFinnish Basketball Association Korisliiga Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Korisliiga amp oldid 1173995822, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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