2008–09 Korisliiga season

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Korisliiga
Season2008–09
Teams12
Games played44
DatesOctober 3, 2008-May 16, 2009
Final positions
Top seedJoensuun Kataja
ChampionsNamika Lahti
(2nd title)
Runners-upJoensuun Kataja
Third placeTampereen Pyrintö
Fourth placeEspoon Honka
Relegated
Awards
MVPFinland Antti Nikkilä (Domestic)
United States Ray Nixon (Foreign)
Finals MVPFinland Vesa Mäkäläinen
Statistical leaders
Points United States 20.1
Rebounds United States 12.7
Assists United States 4.1
Records
Average attendance911 Increase

The Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2008-09 season was the 69th Finnish club basketball season. It began on October 3, 2008 and ended on May 16, 2009. Namika Lahti won the Final series by 3-0 against Joensuun Kataja.[1] Antti Nikkilä won the MVP Award and Vesa Mäkäläinen won the Finals MVP Award.[2]

Regular season[]

# Team G W L PF/G PA/G PTS
1 Joensuun Kataja 44 32 12 92.3 82.6 64
2 Kouvot 44 29 15 80.3 73.6 58
3 Espoon Honka 44 28 16 77.3 71.3 56
4 Namika Lahti 44 27 17 81.0 77.8 54
5 UU-Korihait 44 27 17 79.3 75.9 54
6 KTP-Basket 44 23 21 79.1 77.9 46
7 Tampereen Pyrintö 44 22 22 83.6 82.6 44
8 Torpan Pojat 44 20 24 73.4 78.0 40
9 Lappeenrannan NMKY 44 18 26 79.6 83.5 36
10 44 18 26 78.4 81.2 36
11 44 13 31 74.3 82.8 26
12 44 7 37 72.3 83.8 14

Individual leaders[]

Statistics are for the regular season.

Scoring[]

Rank Name Team PPG
1. United States Joensuun Kataja 20.1
2. United States Joensuun Kataja 19.6
2. United States Lappeenrannan NMKY 19.4
4. United States 19.4
5. United States KTP-Basket 18.2

Assists[]

Rank Name Team APG
1. United States 4.1
2. United States Damon Williams Tampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket 4.0
3. United States Joensuun Kataja 4.0
4. Finland Namika Lahti 3.9
5. DenmarkIsrael Chanan Colman Espoon Honka/Lappeenrannan NMKY 3.5

Rebounds[]

Rank Name Team RPG
1. United States 12.7
2. United States Joensuun Kataja 12.4
3. United States 10.5
4. United States Damon Williams Tampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket 10.4
5. United States 9.4

Playoffs[]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
  1 Joensuun Kataja 3  
8 Torpan Pojat 0  
    Joensuun Kataja 3  
    Tampereen Pyrintö 1  
2 Kouvot 0
  7 Tampereen Pyrintö 3  
      Joensuun Kataja 0
    Namika Lahti 3
  3 Espoon Honka 3  
6 KTP-Basket 0  
    Espoon Honka 0 Third place
    Namika Lahti 3  
4 Namika Lahti 3   Espoon Honka 74
  5 UU-Korihait 1     Tampereen Pyrintö 83

References[]

  1. ^ "Namika Lahti kolmessa ottelussa mestariksi (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2009-05-16. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  2. ^ "Nikkilästä vuoden pelaaja, Mäkäläinen putsasi palkintopöydän (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-31.[dead link]
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