Korisliiga

Korisliiga

Founded	1939
Country	Finland
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Koripallon I-divisioona
Domestic cup(s)	Finnish Basketball Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League FIBA Europe Cup
Current champions	Vilpas Vikings (1st title) (2020–21)
Most championships	Pantterit (14 titles)
TV partners	Elisa Viihde
Website	korisliiga.fi
2020–21 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, expect 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.

Logos[]

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  The official Korisliiga logo used until the 2015–16 season

Teams in the 2020–21 season[]

Team	City	Home arena	Founded	Head coach
Helsinki Seagulls	Helsinki	Töölön kisahalli	2013
Joensuun Kataja	Joensuu	Joensuu-areena	1900	Petri Virtanen
Kauhajoen Karhu	Kauhajoki		1910
Kobrat	Lapua		1989
Korihait	Uusikaupunki	Pohitullin palloiluhalli	1898
Kouvot	Kouvola		1964
KTP-Basket	Kotka		1927
Lahti Basketball	Lahti		2015
BC Nokia	Nokia		1997	Greg Gibson
Salon Vilpas	Salo		1908
Tampereen Pyrintö	Tampere		1896
Ura Basket	Kaarina		2005

From 2000s, Korisliiga in timeline[]

Pyrbasket

Pyrintö

KTP

Kouvot

Kataja

Namika Lahti

Vilpas

Korihait

Karhu

LrNMKY

N. Lpr

Espoon Honka

Tapiolan Honka

LoKoKo

ToPo

Seagulls

Kobrat

Pussihukat

BC Nokia

Pantterit

Title holders[]

Finals[]

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		3–2	Pantterit
1989–90	UU	KTP Basket	3–1	Helsingin NMKY
1990–91	KTP Basket		3–2	Torpan Pojat
1991–92	Helsingin NMKY	Pantterit	4–2	UU
1992–93	KTP Basket	Torpan Pojat	3–0
1993–94	KTP Basket	Torpan Pojat	3–2
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

Performance by club[]

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
Lappeenrannan NMKY	2	2005, 2006
Namika Lahti	2	2000, 2009
Bisons Loimaa	2	2012, 2013
Kataja	2	2015, 2017
Kauhajoki Karhu	2	2018, 2019
	1	1939
	1	1940
	1	1941
Korihait	1	1990
Salon Vilpas	1	2021

Records[]

All-time leaders[]

Category	Player	Total
Games		623
Points		12,552
Rebounds	Jonathan Moore	4,414
Assists	Petri Virtanen	1,653
Steals		1,145
Blocks		551

Source: Basket.fi

Single game records[]

Category	Player	Record	Season
Points	Joe Wright	79	1991–92
Rebounds		42	1985–86
Assists		23	1991–92
Efficiency		70	1985–86
Steals		12	1988–89
Blocks		14	1987–88

Source: Basket.fi

Awards[]

• MVP – One for domestic players and another for foreign ones.
• Finals MVP
• Defensive Player of the Year
• Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame

Attendance[]

See also[]

• Finnish Basketball Cup

References[]

External links[]

• Finnish Basketball Association / Korisliiga