Tapiolan Honka
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Leagues | Korisliiga Naisten Korisliiga |
Founded | 1957 |
History | Espoon Honka (1975–2011) Tapiolan Honka (2011–present) |
Arena | Tapiolan Urheiluhalli |
Location | Espoo, Finland |
Team colors | White, Green |
Championships | 5 Finnish Championships |
Website | www |
Tapiolan Honka is a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland. Their men's team plays in Korisliiga and their women's team plays in Naisten Korisliiga, both on highest tiers of Finnish basketball.
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. [1]
Honours[]
- Finnish Championships (5):
- 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Notable players[]
Seppo Kuusela
Uolevi Manninen
Anton Odabasi
Kimmo Muurinen
Annika Holopainen
Lele Hardy
Kiana Johnson
Haiden Palmer
References[]
- ^ "Tapiolan Hongan historiaa". tapiolanhonka.fi (in Finnish). Tapiolan Honka. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
External links[]
Categories:
- Basketball teams in Finland
- Sport in Espoo
- Finnish sport stubs
- Europe basketball team stubs