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Tapiolan Honka

Finnish basketball team

Summary

Finnish basketball team

Field	Value
name	Tapiolan Honka
color1	white
color2	#006633
logo	Tapiolan_Honka_team_logo.jpg
image_size	180px
leagues	Korisliiga
Naisten Korisliiga
founded	1957
history	Tapion Honka
(1957–1975)
Tapiolan Honka
(1975–1976)
Espoon Honka
(1976–2011)
Tapiolan Honka
(2011–present)

arena	Tapiolan Urheiluhalli
capacity	1,570
location	Espoo, Finland
colors	White, Green

championships	5 Finnish Championships
2 Finnish Cups
website

Naisten Korisliiga (1957–1975) Tapiolan Honka (1975–1976) Espoon Honka (1976–2011) Tapiolan Honka (2011–present)

| vice-presidents = 2 Finnish Cups

Tapiolan Honka is a professional basketball club that is based in Tapiola, Espoo, Finland. The club's senior men's team plays in the Finland's top-tier level league, the Korisliiga.

History

It was founded as a sports club named Tapion Honka in 1957. The senior men's basketball section separated from the rest of the sports club in 1975, and took the name of Tapiolan Honka. In 1976, Tapiolan Honka and Honka Playboys merged, under the name of Playhonka. So, from 1976 onwards, the men's senior first team was known as Playhonka.

After that, Tapiolan Honka operated as a feeder team for Playhonka, and also oversaw the club's youth team sections. Playhonka would eventually become known as Espoon Honka in 1985. The Espoon Honka club was ultimately dissolved in 2011, and the senior men's team was reestablished, under the original name of Tapiolan Honka, and retaining the Tapiolan Honka club's history.

The team was promoted up to the Finnish top-tier level competition, the Korisliiga, from the Finnish second-tier level competition, the I division A, in 2024.

Senior women's team

The club's senior women's team plays in the top-tier level women's competition in Finland, the Naisten Korisliiga.

Youth sections

The club has a total of about 700 licensed players, and over 1,200 total members, in all of the different age categories.

Honours

Finnish Championship
- Champions (5):
- 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Finnish Cup
- Winners (2): 1968, 1971

Notable players

FIN Seppo Kuusela
FIN Uolevi Manninen
FIN Anton Odabasi
FIN Kimmo Muurinen
FIN Tuukka Kotti
FIN Carl Lindbom
FIN Annika Holopainen
USA Lele Hardy
USA Kiana Johnson
USA Haiden Palmer

References

"Tapiolan Hongan historiaa". Tapiolan Honka.

Wikipedia Source

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