Espoon Honka

Espoon Honka
Founded 1975
Dissolved 2011
History Espoon Honka
(1975–2011)
Tapiolan Honka
(2011–present)
Arena Tapiolan Urheiluhalli
Capacity 1,570
Location Espoo, Finland
Championships 7 Finnish Leagues
5 Finnish Cups
Uniforms
Petteri Koponen with Espoon Honka in 2007

Espoon Honka, also known as Honka Playboys, was a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland and it played in Korisliiga. The club was dissolved in 2011 due to financial difficulties.

History

Espoon Honka was founded in 1975 as a professional team apart from Tapiolan Honka, which worked as a feeder team and took responsibility for organizing youth teams and other activities. Espoon Honka played 16 seasons in the Korisliiga and won seven championship titles.

Espoon Honka didn't play in the 2011–12 season of Korisliiga due to financial problems and the whole team was then dissolved later that year. A new team was then founded under the name Tapiolan Honka.[1]

Honours

  • Korisliiga
    • Winners (7): 1974, 1976, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
  • Finnish Cup
    • Winners (5): 1973, 1974, 1975, 2001, 2009

Notable players

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Head coaches

References

  1. ↑ "Honkaa ei nähdä Korisliigassa 2011-2012". yle.fi/urheilu/ (in Finnish). YLE. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.


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