Helsingin Kisa-Toverit

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Helsingin Kisa-Toverit (HKT) is a sports club founded in 1929 and based in Finland's capital city of Helsinki. The club have many departments and the strongest have been in basketball, track sports and field games.

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Basketball

Men

The basketball HKT has been played in the national basketball league for 26 seasons, during which it won 504 to 300 match. [1] The club has won five championships in Finland in the period from 1961 to 1965, five silver and two bronze medals. [2] Also the men's basketball department of HKT has won the 1969-70 national Cup. [3] In European competitions HKT advanced to the quarterfinals of the 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup where the team eliminated by the Italian powerhouse Simmenthal Milano. [4] In the 1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup HKT faced in the round of 16 the famous Real Madrid and played a great home match where the Finnish lost with a 100-109 score.

Korisliiga sports league

The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 11 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams four times in the regular season, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 40 regular season games. The top eight teams continue to the league's playoffs, in which all series are in a best-of-five format. Pantterit holds the record for the most league titles won, with 14. The top level Finnish league for women is the Naisten Korisliiga.

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The national team of Finland that took part in the basketball tournament of 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo had constituted five players of Helsingin Kisa-Toverit (Martti Liimo, Kari Liimo, Raimo Vartia, Pertti Laanti and Teijo Finneman).

Finland national basketball team mens national basketball team representing Finland

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Women

Women's basketball section of HKT has played four seasons in the first division (Naisten Korisliiga). [5] In 1967, the club's women's team won the only Finnish Championship. In 1966 HKT's women won their first championship medal, as naisjoukkue reached the Championship bronze medal. [6]

Naisten Korisliiga is the highest tier of women's basketball in Finland. The competition was formerly known as Naisten SM-sarja and was renamed to Naisten Korisliiga for the 2013-14 season.

Honours

Men

Finnish League

Finnish Cup

Women

Finnish League

Baseball

Baseball Helsingin Kisa-Toverit won two TUL's championships, in 1932 and 1935. Socially turned in one of his fastest baseball players of which, Alpo Savolainen, [7] and Ensio Vuorinen.

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References

  1. ↑ Salmi, Pentti (2010). Koripallokirja kaudella 2010/11. Suomen Koripalloliitto. p. 166.
  2. ↑ "Miesten SM-mitalitaulukko kautta aikain". Suomen Koripalloliitto. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  3. ↑ Salmi, Pentti (2010). Koripallokirja kaudella 2010/11. Suomen Koripalloliitto. p. 164.
  4. ↑ Simon, Mikko (2003). Enemmän kuin peli - Menestystä elämässä ja koripallossa. Helsinki: Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 62–63. ISBN   952-99075-0-8.
  5. ↑ Salmi, Pentti (2010). Koripallokirja kaudella 2010/11. Suomen Koripalloliitto. p. 216.
  6. ↑ "Naisten SM-mitalitaulukko kautta aikain". Suomen Koripalloliitto. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  7. ↑ M.Rasilainen seuranäyttely
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