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.

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).

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]

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. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. 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. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  7. ↑ M.Rasilainen seuranäyttely
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