Kouvot

Kouvot
Leagues	Korisliiga
Founded	1964;61 years ago (1964)
Arena	MLL Areena
Capacity	1,076
Location	Kouvola, Finland
Team colors	Black, Red, White
Head coach	Jyri Lehtonen
Korisliiga titles	4 (1995, 1999, 2004, 2016)
Finnish Cup titles	1 (1998)
Website	kouvot.fi
Home Away

Kouvot is a Finnish professional basketball team based in Kouvola. Founded in 1964, the team plays in the Korisliiga and has won the national championship four times: in 1995, 1999, 2004, and 2016. The team plays at the Mansikka-ahon urheiluhalli.

Trophies

• Korisliiga

Champions (4): 1994–95, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2015–16

Runner-up (4): 1996–97, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2018–19

Bronze (1): 2009–10

• Finnish Cup

Winners (1): 1997–98

Runner-up (4): 1996-97, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07

• First Division

Winners(1): 1992–93

Logos

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  Logo used last in the 2014–15 season, when the logo was modernized to the current logo

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Kouvot Kouvola roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 2 Latimer, Cedric 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) G/F 3 Saarijarvi, Arttu 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) PG 4 Hirvonen, Tuomas 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G 6 Shiloh, Kyle 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) G 7 Seppala, Ilari 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G 10 Gonzalvez, David 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 37 – (1987-10-29)29 October 1987 SG 11 Richardson, D.J. 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 34 – (1991-02-11)11 February 1991 PF 12 Luosmaa, Miikka 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) F 14 Laine, Oskari 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) G 15 Kukkonen, Arttu 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) G 21 Knihtinen, Teemu 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) G 23 Leino, Vatteri 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) C 24 Masden, Alexander 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) G/F 34 Story, Malik 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) F 42 Gipson, Thomas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) SG Alanen, Aapeli 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Head coach Pieti Poikola Assistant coach(es) Antti Hurri Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Antti Kanervo
• Henri Kantonen
• Alexander Madsen ^[1]
• Ilari Seppälä
• Jukka Toijala
• Devon van Oostrum
• D.J. Richardson
• Eli Scott
• Jason Conley
• Deshon Taylor
• Ricky Lindo

References

1. Susijengin Alexander Madsen siirtyy Kanarialle: "Tilaisuutena liian hyvä jättää käyttämättä" JONAS KUISMA (Yle), 28 July 2018. Accessed 29 September 2021.(in Finnish)

External links

• Eurobasket.com Kouvot Page