Aki Ulander is a Finnish basketball player. He stands 6'10 tall and weighs 255lbs. Ulander has been a member of the Finland national basketball team for several years.
The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total of 22 regular season games. The top six teams advances continues to upper stage and the bottom six teams plays lower stage after 22 games, 5 games at home and 5 games at away versus all other teams in stage. The best two teams from lower group joins to playoffs with upper group teams. Playoffs are played best of seven format, except the quarter-finals which are played best of 5 format. Pantterit holds the record for the most league titles won, with 14. The top level Finnish league for women is the Naisten Korisliiga.
Lappeenrannan NMKY is a basketball club based in a city of Lappeenranta, Finland. It was formed in 1951 as a Young Men's Christian Association and has won two Finnish Championships and two Finnish Cups.
The Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2006-07 season was the 67th Finnish club basketball season. It began on September 30, 2006 and ended on April 24, 2007. Espoon Honka won the Final series by 3-0 against Namika Lahti and obtained their sixth national championship. Sami Lehtoranta won the MVP Award and Jukka Matinen won the Finals MVP Award.
The Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2008-09 season was the 69th Finnish club basketball season. It began on October 3, 2008 and ended on May 16, 2009. Namika Lahti won the Final series by 3-0 against Joensuun Kataja. Antti Nikkilä won the MVP Award and Vesa Mäkäläinen won the Finals MVP Award.
The Korisliiga 2011-2012 regular season started in September 2011. Nilan Bisons Loimaa eventually won its first national championship, by beating Joensuun Kataja 3–1 in the Finals.
Reinar Hallik is an Estonian retired professional basketball player. Standing at 2.08 m, he played at the power forward position.
Margus Metstak is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the center position.
Joonas Vaino is an Estonian professional basketball player. He is currently playing for Finnish club Namika Lahti at the power forward position.
Joseph S. Spinks is an American-Dutch retired basketball player and coach. He played eight seasons for ABC Amsterdam in the Netherlands and is considered one of the best players to have played in the Eredivisie. Spinks also was head coach and assistant coach for Amsterdam for two years. Spink's nickname during his playing career was "The Bull".
David Gonzalvez is an American professional basketball player for Tampereen Pyrintö in the Finnish Korisliiga. Standing at 1.93 m, Gonzalvez usually plays at the shooting guard position.
Kevin Jerome Tiggs is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Mott Community College and East Tennessee State University.
Ville Valtteri Pekkola is a Finnish basketball player. 190 cm tall shooting guard/small forward Pekkola plays for Tampereen Pyrintö in Korisliiga. Alongside Finnish competitions, Pekkola has represented Pyrintö in Baltic Basketball League. He is known of his good defensive abilities.
Robert Arnold was an American professional basketball player for Crailsheim Merlins of Germany's Basketball Bundesliga.
The 2014–15 Korisliiga was the 75th season of the highest professional basketball tier in Finland. The league champion qualified for the 2015–16 Eurocup regular season. Kataja won its first title in franchise history.
The 2015–16 Korisliiga season was the 76th season of the top professional basketball league in Finland. The season started on October 3, 2015 and ended May 11, 2016. Kouvot won its fourth national championship this season.
Mikko Otto Petteri Niemi is a Finnish retired basketball player. 185 cm tall point guard Niemi played in Korisliiga for his foster club Tampereen Pyrintö (Pyrbasket) for three seasons before departing to Youngstown State University, where he stayed between 2005 and 2009. After that he played for one more season in Korisliiga, this time in Lappeenrannan NMKY.
The 2019–20 Korisliiga season was the 80th season of the top professional basketball league in Finland. Karhu were the defending champions. On 13 March 2020, the season was ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Lahti Basketball is a Finnish basketball club based in Lahti. It plays in the Korisliiga, the highest tier league in Finland. A phoenix club, the club was established in 2015 as a successor of Namika Lahti. Martin Mustonen and Kari Härkönen, also active with Namika, founded the club in August. Finnish international Vesa Mäkäläinen transferred from Namika to the new club.
Demondre J. Harvey is an American professional basketball player for Indios de San Francisco of the Dominican Republic League.
