| Tapiolan Honka | |
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| Leagues | I division A Naisten Korisliiga |
| Founded | 1957 |
| History | Espoon Honka (1975–2011) Tapiolan Honka (2011–present) |
| Arena | Tapiolan Urheiluhalli |
| Location | Espoo, Finland |
| Team colors | White, Green |
| Championships | 5 Finnish Championships |
| Website | www |
Tapiolan Honka is a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland. Their men's team plays in I division A and their women's team plays in Naisten Korisliiga.
It was founded as a sports club Tapion Honka in 1957. The basketball section separated in 1975 under the name of Tapiolan Honka. Nowadays the club has 700 licensed players and over 1200 total members in different age categories. From 1975 onwards, the men's first team was known as Espoon Honka. The team was dissolved in 2011 and a new team was founded under the original name Tapiolan Honka. [1]
FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club will play in Kakkonen in the 2024 season, after Esport Honka filed for bankruptcy in November 2023. The club previously played in the Finnish premier division (Veikkausliiga), having been promoted for the first time in their history at the end of the 2005 season. It plays its home matches at the Tapiolan Urheilupuisto.
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