Tapiolan Honka

Tapiolan Honka is a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland. Their men's team plays in Korisliiga and their women's team plays in Naisten Korisliiga, both on highest tiers of Finnish basketball.

Tapiolan Honka
LeaguesKorisliiga
Naisten Korisliiga
Founded1957
HistoryEspoon Honka
(1975–2011)
Tapiolan Honka
(2011–present)
ArenaTapiolan Urheiluhalli
LocationEspoo, Finland
Team colorsWhite, Green
   
Championships5 Finnish Championships
Websitewww.tapiolanhonka.fi

History

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]

Honours

Notable players

References

  1. "Tapiolan Hongan historiaa". tapiolanhonka.fi (in Finnish). Tapiolan Honka. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
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