The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional

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, 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 Naisten Korisliiga (Women's Basketball League) is the highest tier of women's basketball in Finland. The competition was formerly known as Koripallon naisten SM-sarja (Women's Basketball Finnish Championship) and was renamed Naisten Korisliiga f ...

Logos

Korisliiga logo.png, The official Korisliiga logo used until the 2015–16 season

Teams

Current teams

From 2000s, Korisliiga in timeline

Title holders

* 1938-39 Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat * 1939-40 Eiran Kisa-Veikot * 1940-41 Kadettikoulu * 1941-43 Not held due to WWII * 1943-44 Kiri-Veikot * 1944-45 Kiri-Veikot * 1945-46

NMKY Helsinki NMKY Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin NMKY, HNMKY for short) is a YMCA in Helsinki, Finland, best known for its basketball section. Other activities include sports like floorball and martial arts, scouting, choirs, orchestras and various youth clubs. Bas ...

* 1946-47

* 1947-48 Kiri-Veikot * 1948-49 HOK-Veikot * 1949-50 HOK-Veikot * 1950-51 HOK-Veikot * 1951-52 HOK-Veikot * 1952-53

Pantterit Pantterit (English: ''Panthers'') is a basketball club from Helsinki, Finland. The club was formed in 1938 and it has won the men's Finnish championship title for 14 times making it the most successful team in Finnish basketball history. Pantter ...

* 1953-54

* 1954-55

* 1955-56

* 1956-57

* 1957-58 KTP * 1958-59

* 1959-60

Torpan Pojat Torpan Pojat, shortened to ToPo, is a basketball club based in Helsinki, Finland. Torpan Pojat has their men's and women's team playing in national 1st division and many minor and junior teams in different age categories. History The club was ...

* 1960-61

Helsingin Kisa-Toverit 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. Basketball Men The basketbal ...

* 1961-62

* 1962-63

* 1963-64

* 1964-65

* 1965-66

* 1966-67 KTP * 1967-68

Espoon Honka 237px, Petteri Koponen with Espoon Honka in 2007 Espoon Honka, also known as Honka Playboys, was a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland and it played in Korisliiga. The club was dissolved in 2011 due to financial difficulties. History Espoon ...

* 1968-69

* 1969-70

* 1970-71

* 1971-72

* 1972-73

Turun NMKY Turun NMKY (YMCA Turku) is a Finnish professional basketball club, based in Turku. The club plays in men's I-B-division. History Turun NMKY was founded in 1920. The team has played in a total of 32 through the top league level championships. NMKY h ...

* 1973-74

* 1974-75

* 1975-76

* 1976-77

* 1977-78

* 1978-79

* 1979-80

* 1980-81

* 1981-82

* 1982-83

* 1983-84

* 1984-85

* 1985-86

* 1986-87

* 1987-88 KTP * 1988-89

* 1989-90 Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat * 1990-91 KTP * 1991-92

* 1992-93 KTP * 1993-94 KTP * 1994-95

Kouvot 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. ...

* 1995-96

* 1996-97

* 1997-98

* 1998-99

* 1999-00

Namika Lahti Namika Lahti was a basketball club based in Lahti, Finland. The club played in the Korisliiga, the top Finnish championship league. The club was established in 1898 in Vyborg and moved to Lahti in 1947. In 2015, the club was dissolved, after econom ...

* 2000-01

* 2001-02

* 2002-03

* 2003-04

* 2004-05

Lappeenrannan NMKY Lappeenrannan NMKY (also known as LrNMKY for short or as Team Lappeenranta in European competitions) is a basketball club based in a city of Lappeenranta, Finland. It was formed in 1951 as a Young Men's Christian Association (NMKY in Finnish) an ...

* 2005-06

* 2006-07

* 2007-08

* 2008-09

* 2009-10

Tampereen Pyrintö Tampereen Pyrintö ry is a Finnish multi-sport club from Tampere. Pyrintö representatives have achieved several Olympic medals and other success. In the year 2017, Pyrintö has sport sections in cross-country skiing, basketball, ski jumping, w ...

* 2010-11

* 2011-12

Bisons Loimaa LoKoKo Bisons Loimaa is a Finnish professional basketball club that is based in Loimaa. History The club was established in 1964 as Loimaan Korikonkarit. The team was renamed Bisons after it was promoted to the Korisliiga in 2011. The team won ...

(Nilan) * 2012-13

(Nilan) * 2013-14

* 2014-15 Kataja * 2015-16

* 2016-17 Kataja * 2017-18 Kauhajoki Karhu * 2018-19 Kauhajoki Karhu * 2019–20 None * 2020–21

Salon Vilpas Vilpas Vikings, also referred to as Salon Vilpas, is a professional basketball club based in Salo, Finland. The team currently plays in the top level Korisliiga. The Vikings are a part of the Salon Vilpas multi-sport club. In 2021, Vilpas won its ...

* 2021-22 Kauhajoki Karhu

Finals

Performance by club

Teams shown in ''italics'' are no longer in existence.

Records

All-time table of teams

''Updated after the 2021-22 season.''

All-time leaders

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Single game records

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Individual player records

''As of after the 2021-22 season.'' * Most points scored in a game: ** 79 by

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on February 12, 1992 in Turku NKMY 117-145 Panterit * Highest efficiency score in a game ** 70 by Larry Pounds on November 24, 1985 in Kotka Työväe's Ballers 100-73 Säynätsalo Riento * Most 2-point field goals made in a game ** 24 by

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on March 11, 1993 in Helsingin NMKY 132-111 Turun NMKY * Most 3-point field goals made in a game ** 14 by Adonis Jordan on October 17, 1999 in Espoon Honka 98-84 Pussihukat * Most free throws made in a game ** 27 by

Ville Kaunisto Ville Kaunisto (born 19 March 1982) is a Finnish former basketball player and politician. He last played for Kouvot of the Korisliiga and for the Finnish national basketball team. He started his professional career in 1999–00. He was elected to ...

on April 12, 2004 in Kouvot 96-71 Namika Lahti * Most rebounds in a game ** 32 by Garcia Hopkins on February 16, 1986 in Tampereen Pyrintö 131-80 Säynätsalon Riento

Awards

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– One for domestic players and another for foreign ones. * Finals MVP * Defensive Player of the Year * Rookie of the Year * Most Improved Player * Sixth Man of the Year *

Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award. Some of the ...

* Referee of the Year *

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Attendance

;Averages ;Records

References

External links

Finnish Basketball Association / Korisliiga
{{Men's professional basketball leagues Basketball leagues in Finland Professional sports leagues in Finland