NMKY Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin NMKY, HNMKY for short) is a

YMCA YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams (philanthropist), Georg ...

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

, best known for its

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section. Other activities include sports like floorball and

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s, scouting,

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

s and various youth clubs.

Basketball

The basketball section of NMKY Helsinki was founded in 1927 as the first basketball club in Finland. Due to financial difficulties, both men and women's first squads were dissolved in 2009. HNMKY currently plays in the Finnish third tier II divisioona with their Under-23 squad.

Honours

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(7): 1946, 1947, 1984, 1985,1987, 1989, 1992

Sources

Basketball in English
NMKY Helsinki Official Homepage

External links

NMKY Helsinki at EurobasketHNMKY Helsinki at Basket.fi
(in Finnish) Sports clubs established in 1888 Basketball teams established in 1927 Basketball teams in Finland Sports clubs in Helsinki Sports clubs founded by the YMCA {{Europe-basketball-team-stub