Helsinki Seagulls is a professional

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team, based in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

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. The club is playing in the

Korisliiga 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 o ...

, the highest tier of basketball in Finland. The Seagulls were founded in 2013 and made its debut in the Korisliiga in 2014, after promoting in its first season. The team has won the

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three times.

History

The team was established in 2013 and it acquired its place on the second level of Finnish basketball in Division I A after the dissolution of the

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 ...

men's team. The license of

was then transferred to the Gulls, along with the remaining players."ToPo jäi ilman liigalisenssiä"
Iltasanomat, Retrieved 2014-9-24
Iltasanomat, Retrieved 2014-9-24
The Seagulls opened their 2013-2014 season in the Division I A with winning 10 matches in a row. The team won a total of 25 of their 28 regular season games placing first in their division with Josh Gonner leading their offense with an impressive 20.5

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. Seagulls earned the promotion to

after dismissing first Tampereen Pyrintö II and then

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in the division playoffs."Seagulls otti ratkaisevan voiton Nokialla - helsinkiläiset palaavat Korisliigaan"
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Honours

* Third place (4): 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 Finnish Cup * Winners (3): 2020, 2021, 2022

Season by season

Arena

The Seagulls play their home games in the

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Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Tuukka Kotti Tuukka Kotti (born 18 March 1981) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Helsinki Seagulls. Kotti attended Providence College in the United States, where he played college basketball between 2001 and 2005. He left Finland as a poi ...

* Carl Lindbom *

Antti Kanervo Antti Kanervo (born 12 April 1989) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Helsinki Seagulls of the Finnish Korisliiga and the Finnish national basketball team. Playing career Professional career Kanervo started his career at Huänen ...

* Gerald Lee Jr. * Jason Conley * Raymond Cowels III

References

External links

Official website

2018-19 Korisliiga team page
{{Korisliiga Basketball teams established in 2013 Basketball teams in Finland Sports clubs in Helsinki 2013 establishments in Finland