Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat Basket, shortly KTP Basket, is the largely independent

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team of

Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (abbreviated as KTP) is a Finnish football club based in Kotka, Finland, and currently competing in Finland's premier league, Veikkausliiga. The club was founded in 1927 and its colours are green and white. Immediate ...

, a

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sports club based in

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, and has played 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 ...

since 1957. The club has won the

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six times.

Trophies

* Finnish Championships: 6 :1958, 1967, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994 :Runner-up: 1960, 1961, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990,

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:Bronze: 1957, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1984, 2004, 2011,

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* Finnish Cups: 9 :1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1993, 2003, 2004

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons the team has also been known as: *Team TEHO Sport (2013–14; European competitions)

Players

Current roster

Individual awards

;

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– 1991 * Jerald Fields – 2007 *

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– 2012

Notable players

Season by season

External links

Official website
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