Kauhajoki Karhu Basket ( en, Kauhajoki Bear Basket), is a

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team from Kauhajoki. The team plays in

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 Finnish basketball. In 2018, the club achieved their first Korisliiga title ever after defeating

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4–2 in the finals. It successfully defended its title the next season to repeat as Finnish champions.

Honours

**Winners (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021-22

European record

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Individual awards

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Korisliiga Finals MVP The Korisliiga Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual award that is handed out to the best player in the Finals of a given Finnish Korisliiga The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 ...

* Bojan Šarčević – 2018 * Cameron Jones – 2019, 2022 ; Korisliiga Defensive Player of the Year *

Vesa Mäkäläinen Vesa Mäkäläinen (born September 3, 1986) is a Finnish professional basketball player. He currently plays for Lahti Basketball in Finland. Standing at 6 ft 6.7 in (2.00 m), he usually plays as forward (basketball), forward. External links Playe ...

– 2011 *Henri Hirvikoski – 2013

External links

* Basketball teams in Finland Karhu 2017 establishments in Finland {{Europe-basketball-team-stub