Kobrat is a
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
professional
basketball
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team from
Lapua
Lapua (; sv, Lappo) is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located next to the Lapua River in the region of South Ostrobothnia. The town has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which is water. The population density is . The mun ...
. 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.
History
The club was founded in 1989 as 'Lapuan Koripojat', shortly 'LaKoPo', but was renamed 'Korikobrat' in 2000. The team is playing in the Korisliiga league since the 2012–13 season.
In 2016 and 2018, Kobrat finished last and was relegated to the First Division, but recovered their place due to irregularities of other teams.
Logos
Notable players
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
*
Fiifi AidooFiifi Aidoo siirtyy Espanjan kolmannen sarjatason seuraan
(Helsingin Sanomat
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), 11 August 2020. Accessed 9 February 2021.
* Samuel Haanpää
Samuel Hannes Haanpää (born 27 September 1986) is a Finnish professional basketball player. Standing at , he usually plays as forward.
Born in Kerava, Haanpää attended Valparaiso University in the United States, where he played college baske ...
* Ognjen Kuzmić
Ognjen Kuzmić ( sr-cyrl, Огњен Кузмић, ; born May 16, 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Crvena zvezda, Crvena zvezda of the ABA League, Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the senior Serbia n ...
* Kyle Fogg
Kyle Fogg (born January 27, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
Professional career
After going ...
* D. J. Richardson
References
External links
Official website
Basketball teams in Finland
Lapua
1989 establishments in Finland
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