Korihait ( en, Basket Sharks) is a
Finnish
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* 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 ...
basketball
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team from
Uusikaupunki
Uusikaupunki (; sv, Nystad, ) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, northwest of Turku and south of Pori. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is inland wate ...
. It was formed as Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat, shortly UU, in 1898 and has won one
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 ...
Finnish Championship (1990) and two Finnish Cups (1986, 1988). In 1994 UU had financial problems and entered bankruptcy. Korihait then took UU's place in the league.
The club play at
Pohitullin Sports Hall
Uusikaupunki Areena ( fi, Pohitullin palloiluhalli) is an indoor basketball sporting arena that is located in Uusikaupunki. It is currently home to the Korihait Finnish professional basketball team, which competes in the Korisliiga. It has also ...
, which has also hosted the
Finland men's national handball team
The Finnish men's national handball team is the national men's handball team of Finland
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.
Players
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{{player3 , num = 3 , nat = FIN , first = Elias , last = Eerikinharju , pos = SG , m = 1.87 , kgs = 83
{{player3 , num = 4 , nat = FIN , first = Eemil , last = Wahlbäck , pos = SF , m = 1.95 , kgs = 80
{{player3 , num = 5 , nat = FIN , first = Elias , last = Lahdensuu , pos = SF , m = 1.93 , kgs = 88
{{player3 , num = 10 , nat = USA , first = Anton , last = Cook , pos = SG , m = 1.88 , kgs = 88
{{player3 , num = 11 , nat = FIN , first = Miikka , last = Marttinen , pos = F , m = 1.97 , kgs = 93
{{player3 , num = 14 , nat = FIN , first = Vesa , last = Heinonen , pos = SF , m = 1.94 , kgs = 90
{{player3 , num = 20 , nat = FIN , first = Johan , last = Kotavuo , pos = PG , m = 1.87 , kgs = 82
{{player3 , num = 21 , nat = USA , first = Luke , last = Meikle , pos = FC , m = 2.06 , kgs = 95
{{player3 , num = 23 , nat = FIN , first = Valtteri , last = Leino , pos = SG , m = 1.83 , kgs = 78
{{player3 , num = 24 , nat = FIN , first = Tommi , last = Lehtonen , pos = SF , m = 1.81 , kgs = 80
{{player3 , num = 34 , nat = FIN , first = Henri , last = Ventoniemi , pos = FC , m = 2.07 , kgs = 100
{{player3 , num = 50 , nat = FIN , first = Aku , last = Haikonen , pos = F , m = 2.01 , kgs = 93
{{player3 , num = 54 , nat = USA , first = Andre , last = Berry , pos = C , m = 2.03 , kgs = 125
{{Basketball roster footer
, head_coach =
* {{flagicon, FIN Jarno Nikula
, asst_coach =
, team_man =
* Tero Kutila
, roster_url = http://www.korihait.fi/edustus/
, accessdate = {{dts, 2019, 10, 13
{{Basketball roster nationality note
Notable players
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{{Columns-list,
* {{flagicon, SRB
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 ...
* {{flagicon, FIN
Gerald Lee Sr.
* {{flagicon, FIN
Gerald Lee Jr.
* {{flagicon, USA
Chris Taft
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NCAA career
Chris Taft was born in Brooklyn, New York, and began his college career at the University of Pittsburgh after graduating from Xaverian High School in Brooklyn. Taft ...
* {{flagicon, USA
Daniel Horton
* {{flagicon, CAN
Gordon Herbert
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Playing career
Herbert attended two-year North Ida ...
* {{flagicon, FIN
Erkki Saaristo
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* Erkki Aadli (born 1974), Estonian orienteer
* Erkki Aaltonen (1910–1990), Finnish composer
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* {{flagicon, FIN
Pasi Kauha
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* {{flagicon, FIN
Jussi Kumpulainen
* {{flagicon, USA
Shawn Vanzant
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* {{Flagicon, USA
Arizona Reid
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References
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External links
* {{Official website, http://www.korihait.fi/
{{Korisliiga
Basketball teams in Finland
Uusikaupunki
1994 establishments in Finland
Basketball teams established in 1994
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