Lahti Basketball is a Finnish
basketball club based in
Lahti. It plays in the
Korisliiga, the highest tier league in Finland. A
phoenix club
The Phoenix Building and Cincinnati Club are two historic buildings in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The membership of these two clubs was chiefly Jewish.
Located at 812 Race Street, the Phoenix Building was constructed in 1893, desi ...
, the club was established in 2015 as a successor of
Namika Lahti
Namika Lahti was a basketball club based in Lahti, Finland. The club played in the Korisliiga, the top Finnish championship league. The club was established in 1898 in Vyborg and moved to Lahti in 1947. In 2015, the club was dissolved, after econom ...
.
Martin Mustonen and Kari Härkönen, also active with Namika, founded the club in August. Finnish international
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.
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transferred from Namika to the new club.
In the 2018–19 season, Lahti Basketball promoted to the Finnish first tier
Korisliiga.
References
External links
Official websiteFacebook page
{{Korisliiga
Basketball teams established in 2015
Basketball teams in Finland
Sport in Lahti
2015 establishments in Finland