LoKoKo Bisons Loimaa is a
Finnish professional
basketball
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club that is based in
Loimaa.
History
The club was established in 1964 as Loimaan Korikonkarit. The team was renamed Bisons after it was promoted to 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 ...
in 2011. The team won the
Finnish league championship in its first season in the league. Bisons won the championship once again in 2013, and qualified to play in
Europe's 2nd-tier competition, the
Eurocup, during the
Eurocup 2013–14 season.
On 31 May 2016, Bisons Loimaa announced it will not participate in the top Finnish league due to financial problems and would join the second division.
Arenas
The club plays its national domestic league home games at the Loimaa Sports Center in
Loimaa. Its
VTB United League home games are played in Loimaa and at the
Energia Areena
Energia Areena is a multifunctional indoor arena in the Myyrmäki Sports Park, located in the Myyrmäki district of Vantaa, Finland. The arena gets its name from its largest sponsor, the energy company Vantaan Energia.
Events
The venue is able ...
in
Vantaa
Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Greater Helsinki, Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa i ...
.
Trophies
*
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 ...
**Champions (2):
2011–12,
2012–13
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***Runners-up (1):
2014–15
Current roster
Notable players
Season by season
References
External links
Official WebsiteEurobasket.com Team Page
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Loimaa
Basketball teams in Finland
Basketball teams established in 1964
1964 establishments in Finland