Tapiolan Honka is a

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club based in

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. Their men's team plays in

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and their women's team plays in

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, both on highest tiers of

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basketball.

History

It was founded as a sports club Tapion Honka in 1957. The basketball section separated in 1975 under the name of Tapiolan Honka. Nowadays the club has 700 licensed players and over 1200 total members in different age categories. From 1975 onwards, the men's first team was known as

Espoon Honka 237px, Petteri Koponen with Espoon Honka in 2007 Espoon Honka, also known as Honka Playboys, was a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland and it played in Korisliiga. The club was dissolved in 2011 due to financial difficulties. History Espoon ...

. The team was dissolved in 2011 and a new team was founded under the original name Tapiolan Honka.

Honours

* Finnish Championships (5): ** 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

Notable players

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* Annika Holopainen * Lele Hardy *

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* Haiden Palmer

References

External links

Tapiolan Honka official website

Tapiolan Honka in Korisliiga

Tapiolan Honka in Naisten Korisliiga
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