Korihait ( en, Basket Sharks) is a Finnish basketball team from Uusikaupunki. It was formed as Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat, shortly UU, in 1898 and has won one Korisliiga 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 als ...

, which has also hosted the Finland men's national handball team.

Players

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Notable players

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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 {{Finland-sport-stub {{Europe-basketball-team-stub