Team Lakkapää (formerly Perungan Pojat and Rovaniemen Santasport) is a professional volleyball team from
Rovaniemi
Rovaniemi ( , ; sme, Roavvenjárga ; smn, Ruávinjargâ; sms, Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland, and its southern part Perà ...
,
Finland
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. The team played three seasons in Finland volleyball league, the country's highest level. They won two league championships in 2007 and 2008.
Achievements
* Finland Champion 2007, 2008, 2011
* Finland Cup Champion 2010
* Top-teams cup quarter finals
* Challenge Cup quarter finals
History
Rovaniemen Santasport was founded in 2006 when volleyball teams Perungan Pojat and Napapiirin Palloketut combined. In its first season the team became Finland league Champion. After that the teams split up. Perungan Pojat became Santasport. In 2008 Santasport won again Championship. Santasport won silver in the last season they played in Finnish volleyball league. After volleyball season 2008/2009 the club's name changed to Perungan Pojat once again.
Eventually they became Team Lakkapää.
Team
Setters:
* 1. Jani Sippola
* 5. Kalle Määttä
Middle-blockers
* 3. Antti Ylitalo
* 8. Viktors Korzenevics
Wing-spikers
* 4. Normunds Veinbergs
* 10. Robert Seppänen
* 13. Aki Mikkola
* 14. Pekka Sairanen
Opposites:
* 7. Joona Manninen
* 6. Steve Klosterman
* 9. Janne Kangaskokko
Notables
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Mikko Oivanen
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Personal life
Mikko has a twin brother – Matti Oivanen, who is also a volleyball player.
Career Clubs
Oivanen started his c ...
* Normunds Veinbergs
* Ugis Krastins
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Jukka Lehtonen
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The Finland men's nationa ...
References
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Volleyball clubs in Finland
Sport in Rovaniemi