Espoon Honka
| Espoon Honka | |||
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| Leagues | Korisliiga | ||
| Founded | 1971 | ||
| Arena | Tapiolan urheiluhalli (capacity: 1,570) | ||
| Location | Espoo, Finland | ||
| Team colors | White and green | ||
| Head coach |  Gordon Herbert | ||
| Championships | 7 National Basketball Championships 5 National Cups | ||
| Website | www.honkaplayboys.com | ||
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Tapiolan Honka is a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland. Espoo is Finland's second largest city, with a population over 240,000. It is nearby Helsinki.
Originally, one sport club Tapion Honka existed in Espoo. It was founded in 1957. However, in 1975 the club split into three separate clubs, divided by their respective sports of basketball (Tapiolan Honka), soccer (FC Honka), and ice hockey (Jäähonka).
Tapiolan Honka has men's, women's, and youth teams. The Honka Playboys won the Korisliiga championship in 2006, under the command of Serbian coach Mihailo Pavicevic.
Top players that currently play for Honka are Finnish nationalteam players Kimmo Muurinen and Jukka Matinen and americans Monte Cummings and Akeem Scott.
Notable past players
- Petteri Koponen (taken in the 2007 NBA Draft)
External links
- Espoon Honka - Official site (Finnish)
- Finnish Basketball Association / Korisliiga (Finnish)
- Eurobasket - Team page (English)
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