Korisliiga

Korisliiga
Founded	1939
Country	Finland
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	I-division A
Domestic cup(s)	Finnish Basketball Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League; FIBA Europe Cup
Current champions	BC Nokia (1st title) (2023–24 season)
Most championships	Pantterit (14 titles)
TV partners	Elisa Viihde
Website	korisliiga.fi
	2023–24 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 of 22 regular season games. The top six teams advances continues to upper stage and the bottom six teams plays lower stage after 22 games, 5 games at home and 5 games at away versus all other teams in stage. The best two teams from lower group joins to playoffs with upper group teams. Playoffs are played best of seven format, except the quarter-finals which are played best of 5 format. Pantterit holds the record for the most league titles won, with 14. The top level Finnish league for women is the Naisten Korisliiga.

Logos

The official Korisliiga logo used until the 2015–16 season

Teams

Current teams

Team	City	Home arena	Founded	Head coach
Helsinki Seagulls	Helsinki	Töölön kisahalli	2013	Vesa Vertio
Joensuun Kataja	Joensuu	Motonet Areena	1949	Petri Virtanen
Kauhajoen Karhu	Kauhajoki	IKH Areena	1910	Janne Koskimies
Kobrat	Lapua	Kobra-Areena	1989	Ville Turja
Korihait	Uusikaupunki	Uusikaupunki Areena	1974	Ivan Ivanovic
Kouvot	Kouvola	MLL Areena	1964	Jyri Lehtonen
KTP-Basket	Kotka	Steveco Areena	1927	Darko Mihajlovic
BC Nokia	Nokia	Harjuniityn palloiluhalli	1997	Greg Gibson
Salon Vilpas	Salo	Salohalli	1908	Jussi Savolainen
Tampereen Pyrintö	Tampere	Pyynikin palloiluhalli	1896	Tero Vasell
Bisons Loimaa	Loimaa	Loimaan liikuntahalli	1964	Konsta Mastomäki
Tapiolan Honka	Espoo	Tapiolan Urheiluhalli	1957	Aapo Heinonen

From 2000s, Korisliiga in timeline

2000– 2001	2001– 2002	2002– 2003	2003– 2004	2004– 2005	2005– 2006	2006– 2007	2007– 2008	2008– 2009	2009– 2010	2010– 2011	2011– 2012	2012– 2013	2013– 2014	2014– 2015	2015– 2016
Pyrbasket					Pyrintö
KTP
Kouvot
	Kataja
Namika Lahti
Vilpas
Korihait
							Karhu
LrNMKY													N. Lpr
Espoon Honka
													Tapiolan Honka
		Tarmo
											LoKoKo
					ToPo
														Seagulls
												Kobrat
	FoKoPo
T. Comp.
Pussihukat
				Aura Basket
Huima
	BC Jyväskylä
BC Nokia
SäyRi
Pantterit

Title holders

1938–39 Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat
1939–40 Eiran Kisa-Veikot
1940–41 Kadettikoulu
1941–43 Not held due to WWII
1943–44 Kiri-Veikot
1944–45 Kiri-Veikot
1945–46 NMKY Helsinki
1946–47 NMKY Helsinki
1947–48 Kiri-Veikot
1948–49 HOK-Veikot
1949–50 HOK-Veikot
1950–51 HOK-Veikot
1951–52 HOK-Veikot
1952–53 Pantterit
1953–54 Pantterit
1954–55 Pantterit
1955–56 Pantterit
1956–57 Pantterit
1957–58 KTP
1958–59 Pantterit
1959–60 Torpan Pojat
1960–61 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
1961–62 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
1962–63 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
1963–64 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
1964–65 Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
1965–66 Torpan Pojat
1966–67 KTP
1967–68 Espoon Honka
1968–69 Espoon Honka
1969–70 Espoon Honka
1970–71 Espoon Honka
1971–72 Espoon Honka
1972–73 Turun NMKY
1973–74 Espoon Honka
1974–75 Turun NMKY
1975–76 Espoon Honka
1976–77 Turun NMKY
1977–78 Torpan Pojat
1978–79 Espoon Honka
1979–80 Pantterit
1980–81 Torpan Pojat
1981–82 Turun NMKY
1982–83 Torpan Pojat
1983–84 NMKY Helsinki
1984–85 NMKY Helsinki
1985–86 Torpan Pojat
1986–87 NMKY Helsinki
1987–88 KTP
1988–89 NMKY Helsinki
1989–90 Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat
1990–91 KTP
1991–92 NMKY Helsinki
1992–93 KTP
1993–94 KTP
1994–95 Kouvot
1995–96 Torpan Pojat
1996–97 Torpan Pojat
1997–98 Torpan Pojat
1998–99 Kouvot
1999-00 Namika Lahti
2000–01 Espoon Honka
2001–02 Espoon Honka
2002–03 Espoon Honka
2003–04 Kouvot
2004–05 Lappeenrannan NMKY
2005–06 Lappeenrannan NMKY
2006–07 Espoon Honka
2007–08 Espoon Honka
2008–09 Namika Lahti
2009–10 Tampereen Pyrintö
2010–11 Tampereen Pyrintö
2011–12 Bisons Loimaa (Nilan)
2012–13 Bisons Loimaa (Nilan)
2013–14 Tampereen Pyrintö
2014–15 Kataja
2015–16 Kouvot
2016–17 Kataja
2017–18 Kauhajoki Karhu
2018–19 Kauhajoki Karhu
2019–20 None
2020–21 Salon Vilpas
2021–22 Kauhajoki Karhu
2022–23 Helsinki Seagulls
2023–24 BC Nokia

Finals

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Finals score	Bronze medal
1980–81	Torpan Pojat	Tampereen Pyrintö	3–0	Hyvinkään Tahko
1981–82	Turun NMKY	Pantterit	3–2	KTP Basket
1982–83	Torpan Pojat	Pantterit	3–2	Turun NMKY
1983–84	Helsingin NMKY	Tapiolan Honka	3–0	KTP Basket
1984–85	Helsingin NMKY	KTP Basket	3–1	UU
1985–86	Torpan Pojat	KTP Basket	3–1	Helsingin NMKY
1986–87	Helsingin NMKY	KTP Basket	3–0	UU
1987–88	KTP Basket	Helsingin NMKY	3–2	Torpan Pojat
1988–89	Helsingin NMKY	HoNsU	3–2	Pantterit
1989–90	UU	KTP Basket	3–1	Helsingin NMKY
1990–91	KTP Basket	HoNsU	3–2	Torpan Pojat
1991–92	Helsingin NMKY	Pantterit	4–2	UU
1992–93	KTP Basket	Torpan Pojat	3–0	HoNsU
1993–94	KTP Basket	Torpan Pojat	3–2	Forssan Koripojat
1994–95	Kouvot	Korihait	3–1	Torpan Pojat
1995–96	Torpan Pojat	Namika Lahti		Espoon Honka
1996–97	Torpan Pojat	Kouvot		Espoon Honka
1997–98	Torpan Pojat	Kouvot		Espoon Honka
1998–99	Kouvot	Espoon Honka	3–1	Turun NMKY
1999–00	Namika Lahti	Torpan Pojat	3–2	Espoon Honka
2000–01	Espoon Honka	Tampereen Pyrintö	3–0	Namika Lahti
2001–02	Espoon Honka	Namika Lahti	3–2	Kataja
2002–03	Espoon Honka	Kataja	3–1	Pussihukat
2003–04	Kouvot	Namika Lahti	3–1	KTP Basket
2004–05	Lappeenrannan NMKY	Pussihukat	3–2	Kataja
2005–06	Lappeenrannan NMKY	Kataja	3–2	Espoon Honka
2006–07	Espoon Honka	Namika Lahti	3–0	Kataja
2007–08	Espoon Honka	Kouvot	3–1	Lappeenrannan NMKY
2008–09	Namika Lahti	Kataja	3–0	Tampereen Pyrintö
2009–10	Tampereen Pyrintö	Torpan Pojat	3–2	Kouvot
2010–11	Tampereen Pyrintö	Kataja	3–2	KTP Basket
2011–12	Bisons Loimaa	Kataja	3–1	Torpan Pojat
2012–13	Bisons Loimaa	KTP Basket	3–2	Kataja
2013–14	Tampereen Pyrintö	Kataja	3–1	Bisons Loimaa
2014–15	Kataja	Bisons Loimaa	3–2	KTP
2015–16	Kouvot	Tampereen Pyrintö	4–1	BC Nokia
2016–17	Kataja	Salon Vilpas	4–2	Helsinki Seagulls
2017–18	Kauhajoki Karhu	Salon Vilpas	4–2	Helsinki Seagulls
2018–19	Kauhajoki Karhu	Kouvot	4–1	KTP
2019–20	Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Salon Vilpas	Kauhajoki Karhu	4–2	Helsinki Seagulls
2021–22	Kauhajoki Karhu	Salon Vilpas	3–1	Helsinki Seagulls
2022–23	Helsinki Seagulls	Kauhajoki Karhu	4–2	Kataja Basket
2023–24	BC Nokia	Helsinki Seagulls	4–3	Kauhajoki Karhu

Performance by club

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.

Korisliiga winners by club
Club	Wins	Seasons won
Pantterit	14	1944, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1980
Espoon Honka	13	1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
Torpan Pojat	9	1960, 1966, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998
Helsingin NMKY	7	1946, 1947, 1984, 1985,1987, 1989, 1992
KTP	6	1958, 1967, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994
HKT	5	1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Turun NMKY	4	1973, 1975, 1977, 1982
Kouvot	4	1995, 1999, 2004, 2016
Pyrintö	3	2010, 2011, 2014
Kauhajoki Karhu	3	2018, 2019, 2022
Lappeenrannan NMKY	2	2005, 2006
Namika Lahti	2	2000, 2009
Bisons Loimaa	2	2012, 2013
Kataja	2	2015, 2017
Ylioppilaskoripalloilijat	1	1939
Eiran Kisa-Veikot	1	1940
Kadettikoulu	1	1941
Korihait	1	1990
Salon Vilpas	1	2021
Helsinki Seagulls	1	2023
BC Nokia	1	2024

Records

All-time table of teams

Updated after the 2021–22 season.^[1]

Rank	Team	Seasons	GP	W	L	D	W%
1.	KTP-Basket	65	2215	1245	969	1	56.2	6	7	12
2.	Torpan Pojat	51	1663	995	662	6	59.8	9	9	7
3.	Tampereen Pyrintö	55	1853	935	909	9	50.5	3	5	1
4.	Pantterit	54	1284	695	582	7	54.1	14	4	3
5.	Kouvot	29	1241	676	565	0	54.5	4	4	1
6.	Kataja Basket	27	1144	662	482	0	57.9	2	6	4
7.	Helsingin NMKY	48	1191	645	543	3	54.2	7	3	8
8.	Namika Lahti	35	1249	639	610	0	51.2	2	4	1
9.	Korihait	38	1474	633	841	0	42.9	1	1	3
10.	Tapiolan Honka 00ers	36	1089	600	489	0	55.1	6	5	5

All-time leaders

Category	Player	Total
Games	Jarkko Tuomala	623
Points	Gerald Lee, Sr.	12,552
Rebounds	Jonathan Moore	4,414
Assists	Petri Virtanen	1,653
Steals	Gerald Lee, Sr.	1,145
Blocks	Sami Lehtoranta	551

Source: Basket.fi

Single game records

Category	Player	Record	Season
Points	Joe Wright	79	1991–92
Rebounds	Garcia Hopkins	42	1985–86
Assists	Petri Niiranen	23	1991–92
Efficiency	Larry Pounds	70	1985–86
Steals	Gerald Lee, Sr.	12	1988–89
Blocks	Damon Vance	14	1987–88