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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

From 2000s, Korisliiga in timeline

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

Performance by club

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.

Records

All-time table of teams

Updated after the 2021–22 season.

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

Source: Basket.fi

Individual player records

As of after the 2021–22 season.

• Most points scored in a game:
  • 79 by Joe Wright on February 12, 1992 in Turku NKMY 117–145 Panterit
• Highest efficiency score in a game
  • 70 by Larry Pounds on November 24, 1985 in Kotka Työväe's Ballers 100–73 Säynätsalo Riento
• Most 2-point field goals made in a game
  • 24 by Herbert Crook on March 11, 1993 in Helsingin NMKY 132–111 Turun NMKY
• Most 3-point field goals made in a game
  • 14 by Adonis Jordan on October 17, 1999 in Espoon Honka 98–84 Pussihukat
• Most free throws made in a game
  • 27 by Ville Kaunisto on April 12, 2004 in Kouvot 96–71 Namika Lahti
• Most rebounds in a game
  • 32 by Garcia Hopkins on February 16, 1986 in Tampereen Pyrintö 131–80 Säynätsalon Riento

Awards

• MVP – One for domestic players and another for foreign ones.
• Finals MVP
• Defensive Player of the Year
• Rookie of the Year
• Most Improved Player
• Sixth Man of the Year
• Coach of the Year
• Referee of the Year
• Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame

Attendance

See also

• Finnish Basketball Cup

References

1. "Historia". www.basket.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-08-09.
2. "Historia". www.basket.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-08-09.
3. "Korisliigan yleisöennätys 7420 katsojaa". basket.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Basketball Federation. 7 November 2005. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

External links

• Finnish Basketball Association / Korisliiga

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