Espoon Honka

Espoon Honka, also known as Honka Playboys, was a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland and it played in Korisliiga. The club was dissolved in 2011 due to financial difficulties.

Espoon Honka
Founded	1975
Dissolved	2011
History	Espoon Honka (1975–2011) Tapiolan Honka (2011–present)
Arena	Tapiolan Urheiluhalli
Capacity	1,570
Location	Espoo, Finland
Championships	7 Finnish Leagues 5 Finnish Cups
Home Away

Petteri Koponen with Espoon Honka in 2007

History

Espoon Honka was founded in 1975 as a professional team apart from Tapiolan Honka, which worked as a feeder team and took responsibility for organizing youth teams and other activities. Espoon Honka played 16 seasons in the Korisliiga and won seven championship titles.

Espoon Honka didn't play in the 2011–12 season of Korisliiga due to financial problems and the whole team was then dissolved later that year. A new team was then founded under the name Tapiolan Honka.^[1]

Honours

• Korisliiga
  • Winners (7): 1974, 1976, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
• Finnish Cup
  • Winners (5): 1973, 1974, 1975, 2001, 2009

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Ryan Bell
• Luka Pavićević
• Shawn Huff
• Petteri Koponen
• Tuukka Kotti
• Kimmo Muurinen
• Sasu Salin
• Aki Ulander
• Jamar Wilson

Head coaches

• Gordon Herbert
• Mihailo Pavićević