Tapiolan Honka

Tapiolan Honka is a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland. Their men's team plays in top-tier Korisliiga, after they were promoted from I division A in 2024, and their women's team plays in Naisten Korisliiga.

Tapiolan Honka
Leagues	Korisliiga Naisten Korisliiga
Founded	1957
History	Espoon Honka (1975–2011) Tapiolan Honka (2011–present)
Arena	Tapiolan Urheiluhalli
Location	Espoo, Finland
Team colors	White, Green
Championships	5 Finnish Championships
Website	www.tapiolanhonka.fi

History

It was founded as a sports club Tapion Honka in 1957. The basketball section separated in 1975 under the name of Tapiolan Honka. Nowadays the club has 700 licensed players and over 1200 total members in different age categories. From 1975 onwards, the men's first team was known as Espoon Honka. The team was dissolved in 2011 and a new team was founded under the original name Tapiolan Honka.^[1]

Honours

• Finnish Championships (5):
  • 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

Notable players

Tapiola sports hall

• Seppo Kuusela
• Uolevi Manninen
• Anton Odabasi
• Kimmo Muurinen
• Tuukka Kotti
• Carl Lindbom
• Annika Holopainen
• Lele Hardy
• Kiana Johnson
• Haiden Palmer