Karhu Basket
Leagues	Korisliiga
Founded	2017 (2017)
Arena	IKH Areena
Capacity	3,500
Location	Kauhajoki, Finland
Team colors	Black, White and Orange
President	Vesa Ojala
Head coach	Janne Koskimies
Korisliiga titles	3 (2018, 2019, 2022)
Website	www.karhubasket.fi
Home Away

Kauhajoki Karhu Basket (English: Kauhajoki Bear Basket), is a Finnish professional basketball team from Kauhajoki. The team plays in Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball.

In 2018, the club achieved their first Korisliiga title ever after defeating Salon Vilpas 4–2 in the finals. It successfully defended its title the next season to repeat as Finnish champions.

Honours

• Korisliiga
  • Winners (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021-22
  • Runners-up (2): 2020–21, 2022-23
  • Semifinals (3): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17
• FIBA Europe Cup
  • Semifinals (1): 2022–23

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Advanced
2018–19	Basketball Champions League	QR1	Oradea	87–84	74–80	Yes, +8
		QR2	Lukoil Levski	88–79	88–93	Yes, +13
		QR3	Nanterre 92	54–91	91–58	No, –70
2019–20	Basketball Champions League	QR1	Tsmoki Minsk	93–86	68–67	Yes, +6
		QR2	Polski Cukier Toruń	93–82	70–58	No, –1
2022–23	Basketball Champions League	QR2	Patrioti Levice	57–81		No
2022–23	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Kormend	77–62	89–90	Yes
		RS	Anwil Wloclawek	87–93	88–89
		RS	Sporting CP	104–85	84–93
		RS2	Patrioti Levice	105–71	55–86	Yes
		RS2	Budivelnyk	65–62	65–72
		RS2	Hapoel Haifa	85–76	59–66
		QF	FC Porto	75–65	80–81	Yes, +11
		SF	Anwil Wloclawek	63–67	90–71	No, -23
2023–24	Basketball Champions League	QR2	Ironi Ness Ziona	56–92		No
2023–24	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	CBet Jonava	88–104
		RS	Rostock Seawolves		93–65
		RS	AEK Larnaca		66–75

Players

Former Karhu primary logo

IKH Areena

Current roster

Kauhajoen Karhu roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 4 Fortson, Courtney 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 35 – (1988-05-23)23 May 1988 F 7 Luukkonen, Eemi 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2002-12-18)18 December 2002 G 10 Sanford, Vincent 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1990-12-05)5 December 1990 F 11 Hopkins, Shawn 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 F 14 Kandén, Oliver 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2004-08-11)11 August 2004 C 15 Spencer, Horace 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-01-31)31 January 1997 G 20 Innamaa, Eero 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1998-09-14)14 September 1998 F 21 Ikkelä, Jussi 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2004-10-15)15 October 2004 F 23 Hakamaa, Joona 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2001-04-06)6 April 2001 G 31 Palmi, Topias (C) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 F 45 Givens, Samme 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1989-08-09)9 August 1989	Head coach Janne Koskimies Assistant coach(es) Risto-Matti Rousku Raimo Stefanov Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 8, 2023

External links

• Official website