Kataja Basket
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Wikipedia - Kataja BC
Kataja Basket Club is a professional basketball club of sports club Kataja from Joensuu, Finland. The team plays in the Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball. In 2015, Kataja won its first national championship, after it beat Bisons Loimaa 3–2 in the Finnish Finals.
History
The basketball activity of the club started in 1955. In 1961, the team started playing in the Joensuu Sports Hall. The team started in provincial competitions, but quickly promoted to the national level in the 1960s. From 1976 till 1980, the team played continuously in the highest Finnish division. In the 2001–02 season, the team won its first trophy when it won the Finnish Cup. In 2015, the first championship of Kataja was realized after a 3–2 Finals series win against Bisons Loimaa. In the 2012–13 season, Kataja started participating in European competitions when it entered the EuroChallenge. The team immediately reached the quarterfinals of the competition, and has played in Europe every season since.
Kataja Baskets hjemmearena er Joensuu Areena, som har en kapasitet på 4 500 tilskuere. Lagets farger er grønn og hvit.
Kataja Basket har vunnet det finske mesterskapet fire ganger, i 1963, 1964, 1968 og 2015. Laget har også vunnet den finske cupen to ganger, i 1963 og 1964.
Kataja Basket er kjent for sin sterke hjemmebanefordel og entusiastiske fans. Laget har en lang historie med å utvikle unge finske spillere, og har vært en viktig bidragsyter til det finske landslaget.
Noen av de mest kjente spillerne som har spilt for Kataja Basket inkluderer Teemu Rannikko, Hanno Möttölä og Sasu Salin.