Korihait (English: Basket Sharks) is a Finnish basketball team from Uusikaupunki. It was formed as Uudenkaupungin Urheilijat, shortly UU, in 1898 and has won one Korisliiga Finnish Championship (1990) and two Finnish Cups (1986, 1988). In 1994 UU had financial problems and entered bankruptcy. Korihait then took UU's place in the league.

The club play at Pohitullin Sports Hall, which has also hosted the Finland men's national handball team.

Players

Korihait roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G 2 Finland Arvonen, Viljami 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
G 5 United States Person Jr, Wesley 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
F 6 Finland Ahvenjärvi, Roni 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
G 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland Sarcevic, Bojan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 8 Finland Herrala, Joni 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
F 10 United States Warner, Kaleb 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
F 11 United States Magnum, Dravon 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
C 21 Finland Helakorpi, Veeti 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
F 40 United States Jackson, Jalen 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
C 50 Finland Aalto, Mikael 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
F 95 Finland Peltonen, Kalle 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Head coach
  • Serbia Ivan Ivanovic
Assistant coach(es)
  • Finland Valtteri Pihlajamäki
Team manager
  • Tero Kutila
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: March 3, 2025

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

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.

References

  1. ^ Areena Archived 2013-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Korihait. (in Finnish)


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UU-Korihait
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