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Korihait
Korihait
Leagues	Korisliiga
Founded	1898; 126 years ago
History	UU; (1898-1994); Korihait; (1994–present)
Arena	Pohitullin Sports Hall
Capacity	1,627
Location	Uusikaupunki, Finland
Team colors	Red, White ;
Main sponsor	Valmet Automotive
President	Johanna Kutila
Vice-president(s)	Timo A. Järvinen
Team manager	Jouni Grönroos
Head coach	Darko Mihajlovic
Championships	1 Finnish Title ; 2 Finnish Cups
Retired numbers	2 (12, 15)
Website	www.korihait.fi
Home	Away

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.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
CG	1	Blondin, Trevor
PG	2	Benson, Casey	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
SG	3	Eerikinharju, Elias	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	83 kg (183 lb)
SF	4	Wahlbäck, Eemil	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
SF	5	Lahdensuu, Elias	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
SG	10	Cook, Anton	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
F	11	Marttinen, Miikka	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)
SF	14	Heinonen, Vesa	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
PG	20	Kotavuo, Johan	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)
F/C	21	Meikle, Luke	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
SG	23	Leino, Valtteri	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)
SF	24	Lehtonen, Tommi	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
F/C	34	Ventoniemi, Henri	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
F	50	Haikonen, Aku	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	93 kg (205 lb)
C	54	Berry, Andre	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	125 kg (276 lb)

Head coach

Jarno Nikula

Team manager

Tero Kutila

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: October 13, 2019

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Notable players

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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.