Korihait
Encyclopedia
Korihait is a Finnish
basketball
team from Uusikaupunki
. It was formed in 1898 and has won one Finnish Championship (1990) and two Finnish Cups (1986, 1988). In 1994 UU had financial problems and it went to bankruptcy. After that Korihait took UU's place in the highest league.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team from Uusikaupunki
Uusikaupunki
Uusikaupunki , is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is inland water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually Finnish...
. It was formed in 1898 and has won one Finnish Championship (1990) and two Finnish Cups (1986, 1988). In 1994 UU had financial problems and it went to bankruptcy. After that Korihait took UU's place in the highest league.