Tampereen Pyrintö is a Finnish

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 Tampere

Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

. It is the basketball branch of a club with the same name, which is known besides its basketball team, its successful athletics and orienteering branches. Pyrintö's men's team plays in Korisliiga

Korisliiga

Korisliiga is the top league of basketball in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In current format each team plays all other teams twice in the regular season, both at home and away...

, the highest tier of Finnish basketball.

Achievements

• 2 Finnish Championships
  Korisliiga
  Korisliiga is the top league of basketball in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In current format each team plays all other teams twice in the regular season, both at home and away...
  
   (2010, 2011)
  • 4×runner-up (1958, 1980, 1981, 2001)
  • 1 bronze (2009)
• 1 Finnish cup (1969)
  • 2×runner-up (2000, 2009)

Notable players

Heino Enden

Heino Enden

Heino Enden is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the power forward position....

 (1988-1989) Antti Nikkilä

Antti Nikkilä

Antti Nikkilä is a Finnish basketball player. He stands 2.10 m tall and weighs 122 kg . He played college basketball at Valparaiso University from 1999–2003, and in the season 2006-2007 played for ČEZ Basketball Nymburk in the Czech basketball league...

 (1997-1999, 2008–2009, 2010-) Eric Washington

Eric Washington

Eric Maurice Washington is an American basketball player.He was selected in the 1997 NBA Draft as the 48th overall pick by the Orlando Magic, and appeared for the Denver Nuggets during two seasons, from 1997 to 1999...

 (2006–2008) Damon Williams (1999–2001, 2007-2008, 2009-)

External links

• Official website