Tampereen Pyrintö (basketball)

Tampereen Pyrintö
Leagues Korisliiga
Founded 1941
Arena Pyynikin Palloiluhalli
Location Tampere, Finland
Team colors White and Red
         
Head coach Ilkka Palviainen
Championships 3 Finnish Championships
2 Finnish Cups
Website www.pyrinto.fi
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Tampereen Pyrintö is a Finnish basketball team from Tampere. It is the basketball section of a club with the same name. Pyrintö's men's team plays in Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball.

After 2010 Pyrintö has participated in EuroChallenge and Baltic Basketball League.

Achievements

Champions: 2010, 2011, 2014
Runner-up: 1958, 1980, 1981, 2001, 2016
Third–place: 2009
Champions: 1969, 2013
Runner-up: 2000, 2009, 2011
Fourth–place: 2014

Current roster

Damon Williams, Pyrintö all-time statistical leader in multiple categories.

As for the 2016–17 season.[1]

Retired numbers

All numbers are hangin in the rafters of the home arena, but current players can still play with them.

Tampereen Pyrintö retired numbers
N° Nat. Player Position Tenure
5 Finland Arvo Jantunen 1949–1966
7 Finland Olavi Ahonen 1960–1970
15 Finland Kalevi Tuominen 1952–1963

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, 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 or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.[2]

Notes
◆ Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
◆ Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
◆ To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Women's team

Pyrintö's women's team currently plays in Women's Korisliiga, the highest tier of basketball for women in Finland, and has won eight Finnish titles and the Finnish Cup once. Among club's women's team, Pyrintö has retired the jersey of Seija Leino.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.basket.fi/sarjat/joukkueet/joukkue/?team_id=43&season_id=92143&league_id=4#mbt:2-200$t&0=3
  2. ↑ http://www.baskethotel.com/fba/fi/mens-league/tampereen-pyrinto


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