2008–09 Korisliiga season
| Korisliiga | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 2008–09 | |||||||||
| Duration | October 3, 2008-May 16, 2009 | |||||||||
| Games played | 44 | |||||||||
| Teams | 12 | |||||||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||
| Top seed | Joensuun Kataja | |||||||||
| Season MVP | Antti Nikkilä (Domestic) Ray Nixon (Foreign) | |||||||||
| Relegated | Porvoon Tarmo | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Namika Lahti (2nd title) | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Joensuun Kataja | |||||||||
| Third place | Tampereen Pyrintö | |||||||||
| Fourth place | Espoon Honka | |||||||||
| Finals MVP | Vesa Mäkäläinen | |||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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| Records | ||||||||||
| Average attendance | 911 | |||||||||
← 2007–08 2009–10 → | ||||||||||
The Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2008-09 season was the 69th Finnish club basketball season. It began on October 3, 2008, and ended on May 16, 2009. Namika Lahti won the Final series by 3–0 against Joensuun Kataja.[1] Antti Nikkilä won the MVP Award and Vesa Mäkäläinen won the Finals MVP Award.[2]
Regular season
| # | Team | G | W | L | PF/G | PA/G | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joensuun Kataja | 44 | 32 | 12 | 92.3 | 82.6 | 64 |
| 2 | Kouvot | 44 | 29 | 15 | 80.3 | 73.6 | 58 |
| 3 | Espoon Honka | 44 | 28 | 16 | 77.3 | 71.3 | 56 |
| 4 | Namika Lahti | 44 | 27 | 17 | 81.0 | 77.8 | 54 |
| 5 | UU-Korihait | 44 | 27 | 17 | 79.3 | 75.9 | 54 |
| 6 | KTP-Basket | 44 | 23 | 21 | 79.1 | 77.9 | 46 |
| 7 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 44 | 22 | 22 | 83.6 | 82.6 | 44 |
| 8 | Torpan Pojat | 44 | 20 | 24 | 73.4 | 78.0 | 40 |
| 9 | Lappeenrannan NMKY | 44 | 18 | 26 | 79.6 | 83.5 | 36 |
| 10 | Forssan Koripojat | 44 | 18 | 26 | 78.4 | 81.2 | 36 |
| 11 | Team Componenta | 44 | 13 | 31 | 74.3 | 82.8 | 26 |
| 12 | Porvoon Tarmo | 44 | 7 | 37 | 72.3 | 83.8 | 14 |
Individual leaders
Statistics are for the regular season.
Scoring
| Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jeremiah Wood | Joensuun Kataja | 20.1 |
| 2. | Larry Blair | Joensuun Kataja | 19.6 |
| 2. | HL Coleman | Lappeenrannan NMKY | 19.4 |
| 4. | Frank Richards | Team Componenta | 19.4 |
| 5. | Steve Smith | KTP-Basket | 18.2 |
Assists
| Rank | Name | Team | APG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Frank Richards | Team Componenta | 4.1 |
| 2. | Damon Williams | Tampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket | 4.0 |
| 3. | Larry Blair | Joensuun Kataja | 4.0 |
| 4. | Ilkka Vuori | Namika Lahti | 3.9 |
| 5. | Chanan Colman | Espoon Honka/Lappeenrannan NMKY | 3.5 |
Rebounds
| Rank | Name | Team | RPG |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | DeWayne Richardson | Porvoon Tarmo | 12.7 |
| 2. | Jeremiah Wood | Joensuun Kataja | 12.4 |
| 3. | Ray Cunningham | Forssan Koripojat | 10.5 |
| 4. | Damon Williams | Tampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket | 10.4 |
| 5. | Clifton Jones | Team Componenta | 9.4 |
Playoffs
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Joensuun Kataja | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Torpan Pojat | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Joensuun Kataja | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Tampereen Pyrintö | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Kouvot | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Joensuun Kataja | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Namika Lahti | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Espoon Honka | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | KTP-Basket | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Espoon Honka | 0 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Namika Lahti | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Namika Lahti | 3 | Espoon Honka | 74 | ||||||||||
| 5 | UU-Korihait | 1 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 83 | ||||||||||
References
- ^ "Namika Lahti kolmessa ottelussa mestariksi (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2009-05-16. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
- ^ "Nikkilästä vuoden pelaaja, Mäkäläinen putsasi palkintopöydän (in Finnish)". Suomen Koripalloliitto. 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-31.