Kouvot

Kouvot
Kouvot
Leagues	Korisliiga
Founded	1964; 60 years ago
Arena	MLL Areena
Capacity	1,076
Location	Kouvola, Finland
Team colors	Black, Red, White;
Head coach	Jyri Lehtonen
Korisliiga titles	4 (1995, 1999, 2004, 2016)
Finnish Cup titles	1 (1998)
Website	kouvot.fi
Home	Away

Kouvot is a Finnish professional basketball team based in Kouvola. Founded in 1964, the team plays in the Korisliiga and has won the national championship four times: in 1995, 1999, 2004, and 2016. The team plays at the Mansikka-ahon urheiluhalli.

Trophies

Korisliiga

Champions (4): 1994–95, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2015–16

Runner-up (4): 1996–97, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2018–19

Bronze (1): 2009–10

Finnish Cup

Winners (1): 1997–98

Runner-up (4): 1996-97, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07

First Division

Winners(1): 1992–93

Logos

Logo used last in the 2014–15 season, when the logo was modernized to the current logo

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Kouvot Kouvola roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
F	2	Latimer, Cedric	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
G/F	3	Saarijarvi, Arttu	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
PG	4	Hirvonen, Tuomas	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
G	6	Shiloh, Kyle	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
G	7	Seppala, Ilari	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G	10	Gonzalvez, David	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		37 – (1987-10-29)29 October 1987
SG	11	Richardson, D.J.	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	33 – (1991-02-11)11 February 1991
PF	12	Luosmaa, Miikka	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
F	14	Laine, Oskari	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G	15	Kukkonen, Arttu	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
G	21	Knihtinen, Teemu	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
G	23	Leino, Vatteri	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
C	24	Masden, Alexander	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
G/F	34	Story, Malik	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F	42	Gipson, Thomas	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
SG		Alanen, Aapeli	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)

Head coach

Pieti Poikola

Assistant coach(es)

Antti Hurri

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

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.

References

^ Susijengin Alexander Madsen siirtyy Kanarialle: "Tilaisuutena liian hyvä jättää käyttämättä" JONAS KUISMA (Yle), 28 July 2018. Accessed 29 September 2021.(in Finnish)

External links

Eurobasket.com Kouvot Page

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[1] Susijengin Alexander Madsen siirtyy Kanarialle: "Tilaisuutena liian hyvä jättää käyttämättä" JONAS KUISMA (Yle), 28 July 2018. Accessed 29 September 2021.(in Finnish)

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