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Basketball team in Kouvola, Finland

Kouvot

Leagues| Korisliiga
Founded| 1964; 61 years ago (1964)
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

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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

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* 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

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

## Players

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### Current roster

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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. | Nat. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Age |

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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)  |  34 – (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

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

### Notable players

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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.

* Tuomas Iisalo
* Antti Kanervo
* Henri Kantonen
* Alexander Madsen[1]
* Ilari Seppälä
* Jukka Toijala
* Devon van Oostrum
* D.J. Richardson
* Eli Scott
* Jason Conley
* Deshon Taylor
* Ricky Lindo

## References

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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)

## External links

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* Eurobasket.com Kouvot Page

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Korisliiga

Clubs|

| 2021–22|

* Bisons Loimaa
* Helsinki Seagulls
* Kataja
* Karhu
* Kobrat
* Korihait
* Kouvot
* KTP
* Lahti
* Nokia
* Pyrintö
* Salon Vilpas

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Former clubs|

* Espoo United
* Lappeenrannan NMKY
* Namika Lahti
* Tapiolan Honka
* Ura

Seasons|

* 1938–39
* 1939–40
* 1940–41
* ~~1941–42~~
* ~~1942–43~~
* 1943–44
* 1944–45
* 1945–46
* 1946–47
* 1947–48
* 1948–49
* 1949–50
* 1950–51
* 1951–52
* 1952–53
* 1953–54
* 1954–55
* 1955–56
* 1956–57
* 1957–58
* 1958–59
* 1959–60
* 1960–61
* 1961–62
* 1962–63
* 1963–64
* 1964–65
* 1965–66
* 1966–67
* 1967–68
* 1968–69
* 1969–70
* 1970–71
* 1971–72
* 1972–73
* 1973–74
* 1974–75
* 1975–76
* 1976–77
* 1977–78
* 1978–79
* 1979–80
* 1980–81
* 1981–82
* 1982–83
* 1983–84
* 1984–85
* 1985–86
* 1986–87
* 1987–88
* 1988–89
* 1989–90
* 1990–91
* 1991–92
* 1992–93
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–00
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10 [fi]
* 2010–11 [fi]
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24

Awards|

* Most Valuable Player
* Finals MVP
* Defensive Player of the Year
* Finnish Basketball Hall of Fame

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