Kauhajoki Karhu Basket Explained

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Karhu Basket
Leagues:	Korisliiga
Founded:	Kauhajoen Karhu Kauhajoki Karhu Basket
Arena:	IKH Areena
Capacity:	3,500
Location:	Kauhajoki, Finland
Colors:	Black, White and Orange
President:	Vesa Ojala
Coach:	Janne Koskimies
Competition1:	Korisliiga
Competition1 Champs:	3 (2018, 2019, 2022)
Website:	www.karhubasket.fi
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Kauhajoki Karhu Basket, is a Finnish professional basketball team from Kauhajoki. The team plays in Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball.

In 2018, the club achieved their first Korisliiga title ever after defeating Salon Vilpas 4–2 in the finals. It successfully defended its title the next season to repeat as Finnish champions.

Honours

Korisliiga
- Winners (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021-22
- Runners-up (2): 2020–21, 2022-23
- 3rd place (1): 2023–24
- Semifinals (3): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17
FIBA Europe Cup
- Semifinals (1): 2022–23

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Advanced
2018–19	Basketball Champions League		Oradea	87–84	74–80	Yes, +8
		Lukoil Levski	88–79	88–93	Yes, +13
		Nanterre 92	54–91	91–58	No, –70
2019–20	Basketball Champions League		Tsmoki Minsk	93–86	68–67	Yes, +6
	Basketball Champions League	Polski Cukier Toruń	93–82	70–58	No, –1
2022–23	Basketball Champions League		Patrioti Levice	57–81	No
2022–23	FIBA Europe Cup		Kormend	77–62	89–90	Yes
		Anwil Wloclawek	87–93	88–89
		Sporting CP	104–85	84–93
		Patrioti Levice	105–71	55–86	Yes
		Budivelnyk	65–62	65–72
		Hapoel Haifa	85–76	59–66
		FC Porto	75–65	80–81	Yes, +11
		Anwil Wloclawek	63–67	90–71	No, -23
2023–24	Basketball Champions League		Ironi Ness Ziona	56–92	No
2023–24	FIBA Europe Cup		CBet Jonava	88–104	98–94	No
		Rostock Seawolves	92–98	93–65
		AEK Larnaca	80–85	66–75