Bisons Loimaa

LoKoKo Bisons Loimaa
Leagues	Korisliiga
Founded	1964
History	Loimaan Korikonkarit(1964–2011)Nilan Bisons Loimaa(2011–2015)Bisons Loimaa(2015–2018)LoKoKo Bisons Loimaa(2018–present)
Arena	Loimaa Sports Center
Capacity	1,500[1]
Location	Loimaa, Finland
Team colors	Red, White, Navy
Head coach	Konsta Mastomäki
Championships	2Finnish Leagues
Website	bisons.fi
Home Away

LoKoKo Bisons Loimaa is a Finnish professional basketball club that is based in Loimaa.

History

Logo with Nilan as the main sponsor

Bison's office and shop

The club was established in 1964 as Loimaan Korikonkarit. The team was renamed Bisons after it was promoted to the Korisliiga in 2011. The team won the Finnish league championship in its first season in the league. Bisons won the championship once again in 2013, and qualified to play in Europe's 2nd-tier competition, the Eurocup, during the Eurocup 2013–14 season.

On 31 May 2016, Bisons Loimaa announced it will not participate in the top Finnish league due to financial problems and would join the second division.^[2]

The club plays its national domestic league home games at the Loimaa Sports Center in Loimaa.

Trophies

• Korisliiga
  • Champions (2):2011–12, 2012–13
    • Runners-up (1): 2014–15

Current roster

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Bisons Loimaa roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name G 0 Konsta Seppala F/C 1 Kyle Reid (basketball) G 2 Konsta Hannula G/F 4 Jani Kivinen G/F 8 Tero Valkama C 12 Mika Lahti F 13 Matti Selinheimo G 17 Juuso Makila PG 24 Vinay Parmar F 32 Markus Lamela F 41 Aljosa Bjekovic F 45 Konsta Ahola	Head coach Garcia Hopkins Assistant coach(es) Pekka Julkunen Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 6 December 2016

Notable players

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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.

• Ilari Seppälä
• Mikko Koivisto
• Matti Nuutinen
• Kimmo Muurinen
• Tuukka Kotti
• Roope Ahonen
• Pierre Jallow
• Yannick Franke
• Isaac Davidson
• Ralph Sampson III
• Martin Zeno

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Finnish Cup	European competitions		Other competitions
2011–12	1	Korisliiga	1st
2012–13	1	Korisliiga	1st	Runner–up
2013–14	1	Korisliiga	3rd		2Eurocup	RS
2014–15	1	Korisliiga	2nd				United League	13th
2015–16	1	Korisliiga	5th				United League	13th

References

1. "Nilan Bisons Loimaa". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
2. "Bisons hakee liigalisenssiä" (in Finnish). Loimaan Lehti. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

External links

• Official Website(in Finnish)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page