{{for|football club|Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat}}{{infobox basketball club | name = KTP Basket | color1 = white | color2 = #006600 | logo = KTP-Basket logo.png | image_size = 180px | nickname = | leagues = [[Korisliiga]] | founded = {{Start date and age|1927}} | dissolved = <!-- or | folded = --> | history = | arena = Steveco-Areena | capacity = 1,600 | location = [[Kotka]], [[Finland]] | colors = Green, White <br> {{color box|#006600}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} | current = | sponsor = | president = | vice-presidents = | manager = | coach = Michael Pounds | ownership = | championships = '''6''' [[Korisliiga|Finnish Leagues]] <br> '''9''' [[Finnish Basketball Cup|Finnish Cups]] | website = [http://www.ktpbasket.fi/ KTPBasket.fi] | h_body =006600 | h_pattern_b =_thinwhitestripes2 | h_shorts =006600 | h_pattern_s = _thinstripes_in_white | a_body =FFFFFF | a_pattern_b = _thingreenstripes | a_shorts =FFFFFF | a_pattern_s = }} '''Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat Basket''', shortly '''KTP Basket''', is the largely independent [[basketball]] team of [[Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat]], a [[Finland|Finnish]] sports club based in [[Kotka]], and has played in the [[Korisliiga]] since 1957. The club has won the [[Finnish Basketball League|Finnish championship]] six times.
==Trophies== *'''[[Korisliiga|Finnish Championships]]: 6''' :1958, 1967, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994 :<small>Runner-up: 1960, 1961, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, [[2012–13 Korisliiga season|2013]]</small> :<small>'''Bronze''': 1957, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1984, 2004, 2011, [[2014–15 Korisliiga season|2015]], [[2018–19 Korisliiga season|2019]]</small>
*'''[[Finnish Basketball Cup|Finnish Cups]]: 9''' :1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1993, 2003, 2004
==Sponsorship names== Due to sponsorship reasons the team has also been known as: *'''Team TEHO Sport''' (2013–14; European competitions)
==Players==
===Current roster=== {{Basketball roster header|team=KTP-Basket | color1 = white | bg1 = #006600 | bg2 = white | color2 = #006600 }} {{player3 | num = 1 | nat = USA | first = JayVaughn | last = Pinkston | pos = PF| m = 2.01 | kgs = 109 | year = 1991 | month = 11 | date = 27 }} {{player3 | num = 5 | nat = USA | first = DeAndre | last = Daniels | pos = SF| m = 2.06 | kgs = 95 | year = 1992 | month = 4 | date = 15 }} {{player3 | num = 7 | nat = FIN | first = Eldar | last = Skamo | pos = F | m = 1.98 | kgs = 85 | year = 1986 | month = 10 | date = 12 }} {{player3 | num = 8 | nat = FIN | first = Michael | last = Pounds | pos = G | m = 1.89 | kgs = 93 | year = 1988 | month = 9 | date = 15 | note = C }} {{player3 | num = 10 | nat = FIN | first = Janne | last = Lehtoranta | pos = G | m = 1.90 | kgs = 76 | year = 2000 | month = 8 | date = 25 }} {{player3 | num = 20 | nat = FIN | first = Mika | last = Heinonen | pos = G | m = 1.91 | kgs = 99 | year = 1999 | month = 3 | date = 15 }} {{player3 | num = 21 | nat = FIN | first = Markus | last = Rautasalo | pos = F | m = 1.80 | kgs = 70 | year = 2000 | month = 6 | date = 29 }} {{player3 | num = 23 | nat = USA | first = Kevin | last = Langford | pos = C | m = 2.03 | kgs = 98 | year = 1985 | month = 12 | date = 21 }} {{player3 | num = 25 | nat = FIN | first = Eero | last = Hannikainen| pos = G | m = 1.90 | kgs = 75 | year = 2001 | month = 5 | date = 18 }} {{player3 | num = 32 | nat = FIN | first = Topias | last = Kuukkanen | pos = SG| m = 1.87 | kgs = 83 | year = 1992 | month = 3 | date = 6 }} {{player3 | num = 40 | nat = FIN | first = Joonas | last = Timonen | pos = PG| m = 1.89 | kgs = 88 | year = 2000 | month = 10 | date = 13 }} {{player3 | num = 42 | nat = FIN | first = Okko | last = Ailio | pos = F | m = 1.97 | kgs = 99 | year = 2000 | month = 2 | date = 14 }} {{player3 | num = 44 | nat = FIN | first = Joonas | last = Lehtoranta | pos = F | m = 1.94 | kgs = 75 | year = 2000 | month = 2 | date = 25 }} {{player3 | num = 45 | nat = FIN | first = Emil | last = Uotila | pos = C | m = 1.98 | kgs = 99 | year = 2000 | month = 10 | date = 28 }} {{player3 | num = | nat = FIN | first = Remu | last = Raitanen | pos = SF | m = 2.06 | kgs = 90 | year = 1997 | month = 8 | date = 21 }} <!-- list of players --> {{Basketball roster footer | head_coach = * {{flagicon|FIN}} Tomi Kaminen | asst_coach = * {{flagicon|FIN}} Sauli Lanki * {{flagicon|FIN}} Harri Laine | team_man = * {{flagicon|FIN}} Heimo Heinonen | roster_url = https://www.ktpbasket.fi/joukkue | accessdate = 18 September 2019 }} {{Basketball roster nationality note}}
===Individual awards=== ;[[Korisliiga Most Valuable Player|Korisliiga MVP]] *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Larry Pounds]] – 1991 *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jerald Fields]] – 2007 *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tim Blue]] – 2012 *{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Remu Raitanen]] - 2022 ===Notable players=== {{Basketball notable players criteria}} {{columns-list| * {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Mustapha Amzil]] * {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Severi Kaukiainen]] * {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jukka Matinen]] * {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Remu Raitanen]] * {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Samuli Vanttaja]] * {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Ian Young (basketball)|Ian Young]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kenneth Simms]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[LaMonte Ulmer]] * {{flagicon|VCT}} [[Nyika Williams]] }}
==Season by season== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- bgcolor= !Season !Tier !League !{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after playoffs}} ![[Finnish Basketball Cup|Finnish Cup]] !colspan=2| European competitions |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2011–12 Korisliiga season|2011–12]] | align="center"| 1 | [[Korisliiga]] | style="background: " align="center"|6th | style="background: "| | colspan=2 style="background: "| |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2012–13 Korisliiga season|2012–13]] | align="center"| 1 | [[Korisliiga]] | style="background:silver;" align="center"| 2nd | style="background: "| | colspan=2 style="background: "| |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2013–14 Korisliiga season|2013–14]] | align="center"| 1 | [[Korisliiga]] | align="center"| 4th | style="background: "| | |<small>'''3'''</small> [[2013–14 EuroChallenge|EuroChallenge]] || {{center|{{Tooltip|L16|Last 16}}}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2014–15 Korisliiga season|2014–15]] | align="center"| 1 | [[Korisliiga]] | align="center" |3rd | style="background: "| | <small>'''3'''</small> [[2014–15 EuroChallenge|EuroChallenge]] || {{center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2015–16 Korisliiga season|2015–16]] | {{center|1}} | [[Korisliiga]] | align="center" | 9th | style="background: "| | <small>'''3'''</small> [[2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]] || {{center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2016–17 Korisliiga season|2016–17]] | {{center|1}} | [[Korisliiga]] | align="center" | 9th | style="background: "| | colspan=2| |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2017–18 Korisliiga season|2017–18]] | {{center|1}} | [[Korisliiga]] | align="center" | 8th | style="background: "| | colspan=2| |- |}
==External links== *[http://www.ktpbasket.fi/ Official website]
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