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Pyrintö
Pyrintö logo
Leagues Korisliiga
Founded 1941; 83 years ago (1941)
History Tampereen Pyrintö
(1941–present)
Arena Pyynikin Palloiluhalli
Location Tampere, Finland
Team colors White and Red
         
Head coach Tero Vasell
Championships 3 Finnish Championships
2 Finnish Cups
Website www.pyrinto.fi
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
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Tampereen Pyrintö, more commonly referred to as shortly Pyrintö, is a Finnish basketball team from Tampere. It is the basketball section of a club with the same name. Pyrintö's men's and women's teams play in Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball.

After 2010 Pyrintö has participated internationally in the EuroChallenge and the Baltic Basketball League.

Achievements

  • Korisliiga: 3
Champions: 2010, 2011, 2014
Runner-up: 1958, 1980, 1981, 2001, 2016
Third–place: 2009
  • Finnish Basketball Cup: 2
Champions: 1969, 2013
Runner-up: 2000, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021
  • Baltic Basketball League
Fourth–place: 2014

Current roster

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

Tampereen Pyrintö roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht.
SG 5 Finland Tomas Pihlajamäki 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
PG 7 Finland Valtteri Leppänen 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
PG 9 Finland Lassi Kilpinen 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G/F 10 Finland Osku Heinonen 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
G 12 United States David Gonzalvez 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
F 14 Finland Eero Lehtonen 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
F/C 16 Finland Panu Peltokangas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Head coach

Finland Miikka Sopanen

Assistant coach(es)

Finland Damon Williams
Finland Santeri Liljeberg


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

  • Roster
Updated: 24 July 2021

Retired numbers

Damon Williams 20111030
Damon Williams, Pyrintö all-time statistical leader in multiple categories.

All numbers are hanging in the rafters of the home arena, but current players can still play with them excluding Williams′ #32.

Tampereen Pyrintö retired numbers
Nat. Player Position Tenure
5 Finland Arvo Jantunen N/A 1949–1966
7 Finland Olavi Ahonen G 1960–1970
7 Finland Ismo Niemi N/A 1978–1987
8 Finland Jarmo Laitinen N/A As player: 1979–1989
As head coach: 1985–2008
8 Finland Antti Nikkilä N/A 1996–2014
15 Finland Kalevi Tuominen N/A 1952–1963
32 United States Damon Williams F 1999–2016

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, 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 or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

  • Finland Olavi Ahonen
  • Finland Olli Ahvenniemi
  • Finland Joonas Cavén
  • Finland Petri Heinonen
  • Finland Shawn Hopkins
  • Finland Arvo Jantunen
  • Finland Pentti Kaivonen
  • Finland Mikko Koskinen
  • Finland Jarmo Laitinen
  • Finland Antero Lehto
  • Finland Tero Minetti
  • Finland Antti Nikkilä
  • Finland Topias Palmi
  • Finland Kalevi Tuominen
  • Soviet Union/Estonia Heino Enden
  • United States Ashante Johnson
  • United States Carl Kilpatrick
  • United States Edmund Lawrence
  • United States Kelvin Lewis
  • United States Kenneth Lowe
  • United States Ricky Minard
  • United States/United Kingdom Shawn Myers
  • United States Marcus Norris
  • United States B.J. Raymond
  • United States Eric Washington
  • United States Damon Williams

Women's team

Pyrintö's women's team currently plays in Women's Korisliiga, the highest tier of basketball for women in Finland, and has won eight Finnish titles and the Finnish Cup once. Among club's women's team, Pyrintö has retired the jersey of Seija Leino.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Tampereen Pyrintö (baloncesto) para niños

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