Helsingin Kisa-Toverit
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Men
The basketball HKT has been played in the national basketball league for 26 seasons, during which it won 504 to 300 match.[1] The club has won five championships in Finland in the period from 1961 to 1965, five silver and two bronze medals.[2] Also the men's basketball department of HKT has won the 1969-70 national Cup.[3] In European competitions HKT advanced to the quarterfinals of the 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup where the team eliminated by the Italian powerhouse Simmenthal Milano.[4] In the 1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup HKT faced in the round of 16 the famous Real Madrid and played a great home match where the Finnish lost with a 100-109 score.
The national team of Finland that took part in the basketball tournament of 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo had constituted five players of Helsingin Kisa-Toverit (Martti Liimo, Kari Liimo, Raimo Vartia, Pertti Laanti and Teijo Finneman).
Women
Women's basketball section of HKT has played four seasons in the first division (Naisten Korisliiga).[5] In 1967, the club's women's team won the only Finnish Championship. In 1966 HKT's women won their first championship medal, as naisjoukkue reached the Championship bronze medal.[6]
Honours
Men
- Winners (5): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65
- Winners (1): 1969–70
Women
- Winners (1): 1966–67