Torpan Pojat

Torpan Pojat (ToPo) is a Finnish basketball club from Helsinki .

The club was founded in 1932 as a sports club of a school in Munkkiniemi , a district of Helsinki. At the end of the 1950s, the first successes on a national level in basketball arose. After two runners-up in 1957 and 1959, ToPo was the first Finnish champion in basketball in 1960. Further triumphs followed in 1966, 1978 and three championships in the 1980s. From 1996 to 1998 the Torpan Pojat were national champions three times in a row and two cup winners.

The club plays its home games in Töölön kisahalli in the Helsinki district of Töölö . The hall was built for the 1952 Summer Olympics .

successes

• Finnish Championships:
  • 1st place: 9 times (1960, 1966, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1996, 1997, 1998)
  • 2nd place: 9 times (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2010)
  • 3rd place: 6 times (1961, 1967, 1977, 1988, 1991, 1995)

• Finnish Cup:
  • Winner: 4 times (1980, 1992, 1996, 1997)

Known players

• Chase Griffin (* 1983), 2011/12 in the club
• Carl Lindbom (* 1991), 2011/12 in the club
• Kimmo Muurinen (* 1981), 2011/12 in the association
• Hanno Möttölä (* 1976), with the association since 2009
• Obie Trotter (* 1984), 2009/10 in the club
• Scottie Pippen (* 1965), 2008 in the club
• Dennis Rodman (* 1961), joined the club in 2005
• Shawn Huff (* 1984), 2000/01 in the club
• Eric Taylor (* 1969), 1999/2000 in the club
• André Bade (* 1973), 1998/99 in the association

Well-known trainers

•  Aaron McCarthy (* 1961), with the club from 1997 to 2001

Web links

• topo.fi homepage of the association (Finnish)