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Kataja Basket Club
Contact info- Street address: Kataja Basket Club, Kirkkokatu 21, 80100 Joensuu, Finland
- Phone: +358 13 224 063
- Fax: +358 13 125 062
- Email: koripallo@joensuunkataja.fi
- Chairman: Mr. Paavo Vatanen
Men´s basketball- Head coach: Mr. Jukka Toijala, email jukka.toijala@katajabasket.fi
- Team manager: Mr. Jukka Törmälä, phone +358 50 366 1680, email jukka.tormala@vatupassi.fi
- 2012-13 roster
- 2012-13 schedule
- Achievements
- 18 seasons in the Finnish top league ("Korisliiga") (1969-70, 76-80, 82-83, 01-13)
- Finalist 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012
- Semi-finalist 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013 (finished 3rd every time (bronze medal))
- Regular season champion 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
- 12 times in the playoffs (1978, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
- Finnish Cup
- Champion 2002, 2010, 2011
- Finalist 2005
- Bronze 1976
- International competitions
- FIBA EuroChallenge 2013
- Qualified for regular season (32 teams) by winning Turkish Aliaga Petkim twice (82-70 home and 77-64 away) in the qualification
- Finished the regular season 2nd (3-3) in the group B and qualified for Last 16
- Finished 2nd (3-3) in the Group I within Last 16 and qualified for the Quarter-Final Play-offs against BCM Gravelines Dunkerque (FRA)
- Finished the season in the top 8 after losing twice to BCM Gravelines Dunkerque (57-86 away and 98-102 (2OT) home)
- Division I (FIN-II)
Women´s basketball- Achievements
- 7 seasons in the Finnish Division I (FIN-II) (1990-93, 2004-08)
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