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2014–15 Korisliiga season

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Korisliiga
Season2014–15
Teams11
Regular season
Season MVPFinland Teemu Rannikko (Finnish)
United States Robert Arnold (Import)
Finals
ChampionsKataja (1st title)
  Runners-upBisons Loimaa
Third placeKTP
Fourth placeKauhajoen Karhu
Finals MVPFinland Teemu Rannikko
Statistical leaders
Points United States Robert Arnold 22.3
Rebounds United States Paul Carter 12.5
Assists Finland Teemu Rannikko 8.3

The 2014–15 season was the 75th season of the Korisliiga, the highest professional basketball tier in Finland. The league champion qualified for the 2015–16 Eurocup regular season.[1] Kataja won its first title in franchise history.

Teams

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Eleven teams participated in the Korisliiga this season. Lappeenrannan NMKY left the league because of its poor economic situation.

Budgets

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Team Budgets[2] Change from
last year
Bisons Loimaa 820,000 € – 30,000 €
Joensuun Kataja 675,000 € –50,000 €
Helsinki Seagulls 630,000 € Second division
Kouvot 520,000 € + 135,000 €
Kauhajoen Karhu 520,000 € - 65,000 €
KTP 500,000 € - 50,000 €
Tampereen Pyrintö 404,000 € + 75,000 €
Tapiolan Honka 396,000 € + 29,000 €
Namika Lahti 385,000 € + 55,000 €
Salon Vilpas 350,000 € ± 0 €
Korikobrat 300,000 € - 10,000 €

Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 KTP 40 29 11 3302 3207 +95 Qualified for Playoffs
2 Kataja 40 27 13 3472 3192 +280
3 Kauhajoen Karhu 40 27 13 3402 3212 +190
4 Bisons Loimaa 40 24 16 3180 3102 +78
5 Kouvot 40 24 16 3306 3175 +131
6 Tampereen Pyrintö 40 20 20 3201 3116 +85
7 Namika Lahti 40 17 23 2944 3012 −68
8 Helsinki Seagulls 40 17 23 3082 3087 −5
9 Korikobrat 40 13 27 3131 3375 −244
10 Salon Vilpas 40 11 29 2977 3154 −177
11 Tapiolan Honka 40 10 30 3076 3441 −365 Relegation
Source: [citation needed]

Rounds 1-20

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Home \ Away BIS HEL HON KAT KAU KOR KOU KTP LAH SAL TAM
Bisons Loimaa 87–71 80–69 62–90 74–69 79–74 93–79 76–81 75–82 94–89 76–71
Helsinki Seagulls 84–64 91–67 90–85 67–72 69–60 74–79 81–84 86–88 86–83 76–73
Tapiolan Honka 57–91 95–87 88–93 85–103 81–66 72–64 85–87 79–64 71–85 90–103
Kataja Basket Club 81–86 88–64 88–74 77–89 85–73 87–78 89–100 87–80 84–68 92–76
Kauhajoen Karhu 97–91 92–87 94–79 90–88 86–89 90–59 96–91 94–70 91–78 96–75
Korikobrat 73–84 71–92 88–84 80–81 63–76 93–76 83–87 70–72 79–88 68–86
Kouvot 85–82 94–77 95–73 68–90 91–83 108–74 76–88 83–77 76–75 89–80
KTP-Basket 77–76 84–81 73–74 97–95 98–95 97–84 90–77 77–67 81–74 86–83
Namika Lahti 58–63 80–58 88–72 77–74 90–84 86–93 62–91 74–81 80–55 77–63
Salon Vilpas Vikings 61–73 81–60 80–70 75–82 74–79 94–83 62–79 73–85 61–68 72–52
Tampereen Pyrintö 88–71 69–78 90–67 78–87 78–67 94–81 78–84 85–83 81–51 77–53
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 21-40

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Home \ Away BIS HEL HON KAT KAU KOR KOU KTP LAH SAL TAM
Bisons Loimaa 85–70 106–67 94–89 98–94 60–81 82–71 65–67 79–63 82–64 76–71
Helsinki Seagulls 89–71 88–74 70–83 64–76 89–55 76–65 81–87 59–70 75–60 72–75
Tapiolan Honka 79–88 72–73 99–87 79–90 79–88 78–74 87–96 53–62 80–103 77–106
Kataja Basket Club 95–83 87–78 97–78 95–81 106–87 77–91 82–68 94–76 87–74 87–81
Kauhajoen Karhu 88–83 85–78 72–79 63–87 88–83 104–61 90–71 85–59 86–83 95–82
Korikobrat 88–78 75–82 95–81 80–92 69–66 92–78 77–74 86–72 87–85 84–88
Kouvot 85–66 85–66 92–68 97–84 85–87 97–66 87–85 96–75 105–72 75–88
KTP-Basket 70–88 61–85 92–96 74–65 85–73 91–86 92–73 68–67 98–81 62–79
Namika Lahti 76–46 82–70 58–76 78–84 95–98 84–57 93–84 73–83 73–67 70–57
Salon Vilpas Vikings 75–81 67–83 86–88 55–82 78–82 92–75 52–91 67–69 77–57 82–77
Tampereen Pyrintö 84–91 76–75 78–74 93–89 94–56 88–85 81–83 81–82 66–80 76–75
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 KTP 3
8 Helsinki Seagulls 0
1 KTP 2
4 Bisons Loimaa 3
4 Bisons Loimaa 3
5 Kouvot 0
4 Bisons Loimaa 2
2 Kataja 3
3 Kauhajoen Karhu 3
6 Tampereen Pyrintö 2
2 Kataja 3 Third place
3 Kauhajoen Karhu 2
2 Kataja 3 1 KTP 1
7 Namika Lahti 2 3 Kauhajoen Karhu 0

Awards

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Award Player Team
Korisliiga MVP Finland Teemu Rannikko Joensuun Kataja
United States Robert Arnold Joensuun Kataja
Korisliiga Finals MVP Finland Teemu Rannikko Joensuun Kataja
Coach of the Year Finland Pekka Salminen Joensuun Kataja
Sixth Man of the Year Finland Petri Virtanen Joensuun Kataja
Most Improved Player Finland Joonas Lehtoranta KTP
Rookie of the Year Finland Marius van Andringa Joensuun Kataja
Defensive Player of the Year Finland Vesa Mäkäläinen Namika Lahti

References

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