Lappeenrannan NMKY

Lappeenrannan NMKY
Founded1951; 73 years ago (1951)
ArenaLappeenrannan urheilutalo
LocationLappeenranta, Finland
Team colorsWhite and red
   
PresidentJari Vuorenpää
Websitehttp://www.lrnmky.fi
The logo of the team as Lappeenrannan NMKY

Lappeenrannan NMKY (also known as LrNMKY for short or as Team Lappeenranta in European competitions) is a basketball club based in a city of Lappeenranta, Finland. It was formed in 1951 as a Young Men's Christian Association (NMKY in Finnish) and has won two Finnish Championships (2005, 2006) and two Finnish Cups (2005, 2006).[1]

Team Lappeenranta participated in Fiba EuroCup challenge in 2005/2006 finishing in semi-finals.[2] In 2007/2008 season team is willing to make another run in Europe, this time in FIBA EuroCup.[3] After the 2013–14 season, NMKY left the Korisliiga because of financial problems.

  1. ^ "Euro Basket: Team Details - Lappeenrannan NMKY". Retrieved 2007-10-06.
  2. ^ "FIBA Europe: Khimik advance to finals". Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  3. ^ "FIBA Europe: Club competitions participants announced". Retrieved 2007-09-25.