Turun NMKY

Turun NMKY (YMCA Turku) is a Finnish professional basketball club, based in Turku. The club plays in men's I-B-division.

History

Turun NMKY was founded in 1920. The team has played in a total of 32 through the top league level championships. NMKY has won the championship in Finland and the Finnish Cup, both four times. In the 1996-2000 period the club was also known as Piiloset.[1] In 2000, the Turun NMKY dropped on SM-series due to non-performing debt.[2] After a period of 2007 to 2008 it gave up from the I-division.[3] The rise back to the I-division occurred 2012.[4] However, the team played just one year, I division, and 2014-2015 II-division.

Honours & achievements

Finnish League

  • Winners (4): 1972-73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1981-82

Finnish Cup

  • Winners (4): 1972, 1976, 1982, 1999
  • Runners-up (1): 1981

References
  1. http://www.ts.fi/arkisto/haku.aspx?ts=1,0,0,0:0:45601,0
  2. http://www.ts.fi/arkisto/haku.aspx?ts=1,0,0,0:0:211648,0
  3. http://www.basket.fi/uutiset/liitto_ilmoittaa/?x127044=108666
  4. http://www.basket.fi/uutiset/kaikki_uutiset/miesten_divisioona/?x122527=13347522
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