Tampereen Pyrintö, more commonly referred to as shortly Pyrintö, is a Finnish basketball team from Tampere. It is the basketball section of a club with the same name. Pyrintö's men's and women's teams play in Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball.
After 2010 Pyrintö has participated internationally in the EuroChallenge and the Baltic Basketball League.
Achievements Korisliiga: 3 Champions: 2010, 2011, 2014 Runner-up: 1958, 1980, 1981, 2001, 2016 Third–place: 2009 Finnish Basketball Cup: 2 Champions: 1969, 2013 Runner-up: 2000, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021 Baltic Basketball League Fourth–place: 2014
Current roster
Retired numbers
All numbers are hanging in the rafters of the home arena, but current players can still play with them excluding Williams′ #32. Tampereen Pyrintö retired numbers N° PlayerPositionTenure 4 Antero Lehto G 2000–2006, 2007-2020, 2023-2025 5 Arvo Jantunen N/A 1949–1966 7 Olavi Ahonen G 1960–1970 7 Ismo Niemi N/A 1978–1987 8 Jarmo Laitinen N/A As player: 1979–1989As head coach: 1985–2008 8 Antti Nikkilä N/A 1996–2014 15 Kalevi Tuominen N/A 1952–1963 32 Damon Williams F 1999–2016
Notable players
To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, set a club record or won an individual award while at the club, played at least one official international match for their national team at any time or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.
Notes Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.
Women's team Pyrintö's women's team currently plays in Women's Korisliiga, the highest tier of basketball for women in Finland, and has won eight Finnish titles and the Finnish Cup once. Among club's women's team, Pyrintö has retired the jersey of Seija Leino.
Former coaches Pieti Poikola
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