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| name = Espoon Honka
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| logo = Espoon Honka logo.png
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| founded = 1975
| dissolved = 2011
| history = '''Espoon Honka'''<br>(1975–2011)<br>'''[[Tapiolan Honka]]'''<br>(2011–present)
| arena = Tapiolan Urheiluhalli
| capacity = 1,570
| location = [[Espoo]], [[Finland]]
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| championships = '''7''' [[Korisliiga|Finnish Leagues]]<br>'''5''' [[Finnish Basketball Cup|Finnish Cups]] 
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[[image:Petteri Koponen Honka 2006-2007.jpg|thumb|237px|[[Petteri Koponen]] with Espoon Honka in 2007]]

'''Espoon Honka''', also known as '''Honka Playboys''', was a [[basketball]] club based in [[Espoo]], [[Finland]] and it played in [[Korisliiga]]. The club was dissolved in 2011 due to financial difficulties.

==History==
Espoon Honka was founded in 1975 as a professional team apart from [[Tapiolan Honka]], which worked as a feeder team and took responsibility for organizing [[youth team]]s and other activities. Espoon Honka played 16 seasons in the [[Korisliiga]] and won seven championship titles.

Espoon Honka didn't play in the [[2011–12 Korisliiga season|2011–12 season]] of [[Korisliiga]] due to financial problems and the whole team was then dissolved later that year. A new team was then founded under the name [[Tapiolan Honka]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Honkaa ei nähdä Korisliigassa 2011-2012|url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/honkaa_ei_nahda_korisliigassa_2011-2012/5417117|website=yle.fi/urheilu/|publisher=YLE|access-date=13 November 2014|language=fi|date=8 June 2012}}</ref>

==Honours==
* '''[[Korisliiga]]'''
**'''Winners (7):''' 1974, 1976, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
*'''[[Finnish Basketball Cup|Finnish Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (5):''' 1973, 1974, 1975, 2001, 2009

== Notable players ==
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*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Ryan Bell (basketball)|Ryan Bell]]
*{{flagicon|FRY}} [[Luka Pavićević]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Shawn Huff]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Petteri Koponen]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Tuukka Kotti]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Kimmo Muurinen]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Sasu Salin]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Aki Ulander]]
*{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Jamar Wilson]]
}}

== Head coaches ==
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gordon Herbert]]
*{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Mihailo Pavićević]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

== External links==
* [http://www.basket.fi/english/competitions/teams/team/?team_id=40&season_id=8589&league_id=4 Espoon Honka in Korisliiga]
* [http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=FIN&Team=412 Espoon Honka in EuroBasket]

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[[Category:Basketball teams in Finland]]
[[Category:Basketball teams established in 1975]]
[[Category:Sport in Espoo]]
[[Category:1975 establishments in Finland]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in Finland]]
[[Category:Basketball teams disestablished in 2011]]

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