The Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2008-09 season was the 69th Finnish club basketball season. It began on October 3, 2008, and ended on May 16, 2009. Namika Lahti won the Final series by 3–0 against Joensuun Kataja. Antti Nikkilä won the MVP Award and Vesa Mäkäläinen won the Finals MVP Award.
Regular season # Team G W L PF/G PA/G PTS 1 Joensuun Kataja 44 32 12 92.3 82.6 64 2 Kouvot 44 29 15 80.3 73.6 58 3 Espoon Honka 44 28 16 77.3 71.3 56 4 Namika Lahti 44 27 17 81.0 77.8 54 5 UU-Korihait 44 27 17 79.3 75.9 54 6 KTP-Basket 44 23 21 79.1 77.9 46 7 Tampereen Pyrintö 44 22 22 83.6 82.6 44 8 Torpan Pojat 44 20 24 73.4 78.0 40 9 Lappeenrannan NMKY 44 18 26 79.6 83.5 36 10 Forssan Koripojat 44 18 26 78.4 81.2 36 11 Team Componenta 44 13 31 74.3 82.8 26 12 Porvoon Tarmo 44 7 37 72.3 83.8 14
Individual leaders Statistics are for the regular season.
Scoring Rank Name TeamPPG1. Jeremiah WoodJoensuun Kataja20.12. Larry BlairJoensuun Kataja19.62. HL ColemanLappeenrannan NMKY19.44. Frank RichardsTeam Componenta19.45. Steve SmithKTP-Basket18.2
Assists Rank Name TeamAPG1. Frank RichardsTeam Componenta4.12. Damon WilliamsTampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket4.03. Larry BlairJoensuun Kataja4.04. Ilkka VuoriNamika Lahti3.95. Chanan ColmanEspoon Honka/Lappeenrannan NMKY3.5
Rebounds Rank Name TeamRPG1. DeWayne RichardsonPorvoon Tarmo12.72. Jeremiah WoodJoensuun Kataja12.43. Ray CunninghamForssan Koripojat10.54. Damon WilliamsTampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket10.45. Clifton JonesTeam Componenta9.4
Playoffs
References Korisliiga Schedule & Results