HBA-Märsky

HBA-Märsky
HBA-Märsky
Leagues	Koripallon I-divisioona; Naisten Korisliiga
Founded	2011; 13 years ago
Arena	Urhea Areena
Location	Helsinki, Finland
Team colors	White and Blue;
Head coach	Anton Mirolybov
Website	www.hba.fi
Home	Away

HBA-Märsky is a Finnish basketball club, administrated by the Helsinki Basketball Academy. Their home arena is in URHEA Campus in Mäkelänrinne, Vallila, Helsinki, which also serves as the National Olympic Training Center.

Helsinki Basketball Academy

Helsinki Basketball Academy is a joint program of the Finnish Basketball Association and Helsinki-based schools Mäkelänrinteen lukio [fi] (Mäkelänrinne Sports High School; nicknamed Märsky) and Pohjois-Haagan yhteiskoulu [fi] (PHYK).^[1] PHYK operates with teens aged 13–15 where they advance to Märsky high school program. In 2022, a new training center was opened in Pirkkola Sports Park, Pirkkola, Helsinki, which is located near the PHYK school of Pohjois-Haaga.^[2]

The HBA program was created in 2011, with a strong influence by Henrik Dettmann,^[3]^[4] and started in 2012. The aim of the program is to develop young Finnish talented basketball players aged 13–19 to an international level for Finnish national teams, by providing year round professional coaching and education.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

HBA-Märsky has teams for both boys/men and girls/women.^[9] The club's men's team competes in the Finnish second-tier Koripallon I-divisioona and its women's team plays in top-tier Naisten Korisliiga.

Notable coaches

Coaches who work or have worked for the HBA-Märsky teams.

Notable former players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: 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 Played at least one official NBA match at any time.