Location Espoo, Finland Website pusbasket.ayy.fi | Team colors Red, white and black Date founded 1981 | |
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Leagues Finland's Southern 2nd division (Men's team)
Finland's Southern 3rd division (Women's team) History Otaniemen KoriPojat (1979-1981), PUS-Basket (1981-) Arena Leppävaaran liikuntahalli | ||
Pus basket kotkajengi 25 02 2017
PUS-Basket is the basketball club of Aalto University School of Science (former Helsinki University of Technology) from Espoo, Finland. Although PUS-Basket is a club representing a university, the club's teams compete in the 3rd and 4th highest levels of Finnish basketball leagues.
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Club
PUS stands for Polyteknikkojen Urheiluseura (Polytechnics' Sports Club, nowadays known as Aalto University Sports Club), which was founded in 1910 for all the University's sporting activities. PUS-Basket itself was founded 1981, so it celebrates its 35-year anniversary in September 2016.
In 2015-16 season, PUS-Basket has 3 teams (2 men's teams + 1 women's team) and thus around 40 club members.
Besides basketball, PUS has also ice hockey and volleyball teams. Additional student sporting activities are available.
Level
The PUS-Basket men's 1st team plays in Finland's Southern region's 2nd division, which is the highest regional level in Finnish men's basketball. 2nd division is an amateur level, where the longest distances between teams are ca. 100 km, though 8 of 13 teams are from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
PUS-Basket's men's 2nd team plays in the Aalto Basketball League, which is played between student guild teams on the Otaniemi campus.
PUS-Basket's women's team plays in Finland's Southern region's 3rd division, which is the second highest regional level in Finnish women's basketball.