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| Full name | Team Lakkapää |
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| Ground | Lapin Urheiluopisto Rovaniemi, Finland |
| Capacity | 3000 |
| Chairman |  Kari Tapio |
| League | Finland volleyball league |
| 2008-09 | SM-league, Silver |
Team Lakkapää (formerly Perungan Pojat and Rovaniemen Santasport) is a professional volleyball team from Rovaniemi, Finland. The team played three seasons in Finland volleyball league, the country's highest level. They won two league championships in 2007 and 2008.
Achievements
[edit]- Finland Champion 2007, 2008, 2011
- Finland Cup Champion 2010
- Top-teams cup quarter finals
- Challenge Cup quarter finals
History
[edit]Rovaniemen Santasport was founded in 2006 when volleyball teams Perungan Pojat and Napapiirin Palloketut combined. In its first season the team became Finland league Champion. After that the teams split up. Perungan Pojat became Santasport. In 2008 Santasport won again Championship. Santasport won silver in the last season they played in Finnish volleyball league. After volleyball season 2008/2009 the club's name changed to Perungan Pojat once again.
Eventually they became Team Lakkapää.
Team
[edit]Setters:
- 1. Jani Sippola
- 5. Kalle Määttä
Middle-blockers
- 3. Antti Ylitalo
- 8. Viktors Korzenevics
Wing-spikers
- 4. Normunds Veinbergs
- 10. Robert Seppänen
- 13. Aki Mikkola
- 14. Pekka Sairanen
Opposites:
- 7. Joona Manninen
- 6. Steve Klosterman
- 9. Janne Kangaskokko
Notables
[edit]- Mikko Oivanen
- Normunds Veinbergs
- Ugis Krastins
- Jukka Lehtonen