Creative English Translations of Finnish Basketball Teams

Everyone who follows sports know Aston Villa, Lakers, Zalgiris, Warriors.. and so on, but sometimes when you think of Finnish basketball teams names, they don’t sound so cool or media sexy .. so how about FREELY and taking some liberties, translating the names of Finnish basketball league team into English… let’s see how they sound!

BC Nokia – Basketball Club Marten

Helsinki Seagulls – Capital City Seabirds

Joensuun Kataja (or KatajaBasket) – Rivermouth Junipers

Kauhajoen Karhu (or KarhuBasket) – Dipper River Bears

Korihait – New Town Basket Sharks

Lahti Basketball – Radio City Basketball

Tapiolan Honka – Tapiola Pines

Salon Vikings (Salon Vilpas) – Backwood Vikings

KTP – Eagle City Working-class ball players

Forssan Alku – Genesis of Forssa

Peli-Karhut – The Play-Bears

Torpan Pojat – The Croft Boys

Vimpelin Veto – Vimpeli Blast

And now for the Finnish speakers – let’s try it the other way around, from English to Finnish… or how about I just write MY Finnish translation, and let’s see how many you get right! These are NOT only basketball teams.. so maybe think other sports as well 😉

Maksalammikko

Järvisen Enkelit

Kultaisen Valtion Soturit

Miamin Kiima

Enkeleiden Oksasakset

Männät

Oklahoma Kaupungin Ukkonen

Uuden Villapaidan Paholaiset

Sinitakit

Asevarasto

Lasipalatsi

Kuumakannut

Not sure how these sound to the Finnish ear – but I am sure the tickets to Maksalammikko vs Kuumakannut are selling out in no time, just as the Järvisen Enkelit vs Enkeleiden Oksasakset .. could not get a court side ticket for any money!

Do you have some suggestions for other funny translations of teams .. leave them in the COMMENTS section below… I would LOVE to hear any interesting and entertaining names from you!!