Here is some information about club LP Viesti Salo ry (ry = registered association) and team LP Viesti, known as LP SALO in CEV Eurocups.

Short history

LP Viesti, known as LP SALO in Eurocups, is a volleyball club from south-west Finland, Salo. It was founded in February 28, 2008. Previously the team was called Salon Viesti and it has been playing in the Finnish Championsleague, Mestaruusliiga, since year 2000.

LP Viesti has won nine Finnish Championships in 2009-2015, 2017 and 2019. Our team has also achieved six silver medals and one bronze. In the Finnish Cup we have won 10 championships and five silver medals.

Our Best achievement in CEV Eurocups so far is the semifinal place in CEV Challenge Cup 2013 – and also taking part CEV Champions League 2015, 2018 and 2019.

LP Viesti has the longest winning streak in the Finnish ball sport history after winning 114 domestic matches in a row.

We in LP Viesti want to build a team that will get victories both on domestic and also on international level. Our club also wants to make women´s volleyball such a big sport in Finland that it gets interest widely all over the country. Also co-operation with the junior club Salon Viesti is an important issue. Since 2018 we have had a team for young potential players who want to practice and develop in a good club. This team is called LP Viesti Akatemia and it plays in the second highest level in Finland.

Sports director Mr. Tomi Lemminkäinen has been working in Salo team since it started in the top-level in the end on 1990´s. First Lemminkäinen acted as a coach, then as a sports manager of the club and now again also as a head coach.

Achievements:

  • 2008-2009
  • Finnish League: gold
  • Finnish Cup: gold
  • Challenge Cup: 2nd round
  • 2009-2010
  • Finnish League: gold
  • Finnish Cup: gold
  • Challenge Cup: Main Phase, 8th final, total place 14th
  • 2010-2011
  • Finnish League: gold
  • Finnish Cup: gold
  • CEV Cup: 16th final and to Challenge Cup: 4th final, total place 5th
  • 2011-2012
  • Finnish League: gold
  • Finnish Cup: gold
  • CEV Cup: 8th final, total place 13th
  • 2012-2013
  • Finnish League: gold
  • Finnish Cup: Silver
  • CEV Cup: 16th
  • Challenge Cup: Semi-Final, total Place 3rd
  • 2013-2014
  • Finnish League: gold
  • Finnish Cup: Silver
  • CEV Cup: 4th final, total Place 9th
  • 2014-2015
  • Finnish League: gold
  • Finnish Cup: gold
  • CEV DenizBank Volley Champions League, 16th
  • 2015-2016
  • Finnish League: silver
  • Finnish Cup: gold
  • CEV Cup: 8th final, total Place 13th
  • 2016-2017
  • Finnish League: gold
  • Finnish Cup: gold
  • CEV Cup: 16th final, total Place 17th
  • 2017-2018
  • Finnish League: silver
  • Finnish Cup: in semifinal
  • Champions League: 1.round
  • CEV Cup: 1. round
  • 2018-2019
  • Finnish League: gold
  • Finnish Cup: in semifinal
  • CEV Cup: 1. round
  • 2019-2020
  • Finnish League:
  • Finnish Cup: playing in the final in January 2020
  • in Champions League

Contacts

Sportsmanager of the club, also head coach of team

Mr. Tomi Lemminkäinen

email: tomi.lemminkainen@lpviesti.fi

phone +358 45 110 2253

Organising Director of LP SALO / LP Viesti in CEV Competitions

Ms. Monica Remmelkoor

email: monica.remmelkoor@lpviesti.fi

phone +358 45 2633372 (estonian, finnish, english, french, russian, german)

City of Salo and specially our playing-arena Salohalli (Salo Hall).

If there is anything You want know more, please send email to tiedotus@lpviesti.fi so we try to help You!