Pielaveden Sampo

Sampo
Full namePielaveden Sampo
Founded1924
GroundPielaveden liikuntahalli
Pielavesi, Finland
Capacity4000
Chairman Timo Perälä
Head Coach Ruslan Zhbankov
LeagueFinland Champion League
2009-10National League, 2nd place

Pielaveden Sampo is a professional volleyball club based in Pielavesi, a small town in Eastern Finland. The club is one of the most successful teams in the Finland volleyball league. The team has become a national champion in the national volleyball league three times, in 2004, 2005, and 2009, and has been the first runner-up in 2001, 2007, 2008, and 2010. Sampo has also won a bronze medal in 2002 and 2003. There have also been plenty of famous players playing on the team, e.g. Olli Kunnari and Urpo Sivula. One of Sampo's owners is a well-known volleyball player, Tuomas Sammelvuo.