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Finland men's national basketball team

The Finland men's national basketball team (Finnish: Suomen koripallomaajoukkue, Swedish: Finlands herrlandslag i basket) represents Finland in international basketball competition. The national team is governed by Basketball Finland.

Finland
FIBA ranking20 5 (15 September 2023)[1]
Joined FIBA1939
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Finland
CoachLassi Tuovi
Nickname(s)Susijengi
(The Wolf Pack)
Olympic Games
Appearances2
MedalsNone
FIBA World Cup
Appearances2
MedalsNone
EuroBasket
Appearances17
MedalsNone
First international
 France 76–11 Finland 
(Kaunas, Lithuania; 22 May 1939)
Biggest win
 Luxembourg 53–111 Finland 
(Luxembourg City; 16 September 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Lithuania 112–9 Finland 
(Kaunas, Lithuania; 27 May 1939)

Finland has played in 17 EuroBasket tournaments, with their best finish coming in sixth place at EuroBasket 1967, on home soil. Finland has appeared at the Olympic Games twice, in 1952 as hosts, and 1964. Finland has also qualified for the FIBA World Cup twice, in 2014 and 2023.

Since 2011, Finland has had the highest FIBA World Ranking among Nordic countries.

History Edit

 
Finnish national team during the EuroBasket 1939 in Lithuania.
 
Finland playing against Mexico at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
 
Finnish national basketball team in 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
 
Jyrki Immonen (left) and national teammate Teijo Finneman in 1967.

Early years Edit

The Finnish Basketball Association was founded in February 1939. A few months earlier the Finnish Football Federation had decided to add basketball to its own repertoire. Finland first competed at the European championship at its third installment, the EuroBasket 1939. In the round-robin, they initially struggled and lost to each of the other seven teams and finished with a 70–541 overall point differential.

1950s Edit

Finland's next European competition was 12 years later, at the EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. Overall, they fared much better and split their four preliminary round games and finished at third place in the group at 2–2 but were eliminated from championship contention. They had success after that, winning all three of their classification round 1 games and both round 2 games to finish in 9th place of the 18 teams.

In 1952, by virtue of hosting the games in Helsinki, Finland played at the Summer Olympics for the first time. The national team finished at the bottom of Group B in the preliminary round losing all of its game to the Soviet Union, Bulgaria and Mexico, and failing to advance.[2]

Finland used this international experience when they competed again at the EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow. In the preliminary round, they finished with 1 win and 3 losses for 4th place of the 5 teams in the group. They fared significantly better in the first classification round, winning 3 and losing only 1 to finish in the middle of a three-way tie in the group. They lost both the 9–12 and 11/12 classification games, however, taking 12th place of 17 overall.

At the next event, Finland had some difficulty in the preliminary round of EuroBasket 1955. They lost all three early games in Budapest and were relegated to the classification round. Once again, not faced with the world elite opponents anymore, the Fins shone in the classification round and won all four of the pool play games. They won their classification 9–12 match as well, but lost to France in the 9/10 final to finish 10th of 18 in the tournament.

In Sofia, at the EuroBasket 1957, the Finns finished third in their preliminary group after going 1–2. They moved to the 9–16 classification pool and won five games there with only one loss. They took 11th place overall in the tournament.

Modern era Edit

 
Finland after defeating France at EuroBasket 2017.

At the EuroBasket 1995 in Greece, was Finland's first qualification to the top European basketball tournament since 1977. The national team did not fair too well at the event though. As they were routed in their first match against Russia 126–74, and ultimately led to them finishing with an 0–6 record (13th place) and were eliminated.

Finland qualified for the EuroBasket 2011. The tournament berth was the first for Finland in 16 years. There they finished third out of six teams in EuroBasket 2011 Group C and defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 92–64 and Montenegro 71–65. This allowed them to they qualify for the EuroBasket 2011 Group F. In their first match they were easily defeated by Russia but afterwards they defeated Georgia, before losing to Slovenia in their final match of the tournament. Despite not making it to the best of 8 tournament, Finland ended up making it to their first ever FIBA World Cup as a wild card team alongside Greece, Turkey, and Brazil.

Competitive record Edit

Results and fixtures Edit

  Win   Loss

2023 Edit

24 February 2023 Israel   95–970(OT)   Finland Tel Aviv, Israel
14:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 18–22, 24–25, 13–23Overtime: 12–14
Pts: Timor 27
Rebs: Zalmanson 11
Asts: Timor, Zalmanson 6
Boxscore Pts: Salin 18
Rebs: Murphy 9
Asts: Maxhuni 6
Arena: Drive in Arena
Attendance: 1,590
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Vladimir Jevtović (SRB), Anastasios Kardaras (GRE)
27 February 2023 Finland   81–87   Germany Espoo, Finland
18:30 EET (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 21–29, 19–23, 19–18
Pts: Jantunen 20
Rebs: Jantunen 6
Asts: Maxhuni 6
Boxscore Pts: Voigtmann 23
Rebs: Voigtmann 9
Asts: Hollatz 14
Arena: Espoo Metro Areena
Attendance: 6,504
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Viola Györgyi (NOR)
25 August 2023 Finland   72–98   Australia Okinawa City, Japan
17:00 (UTC+9) Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 19–28, 14–25, 18–28
Pts: Markkanen 19
Rebs: Markkanen 8
Asts: Little, Markkanen 4
Boxscore Pts: Mills 25
Rebs: Giddey 9
Asts: Giddey 8
Arena: Okinawa Arena
Attendance: 5,729
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Blanca Burns (USA)
27 August 2023 Japan   98–88   Finland Okinawa City, Japan
21:10 (UTC+9) Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 14–31, 27–27, 35–15
Pts: Hawkinson 28
Rebs: Hawkinson 19
Asts: Kawamura 9
Boxscore Pts: Markkanen 27
Rebs: Markkanen 12
Asts: four players 5
Arena: Okinawa Arena
Attendance: 7,374
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Amy Bonner (USA), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)
29 August 2023 Germany   101–75   Finland Okinawa City, Japan
16:30 (UTC+9) Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 28–17, 29–16, 25–20
Pts: Bonga, Schröder 15
Rebs: Hollatz, Voigtmann 4
Asts: 5
Boxscore Pts: Nkamhoua 14
Rebs: Jantunen 5
Asts: Maxhuni 6
Arena: Okinawa Arena
Attendance: 6,037
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Martin Horozov (BUL), Wael Mostafa (EGY)
31 August 2023 Cape Verde   77–100   Finland Okinawa City, Japan
16:30 (UTC+9) Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 23–26, 17–23, 21–23
Pts: I. Almeida 17
Rebs: E. Tavares 12
Asts: Mendes 5
Boxscore Pts: Markkanen 34
Rebs: Markkanen 9
Asts: Jantunen, Salin 6
Arena: Okinawa Arena
Attendance: 5,960
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)
2 September 2023 Finland   90–75   Venezuela Okinawa City, Japan
16:30 (UTC+9) Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 35–18, 19–27, 23–13
Pts: Markkanen 32
Rebs: Markkanen 9
Asts: Little 9
Boxscore Pts: Chourio 17
Rebs: Graterol 6
Asts: Guillent 7
Arena: Okinawa Arena
Attendance: 6,216
Referees: Martin Horozov (BUL), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)

2024 Edit

23 February 2024 Serbia   vs.   Finland Serbia
Boxscore
26 February 2024 Finland   vs.   Denmark Finland
Boxscore
21 November 2024 Finland   vs.   Georgia Finland
Boxscore
24 November 2024 Georgia   vs.   Finland Georgia
Boxscore

2025 Edit

21 February 2025 Finland   vs.   Serbia Finland
Boxscore
24 February 2025 Denmark   vs.   Finland Denmark
Boxscore

Team Edit

Current roster Edit

Roster for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[3][4]

Finland men's national basketball team – 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 1 Miro Little 19 – (2004-05-30)30 May 2004 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Baylor Bears  
F 5 Alex Murphy 30 – (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Estudiantes  
SG 9 Sasu Salin (C) 32 – (1991-06-11)11 June 1991 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Tenerife  
PF 13 Olivier Nkamhoua 23 – (2000-05-02)2 May 2000 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Michigan Wolverines  
SF 14 Henri Kantonen 26 – (1997-08-20)20 August 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Mažeikiai  
F 18 Mikael Jantunen 23 – (2000-04-20)20 April 2000 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Paris  
SF 19 Elias Valtonen 24 – (1999-06-11)11 June 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Bàsquet Manresa  
C 20 Alexander Madsen 28 – (1995-01-26)26 January 1995 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) VEF Rīga  
PG 21 Edon Maxhuni 25 – (1998-03-21)21 March 1998 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) ESSM Le Portel  
PF 23 Lauri Markkanen 26 – (1997-05-22)22 May 1997 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Utah Jazz  
SG 34 Jacob Grandison 25 – (1998-04-02)2 April 1998 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Cibona  
G 35 Ilari Seppälä 30 – (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Saint-Chamond  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 25 August 2023

Depth chart Edit

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Olivier Nkamhoua Alexander Madsen
PF Lauri Markkanen Alex Murphy
SF Mikael Jantunen Elias Valtonen Jacob Grandison
SG Sasu Salin Henri Kantonen
PG Edon Maxhuni Miro Little Ilari Seppälä

Head coach position Edit

Past rosters Edit

1939 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 8 teams

3 Martti Salminen, 4 Kalevi Ihalainen, 5 Ilkka Törrönen, 6 Erkki Saurala, 8 Pentti Vuollekoski, 9 Pauli Sarkkula, 10 Heinonen, 11 Erkki Lindén, 12 Vladi Marmo, 13 Reino Valtonen, 14 Alo Suurna (Coach: Alois Suurna)


1951 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 17 teams

3 Oiva Virtanen, 4 Raimo Lindholm, 5 Juhani Kyöstilä, 6 Timo Suviranta, 7 Pentti Laaksonen, 8 Raine Nuutinen, 9 Kalevi Sylander, 11 Arto Koivisto, 12 Pertti Mutru, 13 Kalevi Heinänen, 14 Kaj Gustafsson, 15 Olli Arppe, 16 Allan Pietarinen, 17 Tapio Pöyhönen (Coach: Eino Ojanen)


1952 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 23 teams

3 Juhani Kyöstilä, 4 Raine Nuutinen, 5 Raimo Lindholm, 6 Timo Suviranta, 7 Kalevi Heinänen, 8 Pentti Laaksonen, 9 Oiva Virtanen, 10 Esko Karhunen, 11 Eero Salonen, 12 Pertti Mutru, 13 Tapio Pöyhönen (Coach: Matti Simola)


1953 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 17 teams

3 Timo Lampen, 4 Raine Nuutinen, 5 Raimo Lindholm, 6 Timo Suviranta, 7 Keijo Hynninen, 8 Kalevi Heinänen, 9 Pentti Laaksonen, 10 Oiva Virtanen, 11 Eero Salonen, 12 Kaj Gustafsson, 13 Pertti Mutru, 14 Allan Pietarinen (Coach: Eino Ojanen)


1955 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 18 teams

3 Timo Lampén, 4 Raine Nuutinen, 5 Raimo Lindholm, 6 Timo Suviranta, 7 Kalevi Heinänen, 8 Oiva Virtanen, 9 Eero Salonen, 10 Kalevi Sylander, 11 Taisto Ravantti, 12 Seppo Kuusela, 13 Asko Jokinen, 14 Pertti Mutru, 15 Kalevi Tuominen (Coach: Eino Ojanen)


1957 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

3 Timo Lampén, 4 Raine Nuutinen, 5 Raimo Lindholm, 6 Timo Suviranta, 7 Arvo Jantunen, 8 Paavo Suhonen, 9 Juhani Kala, 10 Seppo Kuusela, 11 Kalevi Sylander, 12 Eero Salonen, 13 Pertti Mutru, 14 Arto Koivisto (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)


1959 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 17 teams

3 Matti Köli, 4 Timo Lampén, 5 Pentti Palkoaho, 6 Matti Nenonen, 7 Raine Nuutinen, 8 Raimo Lindholm, 9 Arvo Jantunen, 10 Kyösti Rousti, 11 Juhani Kala, 12 Seppo Kuusela, 13 Eero Salonen, 14 Raimo Vartia (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)


1961 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 19 teams

4 Uolevi Manninen, 5 Kari Liimo, 6 Timo Lampén, 7 Pertti Laanti, 8 Lauri Nurma, 9 Martti Liimo, 10 Tony Bärlund, 11 Raimo Lindholm, 12 Rauno Ailus, 13 Arvo Jantunen, 14 Seppo Kuusela, 15 Raimo Vartia (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)


1963 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

4 Uolevi Manninen, 5 Kari Liimo, 6 Timo Lampén, 7 Pertti Laanti, 8 Martti Liimo, 9 Juha Harjula, 10 Antero Siljola, 11 Rauno Ailus, 12 Kauko Kauppinen, 13 Jorma Pilkevaara, 14 Seppo Kuusela, 15 Raimo Vartia (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)


1964 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Uolevi Manninen, 5 Kari Liimo, 6 Timo Lampén, 7 Pertti Laanti, 8 Martti Liimo, 9 Raimo Lindholm, 10 Juha Harjula, 11 Risto Kala, 12 Kauko Kauppinen, 13 Jorma Pilkevaara, 14 Teijo Finneman, 15 Raimo Vartia (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)


1965 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams

4 Uolevi Manninen, 5 Kari Liimo, 6 Timo Lampén, 7 Pertti Laanti, 8 Martti Liimo, 9 Kari Lahti, 10 Hannu Paananen, 11 Jorma Pilkevaara, 12 Kari Rönnholm, 13 Lars Karell, 14 Teijo Finneman, 15 Jyrki Immonen (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)


1967 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

4 Veikko Vainio, 5 Kari Liimo, 6 Uolevi Manninen, 7 Pertti Laanti, 8 Martti Liimo, 9 Kari Lahti, 10 Kari Rönnholm, 11 Lars Karell, 12 Jorma Pilkevaara, 13 Olavi Ahonen, 14 Teijo Finneman, 15 Jyrki Immonen (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)


1977 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams

4 Kalevi Sarkalahti 5 Heikki Kasko, 6 Tapio Sten, 7 Heikki Taponen, 8 Antti Zitting, 9 Risto Lignell, 10 Raimo Mäntynen, 11 Anssi Rauramo, 12 Mikko Koskinen, 13 Klaus Mahlamäki, 14 Jarmo Laitinen, 15 Erkki Saaristo (Coach: Robert Petersen)


1995 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 14 teams

4 Martti Kuisma, 5 Hanno Möttölä, 6 Pekka Markkanen, 7 Sakari Pehkonen, 8 Jarkko Tuomala, 9 Markku Larkio, 10 Riku Marttinen, 11 Mika-Matti Tahvanainen, 12 Juha Luhtanen, 13 Jyri Lehtonen, 14 Kari-Pekka Klinga, 15 Petri-Mikael Niiranen (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)


2011 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 24 teams

4 Mikko Koivisto, 5 Antti Nikkilä, 6 Kimmo Muurinen, 7 Shawn Huff, 8 Gerald Lee, 9 Sasu Salin, 10 Tuukka Kotti, 11 Petteri Koponen,
12 Vesa Mäkäläinen, 13 Hanno Möttölä (C), 14 Petri Virtanen, 15 Teemu Rannikko (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)


2013 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 24 teams

4 Mikko Koivisto, 5 Antti Nikkilä, 6 Kimmo Muurinen, 7 Shawn Huff, 8 Gerald Lee, 9 Sasu Salin, 10 Tuukka Kotti, 11 Petteri Koponen,
12 Samuel Haanpää, 13 Hanno Möttölä (C), 14 Roope Ahonen, 15 Teemu Rannikko (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)


2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 22nd among 24 teams[5]

4 Mikko Koivisto, 5 Erik Murphy, 6 Kimmo Muurinen, 7 Shawn Huff, 8 Gerald Lee, 9 Sasu Salin, 10 Tuukka Kotti, 11 Petteri Koponen,
12 Matti Nuutinen, 13 Hanno Möttölä (C), 14 Antero Lehto, 15 Teemu Rannikko (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)


2015 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 24 teams

4 Mikko Koivisto, 7 Shawn Huff (C), 8 Gerald Lee, 9 Sasu Salin, 10 Tuukka Kotti, 11 Petteri Koponen, 12 Matti Nuutinen,
21 Ville Kaunisto, 24 Joonas Cavén, 30 Roope Ahonen, 31 Jamar Wilson, 33 Erik Murphy (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)


2017 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 24 teams[6]

4 Mikko Koivisto, 7 Shawn Huff (C), 8 Gerald Lee, 9 Sasu Salin, 10 Tuukka Kotti, 11 Petteri Koponen, 12 Matti Nuutinen,
15 Teemu Rannikko, 22 Carl Lindbom, 23 Lauri Markkanen, 31 Jamar Wilson, 33 Erik Murphy (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)


2022 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 24 teams[7]

1 Miro Little, 7 Shawn Huff (C), 9 Sasu Salin, 11 Petteri Koponen, 14 Henri Kantonen, 18 Mikael Jantunen, 19 Elias Valtonen,
20 Alexander Madsen, 21 Edon Maxhuni, 23 Lauri Markkanen, 35 Ilari Seppälä, 41 Topias Palmi (Coach: Lassi Tuovi)


2023 FIBA World Cup: finished 21st among 32 teams[8]

1 Miro Little, 5 Alex Murphy, 9 Sasu Salin (C), 13 Olivier Nkamhoua, 14 Henri Kantonen, 18 Mikael Jantunen, 19 Elias Valtonen,
20 Alexander Madsen, 21 Edon Maxhuni, 23 Lauri Markkanen, 34 Jacob Grandison, 35 Ilari Seppälä (Coach: Lassi Tuovi)

Kit Edit

Manufacturer Edit

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See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ^ . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Susijengi Aasian MM-kisoihin on nimetty" (in Finnish). basket.fi. 18 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Team roster: Finland" (PDF). FIBA. 25 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Finland at the 2014 FIBA World Cup". Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Finland at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Finland at the EuroBasket 2022". Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Finland at the 2023 FIBA World Cup". Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  9. ^ a b Finland | EuroBasket 2015 28 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, FIBA.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

External links Edit

  • Official website  
  • Finland FIBA profile
  • Finland National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com
  • Finland Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Videos Edit

  • Finland – Tournament Highlights – 2014 FIBA World Cup Youtube.com video

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This article is about the men s team For the women s team see Finland women s national basketball team The Finland men s national basketball team Finnish Suomen koripallomaajoukkue Swedish Finlands herrlandslag i basket represents Finland in international basketball competition The national team is governed by Basketball Finland FinlandFIBA ranking20 5 15 September 2023 1 Joined FIBA1939FIBA zoneFIBA EuropeNational federationBasketball FinlandCoachLassi TuoviNickname s Susijengi The Wolf Pack Olympic GamesAppearances2MedalsNoneFIBA World CupAppearances2MedalsNoneEuroBasketAppearances17MedalsNoneHomeAwayFirst international France 76 11 Finland Kaunas Lithuania 22 May 1939 Biggest win Luxembourg 53 111 Finland Luxembourg City 16 September 2006 Biggest defeat Lithuania 112 9 Finland Kaunas Lithuania 27 May 1939 Finland has played in 17 EuroBasket tournaments with their best finish coming in sixth place at EuroBasket 1967 on home soil Finland has appeared at the Olympic Games twice in 1952 as hosts and 1964 Finland has also qualified for the FIBA World Cup twice in 2014 and 2023 Since 2011 Finland has had the highest FIBA World Ranking among Nordic countries Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years 1 2 1950s 1 3 Modern era 2 Competitive record 2 1 FIBA World Cup 2 2 Olympic Games 2 3 EuroBasket 3 Results and fixtures 3 1 2023 3 2 2024 3 3 2025 4 Team 4 1 Current roster 4 2 Depth chart 5 Head coach position 6 Past rosters 7 Kit 7 1 Manufacturer 7 2 Sponsor 8 See also 9 References 10 External links 10 1 VideosHistory Edit nbsp Finnish national team during the EuroBasket 1939 in Lithuania nbsp Finland playing against Mexico at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics nbsp Finnish national basketball team in 1964 Tokyo Olympics nbsp Jyrki Immonen left and national teammate Teijo Finneman in 1967 Early years Edit The Finnish Basketball Association was founded in February 1939 A few months earlier the Finnish Football Federation had decided to add basketball to its own repertoire Finland first competed at the European championship at its third installment the EuroBasket 1939 In the round robin they initially struggled and lost to each of the other seven teams and finished with a 70 541 overall point differential 1950s Edit Finland s next European competition was 12 years later at the EuroBasket 1951 in Paris Overall they fared much better and split their four preliminary round games and finished at third place in the group at 2 2 but were eliminated from championship contention They had success after that winning all three of their classification round 1 games and both round 2 games to finish in 9th place of the 18 teams In 1952 by virtue of hosting the games in Helsinki Finland played at the Summer Olympics for the first time The national team finished at the bottom of Group B in the preliminary round losing all of its game to the Soviet Union Bulgaria and Mexico and failing to advance 2 Finland used this international experience when they competed again at the EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow In the preliminary round they finished with 1 win and 3 losses for 4th place of the 5 teams in the group They fared significantly better in the first classification round winning 3 and losing only 1 to finish in the middle of a three way tie in the group They lost both the 9 12 and 11 12 classification games however taking 12th place of 17 overall At the next event Finland had some difficulty in the preliminary round of EuroBasket 1955 They lost all three early games in Budapest and were relegated to the classification round Once again not faced with the world elite opponents anymore the Fins shone in the classification round and won all four of the pool play games They won their classification 9 12 match as well but lost to France in the 9 10 final to finish 10th of 18 in the tournament In Sofia at the EuroBasket 1957 the Finns finished third in their preliminary group after going 1 2 They moved to the 9 16 classification pool and won five games there with only one loss They took 11th place overall in the tournament Modern era Edit nbsp Finland after defeating France at EuroBasket 2017 At the EuroBasket 1995 in Greece was Finland s first qualification to the top European basketball tournament since 1977 The national team did not fair too well at the event though As they were routed in their first match against Russia 126 74 and ultimately led to them finishing with an 0 6 record 13th place and were eliminated Finland qualified for the EuroBasket 2011 The tournament berth was the first for Finland in 16 years There they finished third out of six teams in EuroBasket 2011 Group C and defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 92 64 and Montenegro 71 65 This allowed them to they qualify for the EuroBasket 2011 Group F In their first match they were easily defeated by Russia but afterwards they defeated Georgia before losing to Slovenia in their final match of the tournament Despite not making it to the best of 8 tournament Finland ended up making it to their first ever FIBA World Cup as a wild card team alongside Greece Turkey and Brazil Competitive record EditFIBA World Cup Edit World Cup QualificationYear Position Pld W L Pld W L nbsp 1950 Did not qualify 5 2 3 nbsp 1954 EuroBasket servedas qualifiers nbsp 1959 nbsp 1963 nbsp 1967 nbsp 1970 nbsp 1974 nbsp 1978 nbsp 1982 nbsp 1986 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1990 Did not qualify EuroBasket servedas qualifiers nbsp 1994 nbsp 1998 nbsp 2002 nbsp 2006 nbsp 2010 nbsp 2014 22nd 5 1 4 Wild card nbsp 2019 Did not qualify 12 6 6 nbsp nbsp nbsp 2023 21st 5 2 3 12 9 3 nbsp 2027 To be determined To be determinedTotal 2 19 10 3 7 29 17 12Olympic Games Edit Olympic Games QualifyingYear Position Pld W L Pld W L nbsp 1948 Did not enter nbsp 1952 9th 3 0 3 nbsp 1956 Did not qualify nbsp 1960 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1964 11th 9 4 5 8 7 1 nbsp 1968 Did not qualify 9 4 5 nbsp 1972 7 2 5 nbsp 1976 5 1 4 nbsp 1980 4 1 3 nbsp 1984 3 1 2 nbsp 1988 4 2 2 nbsp 1992 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1996 Did not qualify Did not qualify nbsp 2000 nbsp 2004 nbsp 2008 nbsp 2012 nbsp 2016 nbsp 2020 nbsp 2024 To be determined To be determinedTotal 2 19 12 4 8 40 18 22 EuroBasket Edit EuroBasket QualificationYear Position Pld W L Pld W L nbsp 1939 8th 7 0 7 nbsp 1946 Did not enter nbsp 1947 nbsp 1949 nbsp 1951 9th 9 7 2 nbsp 1953 12th 10 4 6 nbsp 1955 10th 9 5 4 nbsp 1957 11th 10 6 4 nbsp 1959 13th 7 2 5 nbsp 1961 14th 7 3 4 nbsp 1963 14th 9 2 7 Direct qualification nbsp 1965 12th 9 3 6 nbsp 1967 6th 9 6 3 Qualified as host nbsp 1969 Did not qualify 4 0 4 nbsp 1971 4 1 3 nbsp 1973 7 2 5 nbsp 1975 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1977 10th 7 1 6 5 3 2 nbsp 1979 Did not qualify 10 3 7 nbsp 1981 5 2 3 nbsp 1983 12 2 10 nbsp 1985 12 4 8 nbsp 1987 12 3 9 nbsp 1989 9 3 6 nbsp 1991 3 0 3 nbsp 1993 4 2 2 nbsp 1995 14th 6 0 6 12 9 3 nbsp 1997 Did not qualify 10 3 7 nbsp 1999 3 2 1 nbsp 2001 16 10 6 nbsp 2003 6 3 3 nbsp 2005 Division B 6 3 3 nbsp 2007 Division B 10 8 2 nbsp 2009 Did not qualify 12 5 7 nbsp 2011 9th 8 3 5 12 5 7 nbsp 2013 9th 8 5 3 8 6 2 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2015 16th 6 2 4 Direct qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2017 11th 6 4 2 Qualified as co host nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2022 7th 7 4 3 6 3 3 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2025 Qualified as co host To be determinedTotal 17 39 134 57 77 188 82 106Results and fixtures Edit Win Loss 2023 Edit Israel nbsp v nbsp Finland 24 February 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers 2nd round Israel nbsp 95 970 OT nbsp Finland Tel Aviv Israel14 30 UTC 2 Scoring by quarter 28 13 18 22 24 25 13 23 Overtime 12 14Pts Timor 27 Rebs Zalmanson 11Asts Timor Zalmanson 6 Boxscore Pts Salin 18 Rebs Murphy 9Asts Maxhuni 6 Arena Drive in Arena Attendance 1 590Referees Georgios Poursanidis GRE Vladimir Jevtovic SRB Anastasios Kardaras GRE Finland nbsp v nbsp Germany 27 February 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers 2nd round Finland nbsp 81 87 nbsp Germany Espoo Finland18 30 EET UTC 2 Scoring by quarter 22 17 21 29 19 23 19 18Pts Jantunen 20 Rebs Jantunen 6Asts Maxhuni 6 Boxscore Pts Voigtmann 23 Rebs Voigtmann 9Asts Hollatz 14 Arena Espoo Metro Areena Attendance 6 504Referees Martins Kozlovskis LAT Aleksandar Glisic SRB Viola Gyorgyi NOR Finland nbsp v nbsp Australia 25 August 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup Group stage Finland nbsp 72 98 nbsp Australia Okinawa City Japan17 00 UTC 9 Scoring by quarter 21 17 19 28 14 25 18 28Pts Markkanen 19 Rebs Markkanen 8Asts Little Markkanen 4 Boxscore Pts Mills 25 Rebs Giddey 9Asts Giddey 8 Arena Okinawa Arena Attendance 5 729Referees Jorge Vazquez PUR Wojciech Liszka POL Blanca Burns USA Japan nbsp v nbsp Finland 27 August 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup Group stage Japan nbsp 98 88 nbsp Finland Okinawa City Japan21 10 UTC 9 Scoring by quarter 22 15 14 31 27 27 35 15Pts Hawkinson 28 Rebs Hawkinson 19Asts Kawamura 9 Boxscore Pts Markkanen 27 Rebs Markkanen 12Asts four players 5 Arena Okinawa Arena Attendance 7 374Referees Ademir Zurapovic BIH Amy Bonner USA Ahmed Al Shuwaili IRQ Germany nbsp v nbsp Finland 29 August 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup Group stage Germany nbsp 101 75 nbsp Finland Okinawa City Japan16 30 UTC 9 Scoring by quarter 19 22 28 17 29 16 25 20Pts Bonga Schroder 15 Rebs Hollatz Voigtmann 4Asts Lo 5 Boxscore Pts Nkamhoua 14 Rebs Jantunen 5Asts Maxhuni 6 Arena Okinawa Arena Attendance 6 037Referees Matthew Kallio CAN Martin Horozov BUL Wael Mostafa EGY Cape Verde nbsp v nbsp Finland 31 August 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup Classifying round Cape Verde nbsp 77 100 nbsp Finland Okinawa City Japan16 30 UTC 9 Scoring by quarter 16 28 23 26 17 23 21 23Pts I Almeida 17 Rebs E Tavares 12Asts Mendes 5 Boxscore Pts Markkanen 34 Rebs Markkanen 9Asts Jantunen Salin 6 Arena Okinawa Arena Attendance 5 960Referees Jorge Vazquez PUR Wojciech Liszka POL Ahmed Al Shuwaili IRQ Finland nbsp v nbsp Venezuela 2 September 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup Classifying round Finland nbsp 90 75 nbsp Venezuela Okinawa City Japan16 30 UTC 9 Scoring by quarter 13 17 35 18 19 27 23 13Pts Markkanen 32 Rebs Markkanen 9Asts Little 9 Boxscore Pts Chourio 17 Rebs Graterol 6Asts Guillent 7 Arena Okinawa Arena Attendance 6 216Referees Martin Horozov BUL Wojciech Liszka POL Ahmed Al Shuwaili IRQ 2024 Edit Serbia nbsp v nbsp Finland 23 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Serbia nbsp vs nbsp Finland SerbiaBoxscore Finland nbsp v nbsp Denmark 26 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Finland nbsp vs nbsp Denmark FinlandBoxscore Finland nbsp v nbsp Georgia 21 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Finland nbsp vs nbsp Georgia FinlandBoxscore Georgia nbsp v nbsp Finland 24 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Georgia nbsp vs nbsp Finland GeorgiaBoxscore 2025 Edit Finland nbsp v nbsp Serbia 21 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Finland nbsp vs nbsp Serbia FinlandBoxscore Denmark nbsp v nbsp Finland 24 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Denmark nbsp vs nbsp Finland DenmarkBoxscoreTeam EditCurrent roster Edit Roster for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup 3 4 Finland men s national basketball team 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Name Age Date of birth Height Club Ctr G 1 Miro Little 19 2004 05 30 30 May 2004 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in Baylor Bears nbsp F 5 Alex Murphy 30 1993 06 03 3 June 1993 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in Estudiantes nbsp SG 9 Sasu Salin C 32 1991 06 11 11 June 1991 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in Tenerife nbsp PF 13 Olivier Nkamhoua 23 2000 05 02 2 May 2000 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in Michigan Wolverines nbsp SF 14 Henri Kantonen 26 1997 08 20 20 August 1997 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in Mazeikiai nbsp F 18 Mikael Jantunen 23 2000 04 20 20 April 2000 2 04 m 6 ft 8 in Paris nbsp SF 19 Elias Valtonen 24 1999 06 11 11 June 1999 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in Basquet Manresa nbsp C 20 Alexander Madsen 28 1995 01 26 26 January 1995 2 07 m 6 ft 9 in VEF Riga nbsp PG 21 Edon Maxhuni 25 1998 03 21 21 March 1998 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in ESSM Le Portel nbsp PF 23 Lauri Markkanen 26 1997 05 22 22 May 1997 2 13 m 7 ft 0 in Utah Jazz nbsp SG 34 Jacob Grandison 25 1998 04 02 2 April 1998 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in KK Cibona nbsp G 35 Ilari Seppala 30 1993 03 23 23 March 1993 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Saint Chamond nbsp Head coach nbsp Lassi TuoviAssistant coach es nbsp Hanno Mottola nbsp Mikko LarkasLegend C Team captain Club describes lastclub before the competition Age describes ageon 25 August 2023Depth chart Edit Pos Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2C Olivier Nkamhoua Alexander MadsenPF Lauri Markkanen Alex MurphySF Mikael Jantunen Elias Valtonen Jacob GrandisonSG Sasu Salin Henri KantonenPG Edon Maxhuni Miro Little Ilari SeppalaHead coach position Edit nbsp Alois Suurna 1939 nbsp Keijo Viianen 1950 nbsp Eino Ojanen 1951 1952 nbsp Matti Simola 1952 nbsp Eino Ojanen 1953 1955 nbsp Kalevi Tuominen 1955 1969 nbsp nbsp Robert Petersen 1969 1972 nbsp Kauko Jamsen 1972 1973 nbsp nbsp Robert Petersen 1977 nbsp Kari Liimo 1982 1984 nbsp Eero Saarinen 1984 1991 nbsp Henrik Dettmann 1992 1997 nbsp Aaron McCarthy 1997 2001 nbsp Ari Tammivaara 2001 2003 nbsp Tomi Kaminen 2005 nbsp Pekka Salminen 2008 nbsp Henrik Dettmann 2004 2022 nbsp Lassi Tuovi 2022 present Past rosters Edit1939 EuroBasket finished 8th among 8 teams3 Martti Salminen 4 Kalevi Ihalainen 5 Ilkka Torronen 6 Erkki Saurala 8 Pentti Vuollekoski 9 Pauli Sarkkula 10 Heinonen 11 Erkki Linden 12 Vladi Marmo 13 Reino Valtonen 14 Alo Suurna Coach Alois Suurna 1951 EuroBasket finished 9th among 17 teams3 Oiva Virtanen 4 Raimo Lindholm 5 Juhani Kyostila 6 Timo Suviranta 7 Pentti Laaksonen 8 Raine Nuutinen 9 Kalevi Sylander 11 Arto Koivisto 12 Pertti Mutru 13 Kalevi Heinanen 14 Kaj Gustafsson 15 Olli Arppe 16 Allan Pietarinen 17 Tapio Poyhonen Coach Eino Ojanen 1952 Olympic Games finished 15th among 23 teams3 Juhani Kyostila 4 Raine Nuutinen 5 Raimo Lindholm 6 Timo Suviranta 7 Kalevi Heinanen 8 Pentti Laaksonen 9 Oiva Virtanen 10 Esko Karhunen 11 Eero Salonen 12 Pertti Mutru 13 Tapio Poyhonen Coach Matti Simola 1953 EuroBasket finished 12th among 17 teams3 Timo Lampen 4 Raine Nuutinen 5 Raimo Lindholm 6 Timo Suviranta 7 Keijo Hynninen 8 Kalevi Heinanen 9 Pentti Laaksonen 10 Oiva Virtanen 11 Eero Salonen 12 Kaj Gustafsson 13 Pertti Mutru 14 Allan Pietarinen Coach Eino Ojanen 1955 EuroBasket finished 10th among 18 teams3 Timo Lampen 4 Raine Nuutinen 5 Raimo Lindholm 6 Timo Suviranta 7 Kalevi Heinanen 8 Oiva Virtanen 9 Eero Salonen 10 Kalevi Sylander 11 Taisto Ravantti 12 Seppo Kuusela 13 Asko Jokinen 14 Pertti Mutru 15 Kalevi Tuominen Coach Eino Ojanen 1957 EuroBasket finished 11th among 16 teams3 Timo Lampen 4 Raine Nuutinen 5 Raimo Lindholm 6 Timo Suviranta 7 Arvo Jantunen 8 Paavo Suhonen 9 Juhani Kala 10 Seppo Kuusela 11 Kalevi Sylander 12 Eero Salonen 13 Pertti Mutru 14 Arto Koivisto Coach Kalevi Tuominen 1959 EuroBasket finished 13th among 17 teams3 Matti Koli 4 Timo Lampen 5 Pentti Palkoaho 6 Matti Nenonen 7 Raine Nuutinen 8 Raimo Lindholm 9 Arvo Jantunen 10 Kyosti Rousti 11 Juhani Kala 12 Seppo Kuusela 13 Eero Salonen 14 Raimo Vartia Coach Kalevi Tuominen 1961 EuroBasket finished 14th among 19 teams4 Uolevi Manninen 5 Kari Liimo 6 Timo Lampen 7 Pertti Laanti 8 Lauri Nurma 9 Martti Liimo 10 Tony Barlund 11 Raimo Lindholm 12 Rauno Ailus 13 Arvo Jantunen 14 Seppo Kuusela 15 Raimo Vartia Coach Kalevi Tuominen 1963 EuroBasket finished 14th among 16 teams4 Uolevi Manninen 5 Kari Liimo 6 Timo Lampen 7 Pertti Laanti 8 Martti Liimo 9 Juha Harjula 10 Antero Siljola 11 Rauno Ailus 12 Kauko Kauppinen 13 Jorma Pilkevaara 14 Seppo Kuusela 15 Raimo Vartia Coach Kalevi Tuominen 1964 Olympic Games finished 11th among 16 teams4 Uolevi Manninen 5 Kari Liimo 6 Timo Lampen 7 Pertti Laanti 8 Martti Liimo 9 Raimo Lindholm 10 Juha Harjula 11 Risto Kala 12 Kauko Kauppinen 13 Jorma Pilkevaara 14 Teijo Finneman 15 Raimo Vartia Coach Kalevi Tuominen 1965 EuroBasket finished 12th among 16 teams4 Uolevi Manninen 5 Kari Liimo 6 Timo Lampen 7 Pertti Laanti 8 Martti Liimo 9 Kari Lahti 10 Hannu Paananen 11 Jorma Pilkevaara 12 Kari Ronnholm 13 Lars Karell 14 Teijo Finneman 15 Jyrki Immonen Coach Kalevi Tuominen 1967 EuroBasket finished 6th among 16 teams4 Veikko Vainio 5 Kari Liimo 6 Uolevi Manninen 7 Pertti Laanti 8 Martti Liimo 9 Kari Lahti 10 Kari Ronnholm 11 Lars Karell 12 Jorma Pilkevaara 13 Olavi Ahonen 14 Teijo Finneman 15 Jyrki Immonen Coach Kalevi Tuominen 1977 EuroBasket finished 10th among 12 teams4 Kalevi Sarkalahti 5 Heikki Kasko 6 Tapio Sten 7 Heikki Taponen 8 Antti Zitting 9 Risto Lignell 10 Raimo Mantynen 11 Anssi Rauramo 12 Mikko Koskinen 13 Klaus Mahlamaki 14 Jarmo Laitinen 15 Erkki Saaristo Coach Robert Petersen 1995 EuroBasket finished 13th among 14 teams4 Martti Kuisma 5 Hanno Mottola 6 Pekka Markkanen 7 Sakari Pehkonen 8 Jarkko Tuomala 9 Markku Larkio 10 Riku Marttinen 11 Mika Matti Tahvanainen 12 Juha Luhtanen 13 Jyri Lehtonen 14 Kari Pekka Klinga 15 Petri Mikael Niiranen Coach Henrik Dettmann 2011 EuroBasket finished 9th among 24 teams4 Mikko Koivisto 5 Antti Nikkila 6 Kimmo Muurinen 7 Shawn Huff 8 Gerald Lee 9 Sasu Salin 10 Tuukka Kotti 11 Petteri Koponen 12 Vesa Makalainen 13 Hanno Mottola C 14 Petri Virtanen 15 Teemu Rannikko Coach Henrik Dettmann 2013 EuroBasket finished 9th among 24 teams4 Mikko Koivisto 5 Antti Nikkila 6 Kimmo Muurinen 7 Shawn Huff 8 Gerald Lee 9 Sasu Salin 10 Tuukka Kotti 11 Petteri Koponen 12 Samuel Haanpaa 13 Hanno Mottola C 14 Roope Ahonen 15 Teemu Rannikko Coach Henrik Dettmann 2014 FIBA World Cup finished 22nd among 24 teams 5 4 Mikko Koivisto 5 Erik Murphy 6 Kimmo Muurinen 7 Shawn Huff 8 Gerald Lee 9 Sasu Salin 10 Tuukka Kotti 11 Petteri Koponen 12 Matti Nuutinen 13 Hanno Mottola C 14 Antero Lehto 15 Teemu Rannikko Coach Henrik Dettmann 2015 EuroBasket finished 16th among 24 teams4 Mikko Koivisto 7 Shawn Huff C 8 Gerald Lee 9 Sasu Salin 10 Tuukka Kotti 11 Petteri Koponen 12 Matti Nuutinen 21 Ville Kaunisto 24 Joonas Caven 30 Roope Ahonen 31 Jamar Wilson 33 Erik Murphy Coach Henrik Dettmann 2017 EuroBasket finished 11th among 24 teams 6 4 Mikko Koivisto 7 Shawn Huff C 8 Gerald Lee 9 Sasu Salin 10 Tuukka Kotti 11 Petteri Koponen 12 Matti Nuutinen 15 Teemu Rannikko 22 Carl Lindbom 23 Lauri Markkanen 31 Jamar Wilson 33 Erik Murphy Coach Henrik Dettmann 2022 EuroBasket finished 7th among 24 teams 7 1 Miro Little 7 Shawn Huff C 9 Sasu Salin 11 Petteri Koponen 14 Henri Kantonen 18 Mikael Jantunen 19 Elias Valtonen 20 Alexander Madsen 21 Edon Maxhuni 23 Lauri Markkanen 35 Ilari Seppala 41 Topias Palmi Coach Lassi Tuovi 2023 FIBA World Cup finished 21st among 32 teams 8 1 Miro Little 5 Alex Murphy 9 Sasu Salin C 13 Olivier Nkamhoua 14 Henri Kantonen 18 Mikael Jantunen 19 Elias Valtonen 20 Alexander Madsen 21 Edon Maxhuni 23 Lauri Markkanen 34 Jacob Grandison 35 Ilari Seppala Coach Lassi Tuovi Kit EditManufacturer Edit Spalding Li ning 9 Adidas Avia CraftSponsor Edit Finnair Nokia Pirkka Vantaan Energia Microsoft 9 PostNordSee also Edit nbsp Sports portal nbsp Finland portalSport in Finland Finland women s national basketball team Finland men s national under 20 basketball team Finland men s national under 19 basketball team Finland men s national under 17 basketball teamReferences Edit FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike FIBA 15 September 2023 Retrieved 15 September 2023 Basketball at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games Men s Basketball Round One Sports Reference Archived from the original on 26 October 2014 Retrieved 23 June 2014 Susijengi Aasian MM kisoihin on nimetty in Finnish basket fi 18 August 2023 Team roster Finland PDF FIBA 25 August 2023 Finland at the 2014 FIBA World Cup Retrieved 4 September 2014 Finland at the EuroBasket 2017 Retrieved 9 September 2017 Finland at the EuroBasket 2022 Retrieved 13 September 2022 Finland at the 2023 FIBA World Cup Retrieved 2 September 2023 a b Finland EuroBasket 2015 Archived 28 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine FIBA com Retrieved 27 September 2015 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Finland national basketball team Official website nbsp Finland FIBA profile Finland National Team Men at Eurobasket com Finland Basketball Records at FIBA ArchiveVideos 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