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Basketball Finland
SportBasketball
JurisdictionFinland
Founded1939 (1939)
AffiliationFIBA
Regional affiliationFIBA Europe
HeadquartersEspoo
Official website
www.basket.fi
Finland
Public basketball court in Baana

Basketball Finland (Finnish: Suomen Koripalloliitto ry, Swedish: Finska Basketbollförbund) is the governing body of Basketball in Finland. It was founded and became members of FIBA in 1939.

Basketball Finland operates the Finland men's national team and Finland women's national team. They organize national competitions in Finland, for both the men's and women's senior teams and also the youth national basketball teams. They also organize the Helsinki Basketball Academy.

The top professional league in Finland is Korisliiga.

See also

References

  1. "TOIMINTASÄÄNNÖT" (PDF) (in Finnish). Basketball Finland. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. "Finland FIBA Europe". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  3. "Finnish Professional league" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-20.

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