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Finland

FIBA ranking	20 (26 November 2024)
Joined FIBA	1939
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Finland
Coach	Lassi Tuovi
Nickname(s)	Susijengi (The Wolf Pack)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	2
Medals	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	17
Medals	None
Home Away
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)

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 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

Early years

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

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.

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

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.

Finland was selected one of the co-hosts for the EuroBasket 2017. Tournament's Group A was played in Helsinki, at the venue then called Hartwall Arena. Finland finished second in the group with wins against France, Poland, Greece and Iceland, and advanced to the round of 16 where they were defeated by Italy. They ultimately finished 11th in the competition

After not qualifying for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Finland performed well at the 2022 EuroBasket. They finished second in their group again, after Serbia. Led by Lauri Markkanen and his historical 43-point performance, they defeated Croatia in the round of 16. Eventually they were knocked out of the competition in the quarter-finals by Spain and finished 7th in the tournament. This was the nation's best finish since 1967, when they were sixth. The event was also a farewell for the captain Shawn Huff and long-served point guard Petteri Koponen as they both announced their retirement after the tournament.

Finland also qualified for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, as the first nation from Europe to make it through in the qualifiers. They lost their group stage games against Australia, Germany and Japan in Okinawa, but performed well in the classification games against Cape Verde and Venezuela, finishing the tournament with two wins in the 21st place.

In early July 2024, Finland competed at the 2024 FIBA Olympic qualifying tournement in Valencia, Spain. Without Markkanen, they unexpectedly made it through to the tournament's final round, but were knocked out of the competition by Spain again. Mikael Jantunen was named in the tournament's All-Star Five.

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup World Cup Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1950 Did not qualify 5 2 3 1954 EuroBasket served as qualifiers 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 Did not enter Did not enter 1990 Did not qualify EuroBasket served as qualifiers 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 22nd 5 1 4 Wild card 2019 Did not qualify 12 6 6 2023 21st 5 2 3 12 9 3 2027 To be determined To be determined Total 2/19 10 3 7 29 17 12 Olympic Games Olympic Games Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1936 No national representative 1948 Did not enter 1952 9th 3 0 3 1956 Did not qualify 1960 Did not enter Did not enter 1964 11th 9 4 5 8 7 1 1968 Did not qualify 9 4 5 1972 7 2 5 1976 5 1 4 1980 4 1 3 1984 3 1 2 1988 4 2 2 1992 Did not enter Did not enter 1996 Did not qualify Did not qualify 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 3 1 2 2028 To be determined To be determined Total 2/20 12 4 8 43 19 24

EuroBasket EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1935 No national representative 1937 1939 8th 7 0 7 1946 Did not enter 1947 1949 1951 9th 9 7 2 1953 12th 10 4 6 1955 10th 9 5 4 1957 11th 10 6 4 1959 13th 7 2 5 1961 14th 7 3 4 1963 14th 9 2 7 Direct qualification 1965 12th 9 3 6 1967 6th 9 6 3 Qualified as host 1969 Did not qualify 4 0 4 1971 4 1 3 1973 7 2 5 1975 Did not enter Did not enter 1977 10th 7 1 6 5 3 2 1979 Did not qualify 10 3 7 1981 5 2 3 1983 12 2 10 1985 12 4 8 1987 12 3 9 1989 9 3 6 1991 3 0 3 1993 4 2 2 1995 14th 6 0 6 12 9 3 1997 Did not qualify 10 3 7 1999 3 2 1 2001 16 10 6 2003 6 3 3 2005 Division B 6 3 3 2007 Division B 10 8 2 2009 Did not qualify 12 5 7 2011 9th 8 3 5 12 5 7 2013 9th 8 5 3 8 6 2 2015 16th 6 2 4 Direct qualification 2017 11th 6 4 2 Qualified as co-host 2022 7th 7 4 3 6 3 3 2025 Qualified as co-host In progress 2029 To be determined To be determined Total 18/40 134 57 77 188 82 106

Participated in other competitions

• FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup: (2018)
• Adecco Cup: (2015)
• Friendship Games: (1984)

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2024

Serbia 

23 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Serbia	77–61	Finland	Belgrade, Serbia
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 19–14, 22–17, 19–10
	Pts: Mitrović 19 Rebs: Mitrović 9 Asts: Petrušev 5	Boxscore	Pts: Jantunen 11 Rebs: Valtonen 9 Asts: Maxhuni 6	Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

26 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Finland	89–85	Denmark	Espoo, Finland
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 19–31, 30–14, 17–13
	Pts: Jantunen 19 Rebs: Jantunen 7 Asts: Maxhuni 6	Boxscore	Pts: Lundberg 26 Rebs: Dibba 7 Asts: Larsen, Lundberg 6	Arena: Espoo Metro Areena Attendance: 5,339 Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Blaž Zupančič (SVN)

25 June 2024 Friendly	Finland	73–70	New Zealand	Espoo, Finland
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 20–20, 18–22, 17–13
	Pts: Jantunen 20 Rebs: Jantunen 16 Asts: Maxhuni 6	Boxscore	Pts: Webster 18 Rebs: Te Rangi 7 Asts: Ili 6	Arena: Espoo Metro Areena Attendance: 3,633

28 June 2024 Friendly	Finland	90–84	Latvia	Tampere, Finland
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 14–17, 27–16, 21–30
	Pts: Nkamhoua 21 Rebs: Valtonen 7 Asts: Maxhuni 6	Boxscore	Pts: Lomažs 15 Rebs: Pasečņiks 7 Asts: Zoriks 6	Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 6,918

 Bahamas

2 July 2024 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Group stage	Finland	85–96	Bahamas	Valencia, Spain
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 28–20, 13–26, 18–23
	Pts: Jantunen, Maxhuni 20 Rebs: Jantunen 8 Asts: Maxhuni 6	Boxscore	Pts: Hield 24 Rebs: Ayton 9 Asts: Gordon 4	Arena: Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís Attendance: 2,731 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Boris Krejić (SVN), Martin Vulić (CRO)

4 July 2024 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Group stage	Poland	88–89	Finland	Valencia, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 23–14, 24–22, 17–29
	Pts: Slaughter 21 Rebs: Sochan 8 Asts: Ponitka 7	Boxscore	Pts: Jantunen 20 Rebs: Nkamhoua 6 Asts: Maxhuni, Salin 6	Arena: Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís Attendance: 2,470 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Johnny Batista (PUR), Martin Vulić (CRO)

 Spain

6 July 2024 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Semi-finals	Finland	74–81	Spain	Valencia, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 10–21, 29–18, 15–25
	Pts: Gustavson 15 Rebs: Jantunen 9 Asts: Little 4	Boxscore	Pts: Hernangómez 28 Rebs: Aldama 8 Asts: Brown 7	Arena: Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís Attendance: 5,132 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Johnny Batista (PUR), Blanca Burns (USA)

 Georgia

21 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Finland	83–90	Georgia	Espoo, Finland
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 23–23, 15–19, 20–28
	Pts: Nkamhoua 22 Rebs: Nkamhoua 10 Asts: Maxhuni 10	Boxscore	Pts: Shengelia 24 Rebs: Phevadze 7 Asts: Shengelia 5	Arena: Espoo Metro Areena Attendance: 4,243 Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)

Georgia 

24 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Georgia	81–64	Finland	Tbilisi, Georgia
19:00 (UTC+4)	Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 21–19, 17–13, 26–11
	Pts: Shengelia 25 Rebs: Baldwin 9 Asts: three players 6	Boxscore	Pts: Nkamhoua 11 Rebs: Valtonen 7 Asts: Seppälä 6	Arena: Tbilisi Arena Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Geert Jacobs (BEL), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU)

2025

21 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Finland	vs.	Serbia	Finland
		Boxscore

24 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Denmark	vs.	Finland	Denmark
		Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 21 and 24 November 2024 against Georgia.

Finland men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 9 Sasu Salin (C) 33 – (1991-06-11)11 June 1991 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Cluj-Napoca PF 13 Olivier Nkamhoua 24 – (2000-05-02)2 May 2000 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Chemnitz F 15 Thomas Tumba 23 – (2001-04-15)15 April 2001 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Morón G 16 Perttu Blomgren 23 – (2001-09-13)13 September 2001 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Bosna Royal SF 19 Elias Valtonen 25 – (1999-06-11)11 June 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Granada C 20 Alexander Madsen 29 – (1995-01-26)26 January 1995 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Força Lleida PG 21 Edon Maxhuni 26 – (1998-03-21)21 March 1998 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Strasbourg SG 30 Andre Gustavson 25 – (1999-05-07)7 May 1999 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Karhu PG 35 Ilari Seppälä 31 – (1993-03-27)27 March 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Kecskeméti SF 41 Topias Palmi 30 – (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Tampereen Pyrintö C 42 Daniel Dolenc 31 – (1993-08-10)10 August 1993 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Craiova F 44 Remu Raitanen 27 – (1997-08-21)21 August 1997 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Prievidza	Head coach Lassi Tuovi Assistant coach(es) Hanno Möttölä Daniel Jansson Teemu Rannikko Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 21 November 2024

Depth chart

Notable players

Current notable players who have played for the national team:

Current notable players roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SF Max Besselink 22 – (2002-04-04)4 April 2002 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Nokia C Federiko Federiko 23 – (2001-05-09)9 May 2001 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Texas Tech Red Raiders SG Jacob Grandison 26 – (1998-04-02)2 April 1998 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Free agent SF Shawn Hopkins 29 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Helsinki Seagulls SG Henri Kantonen 27 – (1997-08-20)20 August 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Free Agent PG Severi Kaukiainen 26 – (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Kalev/Cramo PG Aatu Kivimäki 27 – (1997-06-08)8 June 1997 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Patrioti Levice PG Miro Little 20 – (2004-05-30)30 May 2004 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Utah Utes PF Lauri Markkanen 27 – (1997-05-22)22 May 1997 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Utah Jazz F Alex Murphy 31 – (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Tryhoop Okayama F Miikka Muurinen 17 – (2007-03-04)4 March 2007 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Arizona Compass Prep	Legend Club – describes current club Age – describes age on 21 November 2024

Head coach position

• Alois Suurna – (1939)
• Keijo Viianen – (1950)
• Eino Ojanen – (1951–1952)
• Matti Simola – (1952)
• Eino Ojanen – (1953–1955)
• Kalevi Tuominen – (1955–1969)
• / Robert Petersen – (1969–1972)
• Kauko Jämsén – (1972–1973)
• / Robert Petersen – (1977)
• Kari Liimo – (1982–1984)
• Eero Saarinen – (1984–1991)
• Henrik Dettmann – (1992–1997)
• Aaron McCarthy – (1997–2001)
• Ari Tammivaara – (2001–2003)
• Tomi Kaminen – (2005)
• Pekka Salminen – (2008)
• Henrik Dettmann – (2004–2022)
• Lassi Tuovi – (2022–present)

Past rosters

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

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

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

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

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

Manufacturer

• Spalding
• Li-ning
• Adidas
• Avia
• Craft

Sponsor

• Finnair
• Nokia
• Pirkka
• Vantaan Energia
• Microsoft
• PostNord

See also

• Sport 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 team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
2. "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.
3. "Finland during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in November 2024". Retrieved 21 November 2024.
4. "Finland at the EuroBasket 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2011.
5. "Finland at the EuroBasket 2013". Retrieved 16 September 2013.
6. "Finland at the 2014 FIBA World Cup". Retrieved 4 September 2014.
7. "Finland at the EuroBasket 2015". Retrieved 13 September 2015.
8. "Finland at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 9 September 2017.
9. "Finland at the EuroBasket 2022". Retrieved 13 September 2022.
10. "Finland at the 2023 FIBA World Cup". Retrieved 2 September 2023.
11. ^ Finland | EuroBasket 2015, FIBA.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

External links

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

Videos

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

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