Finland men's national basketball team

Finland
FIBA ranking	34 2 (9 August 2021)
Joined FIBA	1939
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Finland
Coach	Henrik Dettmann
Nickname(s)	Susijengi; (The Wolf Pack)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1
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 16 EuroBasket tournaments, with their best finish coming in sixth place at EuroBasket 1967 on home soil. The national team has also reached the Olympic Games twice, in 1952 as the host, and 1964. In 2014 Finland qualified for their first ever appearance to the FIBA World Cup.

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

History[]

Early years[]

Finnish national team during the EuroBasket 1939 in Lithuania.

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 playing against Mexico at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

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[]

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 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[]

EuroBasket[]

EuroBasket					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
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	Direct qualification
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	Qualified				6	3	3
Total	17/39	127	53	74	188	82	106

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	To be determined				To be determined
Total	1/18	5	1	4	17	8	9

Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games					Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1948	Did not enter
1952	9th	3	0	3
1956	Did not qualify
1960	Did not qualify
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
1996 to 2016
2020
2024	To be determined
Total	2/19	12	4	8	40	18	22

Results and fixtures[]

Win Loss

2020[]

20 February 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Finland	58–80 0	Serbia	showEspoo, Finland 0
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 14–18, 13–23, 21–20
	Pts: Palmi 16 Rebs: Kotti 6 Asts: three players 3	Boxscore	Pts: Raduljica 19 Rebs: three players 8 Asts: four players 3	Arena: Espoo Metro Areena Attendance: 6,770^[3] Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Tolga Sahin (ITA), Andrei Sharapa (BLR)

23 February 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Switzerland	64–69 0	Finland	showFribourg, Switzerland 0
19:15	Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 15–10, 14–22, 14–26
	Pts: Mlađan 12 Rebs: Jurkovitz 12 Asts: Jurkovitz, Kazadi 3	Boxscore	Pts: Salin 25 Rebs: 10 Asts: 5	Arena: Referees: Sergii Zashchu (UKR), Igor Mitrovski (MKD), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)

28 November 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Finland	85–91 0	Georgia	showEspoo, Finland* ^{[note 1]} 0
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 21–22, 25–21, 20–26
	Pts: Salin 22 Rebs: Valtonen 6 Asts: Valtonen 5	Boxscore	Pts: Shermadini 27 Rebs: Shermadini 10 Asts: McFadden 10	Arena: Espoo Metro Areena Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Alexey Davydov (BUL), Geert Jacobs (BEL)

30 November 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Serbia	75–66 0	Finland	showEspoo, Finland* ^{[note 1]} 0
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–7, 18–18, 20–20, 20–21
	Pts: Anđušić 19 Rebs: Dangubić 7 Asts: three players 3	Boxscore	Pts: 15 Rebs: Valtonen 6 Asts: 6	Arena: Espoo Metro Areena Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Alexey Davydov (RUS)

2021[]

19 February 2021 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Finland	92–84 0	Switzerland	showTbilisi, Georgia* ^{[note 1]} 0
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 26–12, 22–17, 21–36
	Pts: Koponen 21 Rebs: 6 Asts: Koponen, Valtonen 4	Boxscore	Pts: Kovac 18 Rebs: Kazadi 7 Asts: Kazadi 10	Arena: Tbilisi Sports Palace Referees: Tolga Sahin (ITA), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE), Sergei Beliakov (RUS)

21 February 2021 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Georgia	70–78 0	Finland	showTbilisi, Georgia* ^{[note 1]} 0
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–30, 13–19, 27–8, 13–21
	Pts: Shermadini 19 Rebs: Shermadini 12 Asts: 5	Boxscore	Pts: Murphy, Valtonen 14 Rebs: Salin 5 Asts: Salin 5	Arena: Tbilisi Sports Palace Referees: Tolga Şahin (TUR), Dariusz Zapolski (POL), Kerem Baki (TUR)

11 July 2021 Friendly	Japan	71–76	Finland	showOkinawa, Japan
13:10 (UTC+9)
	Pts: Watanabe 17 Rebs: Edwards 12 Asts: Edwards 4	Boxscore	Pts: 13 Rebs: 6 Asts: 6	Arena: Okinawa Arena

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers matches on 19 and 21 February 2021 against Switzerland and Georgia.^[5]

Finland men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SG	4	Mikko Koivisto	33 – (1987-04-18)18 April 1987	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Vilpas
F	5	Alex Murphy	27 – (1993-06-03)3 June 1993	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Granada
F	7	Shawn Huff (C)	36 – (1984-05-05)5 May 1984	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Seagulls
SG	9	Sasu Salin	29 – (1991-06-11)11 June 1991	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Tenerife
G	11	Petteri Koponen	32 – (1988-04-13)13 April 1988	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Reggiana
F	12	Matti Nuutinen	30 – (1990-05-06)6 May 1990	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Ura
G/F	14		23 – (1997-08-20)20 August 1997	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Aix Maurienne
F	18	Mikael Jantunen	20 – (2000-04-20)20 April 2000	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Utah Utes
G/F	19	Elias Valtonen	21 – (1999-06-11)11 June 1999	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Tübingen
F/C	20		26 – (1995-01-26)26 January 1995	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Rīga
PG	21		22 – (1998-03-21)21 March 1998	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Pärnu
F/C	33	Erik Murphy	30 – (1990-10-26)26 October 1990	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Fukushima
PG	35		27 – (1993-03-27)27 March 1993	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Aix Maurienne
F/C	42		27 – (1993-08-10)10 August 1993	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Swans

Head coach

Henrik Dettmann

Assistant coach(es)

Mikko Larkas
Lassi Tuovi

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 19 February 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Lauri Markkanen
PF	Mikael Jantunen	Alex Murphy	Erik Murphy
SF	Shawn Huff	Elias Valtonen	Matti Nuutinen
SG	Sasu Salin	Topias Palmi	Mikko Koivisto
PG	Petteri Koponen	Jamar Wilson

Head coach position[]

Henrik Dettmann – (1995 – 96, 2004 – 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: Osmo Kupiainen)

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: ?)

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, 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, 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)

Kit[]

Manufacturer[]

2015: Li-ning^[6]
2019: Adidas

Sponsor[]

2015: Microsoft^[6]
2019: PostNord

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows will be played behind closed doors in select host cities.^[4]

References[]

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "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.
^ "Impressive attendances open FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers". Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^ "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ "Finland during the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers". Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Finland | EuroBasket 2015 Archived 28 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, FIBA.com, Retrieved 27 September 2015.

External links[]

Official website
Finland at FIBA site
Finland National Team - Men at Eurobasket.com
Finland Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Videos[]

Finland - Tournament Highlights - 2014 FIBA World Cup Youtube.com video

[November_2020_and_February_2021_behind_closed_doors-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows will be played behind closed doors in select host cities.^[4]

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[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] "Impressive attendances open FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers". Retrieved 22 February 2020.

[4] "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.

[6] "Finland during the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers". Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[kit-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Finland | EuroBasket 2015 Archived 28 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, FIBA.com, Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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