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Finland men's national basketball team

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Finland
FIBA ranking20 Steady (25 February 2025)[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
Appearances18
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)

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 18 EuroBasket tournaments, with their best finish coming in fourth place as co-hosts at EuroBasket 2025. 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

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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

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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

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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

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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 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 tournament 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.

At the 2025 EuroBasket, Finland finished third out of six teams in Group B, which was played at home in Tampere. They defeated Serbia in the round of 16 game in Riga and advanced to the semi-finals for the first time in the country's EuroBasket history. The team finished ultimately 4th in the tournament, after being defeated by Greece 92–89 in the bronze medal game. Miikka Muurinen, the youngest player in the tournament, was awarded the inaugural EuroBasket Rising Star trophy after delivering multiple highlight reel dunks throughout the tournament. Lauri Markkanen was named in the All-Tournament Second Team.

Competitive record

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Summer World University Games

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Summer World University Games
Year Position
Thailand 2007 11th
Serbia 2009 10th
China 2011 7th
Russia 2013 10th
South Korea 2015 14th
China 2017 7th
Italy 2019 9th
China 2021 5th
Germany 2025 7th

Participated in other competitions

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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Loss

2024

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21 November 2024 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: Madsen,
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)
24 November 2024 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

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21 February 2025 Finland  95–105  Serbia Espoo, Finland
18:30 EET (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 31–27, 14–28, 24–26
Pts: Jantunen 18
Rebs: Jantunen 6
Asts: Maxhuni 7 		Boxscore Pts: Petrušev 34
Rebs: Petrušev 8
Asts: Avramović 9 		Arena: Espoo Metro Areena
Attendance: 6,146
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)
24 February 2025 Denmark  77–83  Finland Copenhagen, Denmark
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 22–17, 23–18, 7–24
Pts: Larsen 22
Rebs: Larsen 11
Asts: Lundberg 6 		Boxscore Pts: Nkamhoua 26
Rebs: Nkamhoua 8
Asts: Salin 6 		Arena: Farum Arena
Attendance: 2,391
Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Igor Mitrovski (MKD), Péter Praksch (HUN)
8 August 2025
Friendly
 Finland  105–62  Belgium Jyväskylä, Finland
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 28–17, 26–16, 26–12
Pts: Markkanen 48
Rebs: Markkanen 9
Asts: Little 8 		Boxscore Pts: Van Vliet 12
Rebs: Bako 12
Asts: Coleman 3 		Arena: LähiTapiola Areena
Attendance: 4,294
11 August 2025
Friendly
 Finland  92–74  Belgium Espoo, Finland
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 28–19, 23–23, 18–10
Pts: Markkanen 31
Rebs: Nkamhoua 8
Asts: Maxhuni 4 		Boxscore Pts: Vanwijn 15
Rebs: Bako 9
Asts: four players 4 		Arena: Metro Areena
17 August 2025
Friendly
 Poland  88–97  Finland Sosnowiec, Poland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 26–25, 21–28, 26–24
Pts: Balcerowski 17
Rebs: Olejniczak 6
Asts: Pluta 6 		Boxscore Pts: Markkanen 42
Rebs: Markkanen 12
Asts: Maxhuni 5 		Arena: Arena Sosnowiec
21 August 2025
Friendly
 Finland  106–87  Poland Espoo, Finland
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 35–24, 22–24, 22–20
Pts: Nkamhoua 18
Rebs: Markkanen 7
Asts: Little 7 		Boxscore Pts: Loyd 17
Rebs: Żołnierewicz 5
Asts: Pluta 7 		Arena: Metro Areena
27 August 2025 Sweden  90–93  Finland Tampere, Finland
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 27–23, 24–23, 18–21
Pts: Håkanson 28
Rebs: Birgander 7
Asts: Gaddefors 6 		Boxscore Pts: Markkanen 28
Rebs: Markkanen 6
Asts: Salin 7 		Arena: Nokia Arena
Attendance: 11,865
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Boris Krejić (SVN), Martin Horozov (BUL)
29 August 2025 Finland  109–79  Great Britain Tampere, Finland
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 30–21, 28–21, 23–14, 28–23
Pts: Markkanen 43
Rebs: Nkamhoua 7
Asts: three players 5 		Boxscore Pts: Nelson 13
Rebs: Yeboah 8
Asts: Phillip 5 		Arena: Nokia Arena
Attendance: 12,900
Referees: Boris Krejić (SVN), Martin Horozov (BUL), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)
30 August 2025 Montenegro  65–85  Finland Tampere, Finland
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 14–24, 15–20, 13–18
Pts: Slavković 15
Rebs: Vučević 12
Asts: Allman, Simonović 5 		Boxscore Pts: Markkanen 26
Rebs: Markkanen 13
Asts: Maxhuni 6 		Arena: Nokia Arena
Attendance: 12,900
Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Martin Horozov (BUL), Michał Proc (POL)
1 September 2025 Finland  78–81  Lithuania Tampere, Finland
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 15–25, 12–12, 30–24
Pts: Jantunen, Markkanen 19
Rebs: Markkanen 11
Asts: Markkanen 6 		Boxscore Pts: Jokubaitis 16
Rebs: Tubelis 11
Asts: Jokubaitis 9 		Arena: Nokia Arena
Attendance: 12,900
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Luis Castillo (ESP), Boris Krejić (SVN)
3 September 2025 Finland  61–91  Germany Tampere, Finland
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 17–29, 13–19, 12–22
Pts: Nkamhoua 16
Rebs: Nkamhoua 11
Asts: Grandison, Little 3 		Boxscore Pts: F. Wagner 23
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Schröder 9 		Arena: Nokia Arena
Attendance: 12,900
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Boris Krejić (SVN), Luis Castillo (ESP)
6 September 2025 Serbia  86–92  Finland Riga, Latvia
21:45 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 24–28, 24–16, 18–24, 20–24
Pts: Jokić 33
Rebs: Jokić 8
Asts: three players 4 		Boxscore Pts: Markkanen 29
Rebs: Little, Markkanen 8
Asts: Little 6 		Arena: Xiaomi Arena
Attendance: 4,006
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Takaki Kato (JPN), Luis Castillo (ESP)
10 September 2025 Finland  93–79  Georgia Riga, Latvia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 29–25, 14–22, 22–17
Pts: Jantunen 19
Rebs: Salin 7
Asts: Little 9 		Boxscore Pts: Mamukelashvili 22
Rebs: Bitadze 6
Asts: Shengelia 5 		Arena: Xiaomi Arena
Attendance: 6,025
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)
12 September 2025 Germany  98–86  Finland Riga, Latvia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 30–26, 31–21, 20–26, 17–13
Pts: Schröder 26
Rebs: Theis 11
Asts: Schröder 12 		Boxscore Pts: Nkamhoua 21
Rebs: Markkanen, Nkamhoua 8
Asts: Little 5 		Arena: Xiaomi Arena
Attendance: 10,047
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Antonio Conde (ESP), Boris Krejić (SVN)
14 September 2025 Greece  92–89  Finland Riga, Latvia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 24–19, 21–22, 23–33
Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 30
Rebs: G. Antetokounmpo 17
Asts: G. Antetokounmpo, Papanikolaou 6 		Boxscore Pts: Markkanen 19
Rebs: Markkanen 10
Asts: Jantunen 7 		Arena: Xiaomi Arena
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Antonio Conde (ESP), Julio Anaya (PAN)
28 November 2025 Hungary  vs.  Finland Hungary
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
Boxscore
1 December 2025 Finland  vs.  France Finland
--:-- EET (UTC+2)
Boxscore

2026

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26 February 2026 Belgium  vs.  Finland Belgium
--:-- CET (UTC+1)
Boxscore
1 March 2026 Finland  vs.  Belgium Finland
--:-- EET (UTC+2)
Boxscore
3 July 2026 Finland  vs.  Hungary Finland
--:-- EEST (UTC+3)
Boxscore
6 July 2026 France  vs.  Finland France
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
Boxscore

Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 tournament.[3]

Finland men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 1 Miro Little 21 – (2004-05-30)30 May 2004 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) UC Santa Barbara United States
SG 9 Sasu Salin (C) 34 – (1991-06-11)11 June 1991 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Estudiantes Spain
PF 13 Olivier Nkamhoua 25 – (2000-05-02)2 May 2000 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Varese Italy
PF 18 Mikael Jantunen 25 – (2000-04-20)20 April 2000 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
SF 19 Elias Valtonen 26 – (1999-06-11)11 June 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Granada Spain
C 20 Alexander Madsen 30 – (1995-01-26)26 January 1995 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Força Lleida Spain
PG 21 Edon Maxhuni 27 – (1998-03-21)21 March 1998 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BCM Gravelines France
PF 23 Lauri Markkanen 28 – (1997-05-22)22 May 1997 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Utah Jazz United States
SF 24 Miikka Muurinen 18 – (2007-03-04)4 March 2007 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) AZ Compass Prep United States
SG 30 Andre Gustavson 26 – (1999-05-07)7 May 1999 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Karhu Finland
SG 34 Jacob Grandison 27 – (1998-04-02)2 April 1998 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Boulazac France
PG 35 Ilari Seppälä 32 – (1993-03-27)27 March 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Kecskeméti Hungary
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 22 August 2025

Depth chart

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

Notable players

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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 Mustapha Amzil 23 – (2001-09-12)12 September 2001 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Trepça Kosovo
SG Samu Adler 18 – (2007-08-10)10 August 2007 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Vilpas Finland
PG Aatu Kivimäki 28 – (1997-06-08)8 June 1997 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Patrioti Levice Slovakia
G/F Perttu Blomgren 23 – (2001-09-13)13 September 2001 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Ventspils Latvia
SF Max Besselink 23 – (2002-04-04)4 April 2002 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Nokia Finland
C Daniel Dolenc 32 – (1993-08-10)10 August 1993 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) HKK Široki Bosnia and Herzegovina
C Federiko Federiko 24 – (2001-05-09)9 May 2001 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Texas Tech Red Raiders United States
SF Shawn Hopkins 30 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Álftanes Iceland
SG Henri Kantonen 28 – (1997-08-20)20 August 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Helsinki Seagulls Finland
PG Severi Kaukiainen 27 – (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Kalev Estonia
F Alex Murphy 32 – (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Tryhoop Okayama Japan
SF Topias Palmi 30 – (1994-08-26)26 August 1994 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Real Sebastiani Rieti Italy
F Remu Raitanen 28 – (1997-08-21)21 August 1997 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Keflavík Iceland
F Thomas Tumba 24 – (2001-04-15)15 April 2001 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Kataja Finland
C Hannes Pöllä 27 – (1998-03-09)9 March 1998 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Kataja Finland
SG Okko Järvi 29 – (1996-01-12)12 January 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Kecskeméti TE Hungary
C Mikael Aalto 30 – (1994-09-12)12 September 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Korihait Finland
G Aaron Ekwere 18 – (2006-12-30)30 December 2006 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Drive Black Academy Finland
Legend
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age
    on 22 August 2025

Head coach position

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Past rosters

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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]

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[5]

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[6]

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[7]

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[8]

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[9]

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[10]

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)

2025 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 24 teams[11]

1 Miro Little, 9 Sasu Salin (C), 13 Olivier Nkamhoua, 18 Mikael Jantunen, 19 Elias Valtonen, 20 Alexander Madsen, 21 Edon Maxhuni,
23 Lauri Markkanen, 24 Miikka Muurinen, 30 Andre Gustavson, 34 Jacob Grandison, 35 Ilari Seppälä (Coach: Lassi Tuovi)

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  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. ^ Susijengi vuoden 2025 EM-kisoihin on valittu, Basketball Finland, basket.fi, 22 August 2025
  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 at the EuroBasket 2025". Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  12. ^ a b Finland | EuroBasket 2015[usurped], FIBA.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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