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Finland men's national basketball team

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Men's national basketball team representing Finland
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, seeFinland women's national basketball team.

Finland
FIBA ranking17Increase 3 (15 September 2025)[1]
JoinedFIBA1939
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 76–11Finland 
(Kaunas, Lithuania; 22 May 1939)
Biggest win
 Luxembourg 53–111Finland 
(Luxembourg City; 16 September 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Lithuania 112–9Finland 
(Kaunas, Lithuania; 27 May 1939)

TheFinland men's national basketball team (Finnish:Suomen koripallomaajoukkue,Swedish:Finlands herrlandslag i basket) representsFinland in internationalbasketball competition. The national team is governed byBasketball Finland.

Finland has played in 18EuroBasket tournaments, with their best finish coming in fourth place as co-hosts atEuroBasket 2025. Finland has appeared at theOlympic Games twice, in1952 ashosts, and1964. Finland has also qualified for theFIBA World Cup twice, in2014 and2023.

Since 2011, Finland has had the highestFIBA World Ranking amongNordic countries.

History

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Finnish national team during theEuroBasket 1939 in Lithuania.
Finland playing againstMexico at the1952 Helsinki Olympics.
Finnish national basketball team in1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Jyrki Immonen (left) and national teammateTeijo 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 theEuropean championship at its third installment, theEuroBasket 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 theEuroBasket 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 inHelsinki, Finland played at theSummer 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 theSoviet Union,Bulgaria andMexico, and failing to advance.[2]

Finland used this international experience when they competed again at theEuroBasket 1953 inMoscow. 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 ofEuroBasket 1955. They lost all three early games inBudapest 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 toFrance in the 9/10 final to finish 10th of 18 in the tournament.

InSofia, at theEuroBasket 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 defeatingFrance atEuroBasket 2017.

At theEuroBasket 1995 in Greece, was Finland's first qualification to the top European basketball tournament since1977. The national team did not fair too well at the event though. As they were routed in their first match againstRussia 126–74, and ultimately led to them finishing with an 0–6 record (13th place) and were eliminated.

Finland qualified for theEuroBasket 2011. The tournament berth was the first for Finland in 16 years. There they finished third out of six teams inEuroBasket 2011 Group C and defeatedBosnia and Herzegovina 92–64 andMontenegro 71–65. This allowed them to qualify for theEuroBasket 2011 Group F. In their first match they were easily defeated by Russia but afterwards they defeatedGeorgia, before losing toSlovenia 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 everFIBA World Cup as awild card team alongsideGreece,Turkey, andBrazil.

Finland was selected one of the co-hosts for theEuroBasket 2017. Tournament'sGroup A was played in Helsinki, at the venue then calledHartwall 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 byItaly. They ultimately finished 11th in the competition

After not qualifying for the2019 FIBA World Cup, Finland performed well at the2022 EuroBasket. They finished second in their group again, after Serbia. Led byLauri Markkanen and his historical 43-point performance, they defeatedCroatia in the round of 16. Eventually they were knocked out of the competition in the quarter-finals bySpain 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 captainShawn Huff and long-served point guardPetteri Koponen as they both announced their retirement after the tournament.

Finland also qualified for the2023 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 inOkinawa, 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 the2024 FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament inValencia, 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 the2025 EuroBasket, Finland finished third out of six teams in Group B, which was played at home inTampere. They defeatedSerbia in the round of 16 game inRiga 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 byGreece 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. After the tournament,Hanno Möttölä left the coaching staff to join theCanada national team, and later it was announced thatJoonas Iisalo would replace him.

Competitive record

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FIBA World Cup

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World CupQualification
YearPositionPldWLPldWL
Argentina1950Did not qualify523
Brazil1954EuroBasket served
as qualifiers
Chile1959
Brazil1963
Uruguay1967
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1970
Puerto Rico1974
Philippines1978
Colombia1982
Spain1986Did not enterDid not enter
Argentina1990Did not qualifyEuroBasket served
as qualifiers
Canada1994
Greece1998
United States2002
Japan2006
Turkey2010
Spain201422nd514Wild card
China2019Did not qualify1266
PhilippinesJapanIndonesia202321st5231293
Qatar2027To be determinedTo be determined
Total2/191037291712

Olympic Games

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Olympic GamesQualifying
YearPositionPldWLPldWL
Nazi Germany1936No national representative
United Kingdom1948Did not enter
Finland19529th303
Australia1956Did not qualify
Italy1960Did not enterDid not enter
Japan196411th945871
Mexico1968Did not qualify945
West Germany1972725
Canada1976514
Soviet Union1980413
United States1984312
South Korea1988422
Spain1992Did not enterDid not enter
United States1996Did not qualifyDid not qualify
Australia2000
Greece2004
China2008
United Kingdom2012
Brazil2016
Japan2020
France2024312
United States2028To be determinedTo be determined
Total2/201248431924

EuroBasket

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EuroBasketQualification
YearPositionPldWLPldWL
Switzerland1935No national representative
Latvia1937
Lithuania19398th707
Switzerland1946Did not enter
Czechoslovakia1947
Egypt1949
France19519th972
Soviet Union195312th1046
Hungary195510th954
Bulgaria195711th1064
Turkey195913th725
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia196114th734
Poland196314th927Direct qualification
Soviet Union196512th936
Finland19676th963Qualified as host
Italy1969Did not qualify404
West Germany1971413
Spain1973725
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1975Did not enterDid not enter
Belgium197710th716532
Italy1979Did not qualify1037
Czechoslovakia1981523
France198312210
West Germany19851248
Greece19871239
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1989936
Italy1991303
Germany1993422
Greece199514th6061293
Spain1997Did not qualify1037
France1999321
Turkey200116106
Sweden2003633
Serbia and Montenegro2005Division B633
Spain2007Division B1082
Poland2009Did not qualify1257
Lithuania20119th8351257
Slovenia20139th853862
FranceCroatiaGermanyLatvia201516th624Direct qualification
FinlandIsraelRomaniaTurkey201711th642Qualified as co-host
Czech RepublicGeorgia (country)ItalyGermany20227th743633
CyprusFinlandPolandLatvia20254th954624
EstoniaGreeceSloveniaSpain2029To be determinedTo be determined
Total18/40143628119484110

Summer World University Games

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Summer World University Games
YearPosition
Thailand200711th
Serbia200910th
China20117th
Russia201310th
South Korea201514th
China20177th
Italy20199th
China20215th
Germany20257th

Participated in other competitions

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Results and fixtures

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  Win  Loss

2024

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Finland  v Georgia
21 November 2024Finland 83–90 GeorgiaEspoo, Finland
18:30EET (UTC+2)Scoring by quarter:25–20, 23–23, 15–19, 20–28
Pts:Nkamhoua 22
Rebs:Madsen,
Nkamhoua 10
Asts:Maxhuni 10
BoxscorePts: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  v Finland
24 November 2024Georgia 81–64 FinlandTbilisi, 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
BoxscorePts: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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Finland  v Serbia
21 February 2025Finland 95–105 SerbiaEspoo, Finland
18:30EET (UTC+2)Scoring by quarter:26–24,31–27, 14–28, 24–26
Pts:Jantunen 18
Rebs:Jantunen 6
Asts:Maxhuni 7
BoxscorePts: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)
Denmark  v Finland
24 February 2025Denmark 77–83 FinlandCopenhagen, Denmark
20:00CET (UTC+1)Scoring by quarter:25–24,22–17,23–18, 7–24
Pts:Larsen 22
Rebs:Larsen 11
Asts:Lundberg 6
BoxscorePts:Nkamhoua 26
Rebs:Nkamhoua 8
Asts:Salin 6
Arena:Farum Arena
Attendance: 2,391
Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Igor Mitrovski (MKD), Péter Praksch (HUN)
Finland  v Belgium
8 August 2025
Friendly
Finland 105–62 BelgiumJyväskylä, Finland
18:30EEST (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter:25–17,28–17,26–16,26–12
Pts:Markkanen 48
Rebs:Markkanen 9
Asts:Little 8
BoxscorePts:Van Vliet 12
Rebs:Bako 12
Asts:Coleman 3
Arena:LähiTapiola Areena
Attendance: 4,294
Finland  v Belgium
11 August 2025
Friendly
Finland 92–74 BelgiumEspoo, Finland
18:30EEST (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter:23–22,28–19, 23–23,18–10
Pts:Markkanen 31
Rebs:Nkamhoua 8
Asts:Maxhuni 4
BoxscorePts:Vanwijn 15
Rebs:Bako 9
Asts:four players 4
Arena:Metro Areena
Poland  v Finland
17 August 2025
Friendly
Poland 88–97 FinlandSosnowiec, Poland
14:00CEST (UTC+2)Scoring by quarter: 15–20,26–25, 21–28,26–24
Pts:Balcerowski 17
Rebs:Olejniczak 6
Asts:Pluta 6
BoxscorePts:Markkanen 42
Rebs:Markkanen 12
Asts:Maxhuni 5
Arena: Arena Sosnowiec
Finland  v Poland
21 August 2025
Friendly
Finland 106–87 PolandEspoo, Finland
18:30EEST (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter:27–19,35–24, 22–24,22–20
Pts:Nkamhoua 18
Rebs:Markkanen 7
Asts:Little 7
BoxscorePts:Loyd 17
Rebs:Żołnierewicz 5
Asts:Pluta 7
Arena:Metro Areena
Sweden  v Finland
27 August 2025Sweden 90–93 FinlandTampere, Finland
20:30EEST (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter: 21–26,27–23,24–23, 18–21
Pts:Håkanson 28
Rebs:Birgander 7
Asts:Gaddefors 6
BoxscorePts:Markkanen 28
Rebs:Markkanen 6
Asts:Salin 7
Arena:Nokia Arena
Attendance: 11,865
Referees:Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Boris Krejić (SVN), Martin Horozov (BUL)
Finland  v Great Britain
29 August 2025Finland 109–79 Great BritainTampere, Finland
20:30EEST (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter:30–21,28–21,23–14,28–23
Pts:Markkanen 43
Rebs:Nkamhoua 7
Asts:three players 5
BoxscorePts:Nelson 13
Rebs:Yeboah 8
Asts:Phillip 5
Arena:Nokia Arena
Attendance: 12,900
Referees: Boris Krejić (SVN), Martin Horozov (BUL), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)
Montenegro  v Finland
30 August 2025Montenegro 65–85 FinlandTampere, Finland
20:30EEST (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 14–24, 15–20, 13–18
Pts:Slavković 15
Rebs:Vučević 12
Asts:Allman,Simonović 5
BoxscorePts:Markkanen 26
Rebs:Markkanen 13
Asts:Maxhuni 6
Arena:Nokia Arena
Attendance: 12,900
Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Martin Horozov (BUL), Michał Proc (POL)
Finland  v Lithuania
1 September 2025Finland 78–81 LithuaniaTampere, Finland
20:30EEST (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter:21–20, 15–25, 12–12,30–24
Pts:Jantunen,Markkanen 19
Rebs:Markkanen 11
Asts:Markkanen 6
BoxscorePts:Jokubaitis 16
Rebs:Tubelis 11
Asts:Jokubaitis 9
Arena:Nokia Arena
Attendance: 12,900
Referees:Ademir Zurapović (BIH),Luis Castillo (ESP), Boris Krejić (SVN)
Finland  v Germany
3 September 2025Finland 61–91 GermanyTampere, Finland
20:30EEST (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 17–29, 13–19, 12–22
Pts:Nkamhoua 16
Rebs:Nkamhoua 11
Asts:Grandison,Little 3
BoxscorePts: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)
Serbia  v Finland
6 September 2025Serbia 86–92 FinlandRiga, Latvia
21:45EEST (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter: 24–28,24–16, 18–24, 20–24
Pts:Jokić 33
Rebs:Jokić 8
Asts:three players 4
BoxscorePts: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)
Finland  v Georgia
10 September 2025Finland 93–79 GeorgiaRiga, Latvia
17:00EEST (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter:28–15,29–25, 14–22,22–17
Pts:Jantunen 19
Rebs:Salin 7
Asts:Little 9
BoxscorePts:Mamukelashvili 22
Rebs:Bitadze 6
Asts:Shengelia 5
Arena:Xiaomi Arena
Attendance: 6,025
Referees:Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)
Germany  v Finland
12 September 2025Germany 98–86 FinlandRiga, Latvia
17:00EEST (UTC+3)Scoring by quarter:30–26,31–21, 20–26,17–13
Pts:Schröder 26
Rebs:Theis 11
Asts:Schröder 12
BoxscorePts: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)
Greece  v Finland
14 September 2025Greece 92–89 FinlandRiga, Latvia
17:00EEST (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
BoxscorePts:Markkanen 19
Rebs:Markkanen 10
Asts:Jantunen 7
Arena:Xiaomi Arena
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR),Antonio Conde (ESP), Julio Anaya (PAN)
Hungary  v Finland
28 November 2025Hungary vs. FinlandHungary
--:--CET (UTC+1)
Boxscore
Finland  v France
1 December 2025Finland vs. FranceFinland
--:--EET (UTC+2)
Boxscore

2026

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

Team

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Current roster

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Roster for theEuroBasket 2025 tournament.[3]

Finland men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge –Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG1Miro Little21 –(2004-05-30)30 May 20041.93 m (6 ft 4 in)UC Santa BarbaraUnited States
SG9Sasu Salin (C)34 –(1991-06-11)11 June 19911.91 m (6 ft 3 in)EstudiantesSpain
PF13Olivier Nkamhoua25 –(2000-05-02)2 May 20002.03 m (6 ft 8 in)VareseItaly
PF18Mikael Jantunen25 –(2000-04-20)20 April 20002.04 m (6 ft 8 in)FenerbahçeTurkey
SF19Elias Valtonen26 –(1999-06-11)11 June 19992.00 m (6 ft 7 in)GranadaSpain
C20Alexander Madsen30 –(1995-01-26)26 January 19952.08 m (6 ft 10 in)KarditsasGreece
PG21Edon Maxhuni27 –(1998-03-21)21 March 19981.88 m (6 ft 2 in)BCM GravelinesFrance
PF23Lauri Markkanen28 –(1997-05-22)22 May 19972.13 m (7 ft 0 in)Utah JazzUnited States
SF24Miikka Muurinen18 –(2007-03-04)4 March 20072.11 m (6 ft 11 in)PartizanSerbia
SG30Andre Gustavson26 –(1999-05-07)7 May 19991.96 m (6 ft 5 in)KarhuFinland
SG34Jacob Grandison27 –(1998-04-02)2 April 19981.98 m (6 ft 6 in)BoulazacFrance
PG35Ilari Seppälä32 –(1993-03-27)27 March 19931.88 m (6 ft 2 in)KecskemétiHungary
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 5Bench 1Bench 2
CLauri MarkkanenOlivier NkamhouaAlexander Madsen
PFMikael JantunenMiikka Muurinen
SFElias ValtonenAndre Gustavson
SGSasu SalinJacob Grandison
PGEdon MaxhuniMiro LittleIlari Seppälä

Notable players

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Current notable players who have played for the national team:

Current notable players roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge –Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SFMustapha Amzil23 –(2001-09-12)12 September 20012.08 m (6 ft 10 in)TrepçaKosovo
SGSamu Adler18 –(2007-08-10)10 August 20071.98 m (6 ft 6 in)Salon VilpasFinland
PGAatu Kivimäki28 –(1997-06-08)8 June 19971.86 m (6 ft 1 in)Patrioti LeviceSlovakia
G/FPerttu Blomgren23 –(2001-09-13)13 September 20011.95 m (6 ft 5 in)MitteldeutscherGermany
SFMax Besselink23 –(2002-04-04)4 April 20022.02 m (6 ft 8 in)KatajaFinland
CDaniel Dolenc32 –(1993-08-10)10 August 19932.05 m (6 ft 9 in)HKK ŠirokiBosnia and Herzegovina
CFederiko Federiko24 –(2001-05-09)9 May 20012.11 m (6 ft 11 in)Texas Tech Red RaidersUnited States
SFShawn Hopkins30 –(1995-05-09)9 May 19951.95 m (6 ft 5 in)ÁlftanesIceland
SGHenri Kantonen28 –(1997-08-20)20 August 19971.98 m (6 ft 6 in)KatajaFinland
PGSeveri Kaukiainen27 –(1998-05-11)11 May 19981.85 m (6 ft 1 in)KalevEstonia
FAlex Murphy32 –(1993-06-03)3 June 19932.06 m (6 ft 9 in)FuenlabradaSpain
SFTopias Palmi30 –(1994-08-26)26 August 19941.96 m (6 ft 5 in)Real Sebastiani RietiItaly
FRemu Raitanen28 –(1997-08-21)21 August 19972.06 m (6 ft 9 in)KeflavíkIceland
FThomas Tumba24 –(2001-04-15)15 April 20011.96 m (6 ft 5 in)KatajaFinland
CHannes Pöllä27 –(1998-03-09)9 March 19982.12 m (6 ft 11 in)KatajaFinland
SGOkko Järvi29 –(1996-01-12)12 January 19961.93 m (6 ft 4 in)Kecskeméti TEHungary
CMikael Aalto30 –(1994-09-12)12 September 19942.08 m (6 ft 10 in)KorihaitFinland
GAaron Ekwere18 –(2006-12-30)30 December 20061.96 m (6 ft 5 in)Drive Black AcademyFinland

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: finished8th 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: finished9th among 17 teams

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


1952 Olympic Games: finished15th among 23 teams

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


1953 EuroBasket: finished12th among 17 teams

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


1955 EuroBasket: finished10th among 18 teams

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


1957 EuroBasket: finished11th among 16 teams

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


1959 EuroBasket: finished13th among 17 teams

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


1961 EuroBasket: finished14th among 19 teams

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


1963 EuroBasket: finished14th among 16 teams

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


1964 Olympic Games: finished11th among 16 teams

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


1965 EuroBasket: finished12th among 16 teams

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


1967 EuroBasket: finished6th among 16 teams

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


1977 EuroBasket: finished10th 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: finished13th among 14 teams

4 Martti Kuisma, 5Hanno Möttölä, 6Pekka 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: finished9th among 24 teams[4]

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


2013 EuroBasket: finished9th among 24 teams[5]

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


2014 FIBA World Cup: finished22nd among 24 teams[6]

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


2015 EuroBasket: finished16th among 24 teams[7]

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


2017 EuroBasket: finished11th among 24 teams[8]

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


2022 EuroBasket: finished7th among 24 teams[9]

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


2023 FIBA World Cup: finished21st among 32 teams[10]

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


2025 EuroBasket: finished4th among 24 teams[11]

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

Notable players

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Finnish men's national team's players with the most games played

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Tuukka Kotti (with theball), holds the record for the mostcaps with the senior Finnish national team.
  • Stats totals a of 9 September 2024.
  •   Indicates a player that is still actively playing with the senior Finnish national team.
RankPlayerGames played
1.Tuukka Kotti226
2.Shawn Huff224
3.Jouko Heikkinen190
4.Risto Lignell169
5.Hanno Möttölä165
6.Jorma Pilkevaara163
7.Kari Liimo156
7.Kimmo Muurinen156
9.Heikki Kasko154
9.Petteri Koponen154

Finnish men's national team's top scorers

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Kari Liimo (in the front, with theball), holds the record for the mosttotal points scored with the senior Finnish national team.
  • Stats totals a of 9 September 2024.
  •   Indicates a player that is still actively playing with the senior Finnish national team.
RankPlayerGames playedPoints ScoredRef.
1.Kari Liimo1542,462
2.Kalevi Sarkalahti1432,377
3.Sakari Pehkonen1532,007
4.Petteri Koponen1541,914
5.Hanno Möttölä1651,901
6.Risto Lignell1691,895
7.Shawn Huff2241,811
8.Jouko Heikkinen1901,749
9.Timo Lampén1321,720
10.Heikki Kasko1541,709
11.Jorma Pilkevaara1581,646
12.Tuukka Kotti2261,634
13.Kari-Pekka Klinga1351,589
14.Pekka Markkanen1291,432[12]
15.Sasu Salin1461,414
16.Teemu Rannikko1491,405
17.Anssi Rauramo1511,379
18.Martti Kuisma901,186
19.Tapio Sten1341,032
20.Mikko Koskinen1381,029

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See also

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References

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  1. ^"FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike".FIBA. 15 September 2025. Retrieved15 September 2025.
  2. ^"Basketball at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Basketball Round One". Sports Reference. Archived fromthe original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved23 June 2014.
  3. ^Susijengi vuoden 2025 EM-kisoihin on valittu,Basketball Finland, basket.fi, 22 August 2025
  4. ^"Finland at the EuroBasket 2011". Retrieved12 September 2011.
  5. ^"Finland at the EuroBasket 2013". Retrieved16 September 2013.
  6. ^"Finland at the 2014 FIBA World Cup". Retrieved4 September 2014.
  7. ^"Finland at the EuroBasket 2015". Retrieved13 September 2015.
  8. ^"Finland at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved9 September 2017.
  9. ^"Finland at the EuroBasket 2022". Retrieved13 September 2022.
  10. ^"Finland at the 2023 FIBA World Cup". Retrieved2 September 2023.
  11. ^"Finland at the EuroBasket 2025". Retrieved14 September 2025.
  12. ^Sentterilegenda Pekka Markkanen palaa liigaparketeille.
  13. ^abFinland | EuroBasket 2015, FIBA.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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