Finland national basketball team

Finland
FIBA Ranking	T-75th
Joined FIBA	1939
FIBA Zone	FIBA Europe
National Federation	Finnish Basketball Association
Coach	Henrik Dettmann
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
Medals	None
World Championships
Appearances	None
Medals	None
Eurobasket
Appearances	12
Medals	None

The Finnish national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Finland in international competitions.

Contents [hide] 1 Eurobasket 1939 2 Eurobasket 1951 3 Eurobasket 1953 4 Eurobasket 1955 5 Eurobasket 1957 6 Eurobasket 1995 7 Olympic Games record 8 Current Roster 9 Past Rosters 10 External links

[edit] Eurobasket 1939

Finland first competed in the European championship in the third installment, at Eurobasket 1939. In the round-robin there, they lost to each of the other seven teams in sequence, finishing with a 70-541 overall point differential.

[edit] Eurobasket 1951

Finland's next European competition was 12 years later, at Eurobasket 1951 in Paris. They split their four preliminary round games, finishing third place in the group at 2-2 to be 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.

[edit] Eurobasket 1953

Finland again competed at 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.

[edit] Eurobasket 1955

Finland had great difficulty in the preliminary round of Eurobasket 1955. They lost all three early games in Budapest, being relegated to the classification round. Once again, faced with weaker opponents, the Fins shone in the classification round, winning 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.

[edit] Eurobasket 1957

In Sofia for Eurobasket 1957, the Finns finished third in their preliminary group after going 1-2. They moved to the 9-16 classification pool, winning five games there and losing only two to take 11th place overall in the tournament.

[edit] Eurobasket 1995

In Greece 1995 Finland finished 13th.

[edit] Olympic Games record

• 1952: 15th
• 1964: 11th

[edit] Current Roster

Finland National Basketball Team roster v • d • e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. 5.0 C 5 FIN  Nikkilä, Antti 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 3.5 F 6 FIN  Muurinen, Kimmo 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 1.5 G 7 FIN  Huff, Shawn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 3.5 F 8 FIN  Lee Jr., Gerald 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 1.5 G 9 FIN  Haanpää, Samuel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 3.5 F 10 FIN  Kotti, Tuukka 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 1.5 G 11 FIN  Koponen, Petteri 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 1.5 G 12 FIN  Sten, Juha 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 3.5 F 13 FIN  Möttölä, Hanno 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 1.5 G 14 FIN  Virtanen, Petri 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 1.5 G 15 FIN  Rannikko, Teemu 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 1.5 G 20 FIN  Mäkäläinen, Ville 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 1.5 G 21 FIN  Iisalo, Tuomas 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 3.5 F 22 FIN  Mäkäläinen, Vesa 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb)	Head coach Henrik Dettmann Assistant coach(es) Pekka Salminen Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club

[edit] Past Rosters

1939 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 8 teams

Kalevi Ihalainen, Pauli Sarkkula, Erkki Linden, Ilkka Torronen, Erkki Saurala, Pentti Vuollekoski, Vladi Marmo, Martti Salminen, Reino Valtonen, Alo Suurna, Heinonen (Coach: Osmo Kupiainen)

1951 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 17 teams

Kalevi Heinanen, Pentti Laaksonen, Raimo Lindholm, Pertti Mutru, Tapio Poyhonen, Timo Suviranta, Kalevi Sylander, Oiva Virtanen, Olli Arppe, Kaj Gustafsson, Arto Koivisto, Juhani Kyostila, Raine Nuutinen, Allan Pietarinen (Coach: Eino Ojanen)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 23 teams

Kalevi Heinanen, Pentti Laaksonen, Juhani Kyostila, Raimo Lindholm, Pertti Mutru, Tapio Poyhonen, Eero Salonen, Timo Suviranta, Kalevi Sylander, Oiva Virtanen, Raine Nuutinen, Olavi Lahtinen, Tuomo Ristola, Esko Karhunen

1953 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 17 teams

Kalevi Heinanen, Pentti Laaksonen, Pertti Mutru, Allan Pietarinen, Raimo Lindholm, Timo Suviranta, Timo Lampen, Raine Nuutinen, Keijo Hynninen, Oiva Virtanen, Eero Salonen, Kaj Gustafsson (Coach: Eino Ojanen)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 18 teams

Kalevi Heinanen, Kalevi Sylander, Pertti Mutru, Oiva Virtanen, Timo Lampen, Taisto Ravantti, Seppo Kuusela, Timo Suviranta, Raine Nuutinen, Eero Salonen, Kalevi Tuominen, Asko Jokinen, Raimo Lindholm (Coach: Eino Ojanen)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

Timo Lampen, Arto Koivisto, Pertti Mutru, Raine Nuutinen, Eero Salonen, Seppo Kuusela, Arvo Jantunen, Juhani Kala, Paavo Suhonen, Raimo Lindholm, Timo Suviranta, Kalevi Sylander (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 17 teams

Timo Lampen, Raimo Lindholm, Seppo Kuusela, Arvo Jantunen, Juhani Kala, Matti Nenonen, Raine Nuutinen, Eero Salonen, Raimo Vartia, Matti Koli, Kyosti Rousti, Palko (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 19 teams

Martti Liimo, Kari Liimo, Raimo Lindholm, Timo Lampen, Raimo Vartia, Pertti Laanti, Tony Barlund, Arvo Jantunen, Uolevi Manninen, Lauri Nurma, Seppo Kuusela, Rauno Ailus (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

Martti Liimo, Kari Liimo, Jorma Pilkevaara, Timo Lampen, Pertti Laanti, Raimo Vartia, Uolevi Manninen, Antero Siljola, Juha Harjula, Seppo Kuusela, Rauno Ailus, Kauko Kauppinen (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 16 teams

Martti Liimo, Jorma Pilkevaara, Kari Liimo, Raimo Vartia, Pertti Laanti, Timo Lampen, Risto Kala, Kauko Kauppinen, Raimo Lindholm, Teijo Finneman, Uolevi Manninen, Juha Harjula (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams

Martti Liimo, Kari Liimo, Jorma Pilkevaara, Kari Lahti, Pertti Laanti, Timo Lampen, Uolevi Manninen, Jyrki Immonen, Hannu Paananen, Lars Karell, Kari Ronnholm, Teijo Finneman (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

Veikko Vainio, Jorma Pilkevaara, Martti Liimo, Kari Liimo, Pertti Laanti, Kari Lahti, Uolevi Manninen, Teijo Finneman, Jyrki Immonen, Lars Karell, Olavi Ahonen, Kari Ronnholm (Coach: Kalevi Tuominen)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams

Heikki Taponen, Tapio Sten, Jarmo Laitinen, Erkki Saaristo, Antti Zitting, Mikko Koskinen, Klaus Mahlamaki, Risto Lignell, Raimo Mantynen, Anssi Rauramo, Kalevi Sarkalahti, Heikki Kasko (Coach: Robert Petersen)

1995 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 14 teams

Hanno Mottola, Martti Kuisma, Kari-Pekka Klinga, Petri-Mikael Niiranen, Juha Luhtanen, Jyri Lehtonen, Pekka Markkanen, Sakari Pehkonen, Markku Larkio, Mika-Matti Tahvanainen, Riku Marttinen, Jarkko Tuomala (Coach: Henrik Dettmann)