Finnish national basketball team

World championships
Finland Suomi
Finland
Association	Suomen Koripalloliitto
FIBA member since	1939
FIBA world rankings	39
Technical sponsor	Spalding
Trainer	Henrik Dettmann
Participation in the finals	1 ( 2014 )
Best results	Preliminary round
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	2
Best results	Preliminary round ( 1952 , 1964 )
Continental championships
championship	European basketball championship
Participation in the finals	16
Best results	6th place ( 1967 )
Homepage	koris.net
(As of November 24, 2017)

The Finnish national basketball team represents Finland in men's international basketball matches.

She had her most successful phase during the 1960s, when it in the sporting way to become the only previous time Olympics could qualify with the 6th place in the in Helsinki discharged 1967 European Championship achieved their best result EM. Timo Lampén , the brothers Kari and Martti Liimo , and Jorma Pilkevaara were among the most important players of this time . Unusual for the time was the connection between Finnish basketball and Brigham Young University , established through the then assistant and later head coach Robert Petersen , through which several Finnish players played in the NCAA college league for some time .

At the beginning of the 2010s, another relatively successful phase began for the national team, with four intermediate rounds or round of 16 appearances at European championships. In 2014 she took part in a world championship for the first time in her history. Under coach Henrik Dettmann , Hanno Möttölä and Erik Murphy, two former NBA professionals, were part of the Finnish squad in 2014 .

Performing in international competitions

Finland versus Mexico in the 1952 Olympics

World championships

1950 to 2010 - not qualified
2014 - 22nd place

Olympic games

1952 - 13th place
1956 - did not take part
1960 - did not participate
1964 - 11th place
1968 to 2016 - not qualified

European championships

1939 - 8th place
1951 - 9th place
1953 - 12th place
1955 - 10th place

1957 - 11th place
1959 - 13th place
1961 - 14th place
1963 - 14th place

1965 - 12th place
1967 - 6th place
1969 to 1975 - did not qualify
1977 - 10th place

1979 to 1993 - not qualified
1995 - 14th place
1997 to 2009 - not qualified
2011 - 9th place

2013 - 9th place
2015 - 9th place
2017 - 9th place

Squad

The Finnish basketball players at the 2017 European Championship before the game against Greece

Squad Finland at the 2017 European Championship

player
No.	Surname	birth	size	info	Calls	society
		Guards ( PG , SG )
4th	Mikko Koivisto	04/18/1987	194			Vilpas Vikings Salon
9	Sasu Salin	06/11/1991	191			Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria
11	Petteri Koponen	04/13/1988	194			Spain FC Barcelona
15th	Teemu Rannikko	09/09/1980	189			Joensuun Kataja
31	Jamar Wilson	02/22/1984	185			Spain Estudiantes Madrid
		Forwards ( SF , PF )
7th	Shawn Huff	05/05/1984	198	(C)		Germany Fraport Skyliners
8th	Gerald Lee Jr.	11/23/1987	208			Israel Maccabi Ashdod
12	Matti Nuutinen	05/06/1990	202			Romania CSU Pitesti
22nd	Carl Lindbom	11/10/1991	202			Lithuania Juventus Utena
33	Erik Murphy	10/26/1990	208			France Nanterre 92
		Center ( C )
10	Tuukka Kotti	03/18/1981	205			Helsinki Seagulls
23	Lauri Markkanen	05/22/1997	213			United States Chicago Bulls