Finland men's national basketball team
Men's national basketball team representing Finland
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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.
(13 July 2026)[1] | |||
| FIBA ranking | 17 (13 July 2026)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1939 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | Basketball Finland | ||
| Coach | Lassi Tuovi | ||
| Nickname(s) | Susijengi (The Wolf Pack) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 18 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
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| 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) | |||
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
Early years
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'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
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. After the tournament, Hanno Möttölä left the coaching staff to join the Canada national team, and later it was announced that Joonas Iisalo would replace him.
Competitive record
FIBA World Cup
Olympic Games
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EuroBasket
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Summer World University Games
Participated in other competitions
- FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup: (2018)
- Adecco Cup: (2015)
- Friendship Games: (1984)
Results and fixtures
Win Loss
2025
| 27 August 2025 | Sweden  |
90–93 | Finland |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 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) |
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| 29 August 2025 | Finland |
109–79 |  Great Britain |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 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) |
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| 30 August 2025 | Montenegro  |
65–85 | Finland |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 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) |
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| 1 September 2025 | Finland |
78–81 |  Lithuania |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 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) |
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| 3 September 2025 | Finland |
61–91 |  Germany |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 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) |
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| 6 September 2025 | Serbia  |
86–92 | Finland |
Riga, Latvia |
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| 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) |
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| 10 September 2025 | Finland |
93–79 |  Georgia |
Riga, Latvia |
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| 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) |
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| 12 September 2025 | Germany |
98–86 | Finland |
Riga, Latvia |
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| 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) |
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| 14 September 2025 | Greece  |
92–89 | Finland |
Riga, Latvia |
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| 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) |
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| 28 November 2025 | Hungary  |
89–82 | Finland |
Szombathely, Hungary |
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| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 31–17, 29–22, 15–22, 14–21 | |||
| Pts: Perl 25 Rebs: Reuvers 6 Asts: Somogyi 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Salin 16 Rebs: Muurinen 8 Asts: Jantunen, Salin 4 |
Arena: Arena Savaria Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Martin Vulić (CRO), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Ioannis Agrafiotis (GRE) |
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| 1 December 2025 | Finland |
83–76 |  France |
Espoo, Finland |
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| 18:30 EET (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 17–26, 19–16, 27–15 | |||
| Pts: Maxhuni 22 Rebs: Jantunen 9 Asts: Jantunen 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Strazel 11 Rebs: Gaudoux 7 Asts: Sene, Strazel 3 |
Arena: Espoo Metro Areena Attendance: 6,683 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU) |
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2026
| 26 February 2026 | Belgium  |
66–71 | Finland |
Charleroi, Belgium |
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| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 13–20, 19–16, 10–23 | |||
| Pts: Lecomte 20 Rebs: Bolavie 6 Asts: Lecomte 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Nkamhoua 23 Rebs: Nkamhoua 12 Asts: Maxhuni 6 |
Arena: Dôme Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Petar Pešić (SRB), Blaž Zupančič (SVN), Elvis Binders-Čoders (LAT) |
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| 1 March 2026 | Finland |
78–75 | Belgium |
Espoo, Finland |
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| 18:30 EET (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 17–15, 22–15, 22–23 | |||
| Pts: Nkamhoua 23 Rebs: Madsen 11 Asts: four players 2 |
Boxscore | Pts: Schwartz 19 Rebs: Bratanovic, N. De Ridder 6 Asts: Lecomte 7 |
Arena: Espoo Metro Areena Attendance: 6,822 Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Carsten Straube (GER), Ritvars Helmšteins (LAT) |
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| 3 July 2026 | Finland |
85–77 | Hungary |
Helsinki, Finland |
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| 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 35–25, 26–15, 11–19 | |||
| Pts: Markkanen 23 Rebs: Gustavson 6 Asts: Little, Salin 3 |
Boxscore | Pts: Golomán, Perl 18 Rebs: Valerio-Bodon 6 Asts: Somogyi 5 |
Arena: Veikkaus Arena Attendance: 12,489 Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU), Mehmet Şahin (TUR) |
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| 6 July 2026 | France |
98–69 | Finland |
Pau, France |
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| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 31–16, 18–14, 28–17, 21–22 | |||
| Pts: Okobo, Raynaud 16 Rebs: Hoard 8 Asts: Strazel 7 |
Boxscore | Pts: Jantunen, Markkanen 14 Rebs: Jantunen 5 Asts: Maxhuni 5 |
Arena: Palais des Sports de Pau Attendance: 7,131 Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Martin Vulić (CRO), Ilias Kounellis (CYP) |
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2027
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 3 and 6 July 2026 against Hungary and France.[3]
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| 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
Current notable players who have played for the national team:
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Head coach position
Alois Suurna – (1939)
Keijo Viianen – (1950)- Eino Ojanen – (1951–1952)
- Matti Simola – (1952)
- Eino Ojanen – (1953–1955)
- Kalevi Tuominen – (1955–1969)
/ Robert Petersen – (1969–1972)- Kauko Jämsén – (1972–1973)
- / Robert Petersen – (1977)
- Kari Liimo – (1982–1984)
- Eero Saarinen – (1984–1991)
- Henrik Dettmann – (1992–1997)
- Aaron McCarthy – (1997–2001)
- Ari Tammivaara – (2001–2003)
- Tomi Kaminen – (2005)
- Pekka Salminen – (2008)
- Henrik Dettmann – (2004–2022)
- Lassi Tuovi – (2022–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: 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)
Notable players
![Anssi Rauramo [fi]](#/media/File:Anssi_Rauramo.jpg)
Player records
Most games played
- Stat totals as of 9 September 2024.
- Indicates a player that is still actively playing with the senior Finland national team.
| Rank | Player | Games played |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tuukka Kotti | 226 |
| 2. | Shawn Huff | 224 |
| 3. | Jouko Heikkinen | 190 |
| 4. | Risto Lignell | 169 |
| 5. | Hanno Möttölä | 165 |
| 6. | Jorma Pilkevaara | 163 |
| 7. | Kari Liimo | 156 |
| 7. | Kimmo Muurinen | 156 |
| 9. | Heikki Kasko | 154 |
| 9. | Petteri Koponen | 154 |
Top scorers
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- Stat totals as of 9 September 2024.
- Indicates a player that is still actively playing with the senior Finland national team.
| Rank | Player | Games played | Points scored | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kari Liimo | 154 | 2,462 | |
| 2. | Kalevi Sarkalahti | 143 | 2,377 | |
| 3. | Sakari Pehkonen | 153 | 2,007 | |
| 4. | Petteri Koponen | 154 | 1,914 | |
| 5. | Hanno Möttölä | 165 | 1,901 | |
| 6. | Risto Lignell | 169 | 1,895 | |
| 7. | Shawn Huff | 224 | 1,811 | |
| 8. | Jouko Heikkinen | 190 | 1,749 | |
| 9. | Timo Lampén | 132 | 1,720 | |
| 10. | Heikki Kasko | 154 | 1,709 | |
| 11. | Jorma Pilkevaara | 158 | 1,646 | |
| 12. | Tuukka Kotti | 226 | 1,634 | |
| 13. | Kari-Pekka Klinga | 135 | 1,589 | |
| 14. | Pekka Markkanen | 129 | 1,432 | [12] |
| 15. | Sasu Salin | 146 | 1,414 | |
| 16. | Teemu Rannikko | 149 | 1,405 | |
| 17. | Anssi Rauramo | 151 | 1,379 | |
| 18. | Martti Kuisma | 90 | 1,186 | |
| 19. | Tapio Sten | 134 | 1,032 | |
| 20. | Mikko Koskinen | 138 | 1,029 |
