Finland men's national volleyball team
Men's national volleyball team representing Finland
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The Finland men's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of Finland. It is governed by the Finland Volleyball Association and takes part in international volleyball competitions. The team's best results to date are fourth place at the European Championships 2007 and ninth place at the 2014 World Championships. After a one-off appearance in 1993, Finland rejoined the FIVB World League in 2006 and was a part of the competition until 2017, when the Volleyball Nations League replaced the World League. Their best finish was seventh place in 2007. In 2026, Finland qualified for the 2027 Volleyball Nations League for the first time.
Nickname(s)Veljekset (Brothers)
AssociationFinnish Volleyball Association (FVA)
ConfederationCEV
Head coachOlli Kunnari
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| Nickname(s) | Veljekset (Brothers) | |||
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| Association | Finnish Volleyball Association (FVA) | |||
| Confederation | CEV | |||
| Head coach | Olli Kunnari | |||
| FIVB ranking | 16  (3 August 2026)[1] | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| World Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1952) | |||
| Best result | 9th place (2014) | |||
| European Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 19 (First in 1955) | |||
| Best result | 4th (2007) | |||
| www.lentopalloliitto.fi/en (in English) | ||||
Competition record
Olympic Games
| Olympic Games record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | GP | MW | ML | Year | GP | MW | ML | |||||||
 1964 | Did not qualify | 1963 European Championship | |||||||||||||
 1968 | 1967 European Championship | ||||||||||||||
 1972 | 1971 European Championship | ||||||||||||||
 1976 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
 1980 | |||||||||||||||
 1984 | 1983 European Championship | ||||||||||||||
 1988 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
 1992 | 1991 European Championship | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
 2000 | 2000 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
 2004 | 2004 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
 2008 | 2008 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
 2012 | 2012 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
 2016 | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
 2024 | 2023 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2028 | Future event | Future event | |||||||||||||
| 2032 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total | 38 | 15 | 23 | |||||||
World Championship
| World Championship record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | MW | ML | SW | SL | Squad |
 1949 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1952 |
7th–11th places | 11th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 21 | Squad |
| 1956 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1960 | ||||||||
| 1962 |
11th–20th places | 18th | 10 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 27 | Squad |
| 1966 |
17th–22nd places | 19th | 9 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | Squad |
 1970 |
17th–24th places | 20th | 12 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | Squad |
| 1974 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1978 |
17th–20th places | 17th | 10 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | Squad |
 1982 |
17th–20th places | 17th | 10 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | Squad |
 1986 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||
 1998 | ||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
 2014 |
Second round | 9th | 12 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 25 | Squad |
| 2018 |
Second round | 16th | 8 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | Squad |
 2022 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2025 |
Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | Squad |
| 2027 | Future event | |||||||
 2029 | ||||||||
| Total | 9/23 | 82 | 25 | 57 | 117 | 189 | — | |
FIVB World League
Nations League
European Championship
| European Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | ||
| 1948–1951 | did not qualify | |||
 1955 | Consolation round 9-14th | 11th | ||
| 1958 | Consolation round 9-16th | 14th | ||
| 1963 | Consolation round 9-17th | 14th | ||
 1967 | Consolation round 17-20th | 17th | ||
| 1971 | Consolation round 13-17th | 13th | ||
 1975 | did not qualify | |||
 1977 | Consolation round 9-12th | 11th | ||
| 1979 | did not qualify | |||
 1981 | Consolation round 7-12th | 9th | ||
 1983 | Consolation round 7-12th | 7th | ||
| 1985–1989 | did not qualify | |||
| 1991 | Consolation round 5-8th | 8th | ||
| 1993 | Preliminary Round | 10th | ||
| 1995 | did not qualify | |||
 1997 | Preliminary Round | 11th | ||
| 1999–2005 | did not qualify | |||
 2007 | Final Round | 4th | ||
| 2009 | Playoff Round | 12th | ||
 2011 | Quarterfinals | 8th | ||
 2013 | Quarterfinals | 8th | ||
| 2015 | Playoff Round | 12th | ||
| 2017 | Playoff Round | 12th | ||
 2019 | Round of 16 | 14th | ||
 2021 | Round of 16 | 12th | ||
  2023 | Preliminary Round | 19th | ||
 2026 | Qualified as host | |||
 2028 |
Qualified | |||
European League
| European League | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | |||||||
| 2004 | 6th | |||||||
| 2005 |  | |||||||
| 2006–2017 | Competed in the FIVB World League | |||||||
| 2018 | 7th | |||||||
| 2019 | 11th | |||||||
| 2021 | Did not enter | |||||||
 2022 | 13th | |||||||
 2023 | 6th | |||||||
| 2024 | 7th | |||||||
| 2025 |  | |||||||
| 2026 | | |||||||
| 2027– | Competed in the FIVB Nations League | |||||||
Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
| Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | |||
| 2019 | 4th | |||
Team
Current squad
The following is Finland's roster for the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.[2][3]
- 1 Antti Ronkainen OH
- 2 Eemi Tervaportti S
- 6 Petteri Tyynismaa MB
- 7 Niko Suihkonen OH
- 8 Voitto Köykkä L
- 10 Luka Marttila OH
- 11 Miika Haapaniemi MB
- 13 Joonas Mikael Jokela OP
- 17 Severi Savonsalmi MB
- 19 Niklas Aleksi Breilin L
- 21 Veikka Lindqvist OP
- 24 Nooa Marttila OH
- 25 Juho Kaunisto MB
- 33 Fedor Ivanov S
- Staff
- Head coach: Olli Kunnari
- Assistant coach: Matti Alatalo
- Assistant coach, physical coach: Marko Panu
- Team manager: Jarmo Korhonen
- Scoutman: Kamil Sołoducha
- Doctor: Krista Tapaninaho
- Media manager: Toni Flink
