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2023-08-27
So far, the biggest upset of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 took place in Okinawa as Japan sensationally eliminated Finland, which will continue to fight for only 17-32nd places in the tournament. Despite a sluggish start and an early 7-15 deficit, Finland bounced back and even had an 18-point lead at the end of 3rd quarter.
2023-08-27
Finland had a gargantuan lead in the second half but it didn't matter for Japan. They won the fourth quarter by 18 points and eliminated Lauri Markkanen's team from FIBA World Cup title contention 98-88 (22-15, 14-31, 27-27, 35-15).
2023-08-26
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 in Okinawa started with plenty of positives. Two great games for different reasons between Finland and Australia, followed by a matchup between Germany and the hosts Japan. However, there was one topic that raised concerns.
2023-08-25
After struggling in the first half, Australia took their game up a notch in the second and easily defeated Finland 98-72 (17-21, 28-19, 25-14, 28-18). Patty Mills didn't have a great season in the NBA but came back to the 2023 FIBA World Cup with a vengeance. The veteran point guard finished the game with 25 points on 11-for-22 shooting, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals for game-leading 26 PIR.
2023-08-18
Finnish national team head coach Lassi Tuovi announced a final 12-man FIBA World Cup 2023 roster. Headlined by Utah Jazz All-Star Lauri Markkanen, who fulfilled his military duty for his home country this summer, Finland's final roster features a mix of youngsters and experienced players. 
2023-07-19
With just a month remaining until the start of the 2023 FIBA World Cup, the Finnish national team's head coach Lassi Tuovi announced a 22-man extended list of candidates. Headlined by NBA star Lauri Markkanen, who fulfilled his military duty for his home country this summer, Finland's preliminary roster features a mix of youngsters and experienced players. 
2022-09-14
Head coach Lassi Tuovi was still a teenager when Shawn Huff made his national team debut. It was back in 2005, September and Finland was playing in EuroBasket, Division B. "We tried to qualify for a chance to qualify for the championship," Huff smiled when he recalled this story after his last national team game.
 

2024-02-23 Serbia

61:77

2024-02-26 Denmark

89:85
2023-08-27
So far, the biggest upset of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 took place in Okinawa as Japan sensationally eliminated Finland, which will continue to fight for only 17-32nd places in the tournament. Despite a sluggish start and an early 7-15 deficit, Finland bounced back and even had an 18-point lead at the end of 3rd quarter.
2023-08-27
Finland had a gargantuan lead in the second half but it didn't matter for Japan. They won the fourth quarter by 18 points and eliminated Lauri Markkanen's team from FIBA World Cup title contention 98-88 (22-15, 14-31, 27-27, 35-15).
2023-08-26
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 in Okinawa started with plenty of positives. Two great games for different reasons between Finland and Australia, followed by a matchup between Germany and the hosts Japan. However, there was one topic that raised concerns.
2023-08-25
After struggling in the first half, Australia took their game up a notch in the second and easily defeated Finland 98-72 (17-21, 28-19, 25-14, 28-18). Patty Mills didn't have a great season in the NBA but came back to the 2023 FIBA World Cup with a vengeance. The veteran point guard finished the game with 25 points on 11-for-22 shooting, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals for game-leading 26 PIR.
2023-08-18
Finnish national team head coach Lassi Tuovi announced a final 12-man FIBA World Cup 2023 roster. Headlined by Utah Jazz All-Star Lauri Markkanen, who fulfilled his military duty for his home country this summer, Finland's final roster features a mix of youngsters and experienced players. 
2023-07-19
With just a month remaining until the start of the 2023 FIBA World Cup, the Finnish national team's head coach Lassi Tuovi announced a 22-man extended list of candidates. Headlined by NBA star Lauri Markkanen, who fulfilled his military duty for his home country this summer, Finland's preliminary roster features a mix of youngsters and experienced players. 
2022-09-14
Head coach Lassi Tuovi was still a teenager when Shawn Huff made his national team debut. It was back in 2005, September and Finland was playing in EuroBasket, Division B. "We tried to qualify for a chance to qualify for the championship," Huff smiled when he recalled this story after his last national team game.
2022-09-13
Spain made the EuroBasket semifinals for the 11th consecutive time (since 1999) by overcoming a 15-point deficit and defeating high-flying Finland, 100-90 (19-30, 24-22, 30-15, 27-23). Spain became the first team to have won a game in the EuroBasket 2022 after being down by 15 or more points. Unlike the one-sided third quarter, the last 10 minutes of the match went neck-on-neck.
2022-09-13
The opening FIBA EuroBasket 2022 quarterfinal features two sides with contrasting histories in the tournament against each other. Three-time winners Spain has guaranteed a top-eight finish for a record streak of 21 consecutive EuroBasket tournaments, while Finland has made it this far in the competition for the first time since the 1967 edition.
2022-09-13
If the top 3 players of EuroBasket 2022 were evident before the tournament, Lauri Markkanen could make a case for transforming it into the Top-4.
2022-09-11
Lauri Markkanen is probably tired of all these comparisons to Dirk Nowitzki. But his remarkable performance on a historical night for his country brought a few more reasons to put him in the same conversation with FIBA basketball legend. Finland advanced to the EuroBasket quarterfinals behind Lauri's 43-point show, that brought them a victory over Croatia 94-86.
2022-09-11
Bojan Bogdanovic played his last national team match in his career, while star-studded Croatia failed to prove doubters wrong at EuroBasket 2022. The Balkan country fell short against fantastic Lauri Markkanen & Finland, 94-86 (21-20, 22-25, 22-22, 27-21), and extended its medal drought which lasts since 1995.
2022-09-11
FIBA EuroBasket 2022 playoffs in Berlin Day 2 continues with a clash featuring Croatia and Finland. Finland has never beaten Croatia in a major competition, losing at EuroBasket 1995, 2011, and 2013. Both teams reached the Round of 16 in the last two EuroBaskets but were then eliminated at that stage.
2022-09-08
Finland (3-2) got the job done early in their last group phase game against the Netherlands (0-5), eventually comfortably winning the match with a final score of 88-67 (26-11, 22-20, 28-28, 12-18). Finland started the game with a 10-2 push, and since that point of the duel, they never looked back and finished the contest with a convincing W.
2022-09-08
With the teams from Groups C and D set to battle both for the playoff seeding and the playoff spots, there are multiple scenarios of how today's matches can impact the playoff matchups. First, let's take a look at how the tiebreakers will be decided in the groups.
2022-09-06
Lauri Markkanen dominated against the Czech Republic (1-3) as Finland (2-2) captured an important 98-88 (29-18, 22-27, 21-14, 26-29) win in Group D.
2022-09-05
The Serbian national team (3-0) did not have much trouble against Lauri Markkanen and Finland (1-2) in their Monday night win with a final score of 100-70 (33-22, 29-12, 14-14, 24-22). The game was out of reach for Finland in the second already. Serbia won the second quarter 29-12 and had already a 28-point lead (62-34) after the first half of the game.
2022-09-03
Finland (1-1) recovered after the painful overtime loss against Israel in their first game of EuroBasket 2022, this time beating Poland (1-1) comfortably, 89-59 (26-16, 18-14, 20-14, 25-15). Lauri Markkanen was the main man on the court again for Finland. Yesterday he scored 33 points, and he started today's game with the same kind of energy, guiding Finland to an early 10-point lead (18-8).
2022-09-02
Israel kicked off the Group D battles on a high note by beating Finland 89-87 (16-27, 24-13, 21-18, 18-21, 10-8) in Prague, Czech Republic. More than 5000 Finnish fans came to support their squad, however, it didn't help to start EuroBasket 2022 with a win.
2022-09-02
Lauri Markkanen is the undisputed leader of the Finnish national team. With him on the roster, the Nordic country is entirely different on the court. Markkanen got traded from Cleveland Cavaliers last evening to the Utah Jazz in a package centered around acquiring Donovan Mitchell. Today, he is set to play against Israel in EuroBasket 2022 opening match in Prague.
2022-08-29
Finland has officially announced the final 12-man roster before the upcoming EuroBasket 2022. Cleveland Cavaliers forward Lauri Markkanen headlines the squad, while it also includes Sasu Salin and Petteri Koponen. Full roster:
2022-08-28
The Finland (7-1) leader duo of Sasu Salin and Lauri Markkanen once again provided a solid scoring performance once again and led their team to a hard-fought win over Estonia (2-6) 76-68 (23-21, 24-15, 10-18, 19-14) in the Second Round of the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.
2022-08-25
Lauri Markkanen delivers another amazing performance with Finland national team's jersey to power his team with a 28-point performance over Israel with a final score of 79-73 (22-19, 25-18, 11-19, 21-17) in the World Cup 2023 European qualifiers Group J.
2022-08-18
Lauri Markkanen's 42-point performance leads Finland past Ukraine, which led for most of the game, with the final score of 97-94 (16-20, 31-24, 15-27, 25-16, 10-7). With 3:05 left in the overtime, Markkanen converted on a driving layup for his 42nd point to give Finland a 6-point advantage (95-89). 
2022-08-11
Following convincing yesterday's win against Finland, Lithuania repeated the trend in tonight's game as well. NBA duo of Jonas Valanciunas and Domantas Sabonis dominated under the baskets and guided Lithuania to another comfortable 87-52 (29-9, 22-15, 16-8, 20-20) win over Finland in Vilnius.
2022-08-10
Jonas Valanciunas and Domantas Sabonis made their debut on the Lithuanian national team this summer. Powered by the big man duo, Lithuania easily defeated Finland at home 76-61 (28-13, 15-16, 20-13, 13-19).
2022-08-06
With less than a month dividing us from the start of EuroBasket, it's time to look at what will happen in Old Continent's biggest competition.  BasketNews will offer you a clear picture of the rosters and the commitments the national teams will face in preparation for EuroBasket.  Here's a look at Group D, which will be played at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. 
2022-07-03

Lauri Markkanen stunned Croatia (1-5) with a game-winner to put Finland (5-1) atop 81-79 (21-17, 22-17, 17-27, 21-18) and eliminate Croatia from the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.

2022-06-30

Finland (4-1) clinched the first spot in Group C of the World Cup Qualifiers by defeating Sweden (2-3) at home, 85-69 (19-29, 24-17, 26-8, 16-15).

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Seasons:   23/24 | 22/23 | 21/22 | 19/20 | 18/19 | 17/18 | 16/17 | 14/15 | 13/14 | 12/13 | 11/12 | 10/11


FIBA EuroBasket

NO GM MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS PF RF PTS EFF
4 Mikko Koivisto 8 14:45 7/16
(43.8%)
14/36
(38.9%)
4/4
(100%)
1.1
0.3/0.9
0.9 0 0.8 0 2.1 0 7.5 2.8
5 Antti Nikkila 8 7:52 4/10
(40%)
0/0 8/10
(80%)
1.5
1.3/0.3
0.3 0 0.6 0.1 1 0 2 1.3
6 Kimmo Muurinen 8 17:15 14/36
(38.9%)
2/9
(22.2%)
3/4
(75%)
3.1
1.6/1.5
1.1 0.9 1.1 0.1 2.9 0 4.6 2.1
7 Shawn Huff 8 24:52 15/29
(51.7%)
11/24
(45.8%)
9/12
(75%)
3.6
2.8/0.9
0.9 0.5 0.9 0.1 2.1 0 9 7.4
8 Gerald Lee 8 19:45 28/54
(51.9%)
0/0 21/38
(55.3%)
2.9
1.8/1.1
1.3 0.1 1.1 0.1 3.1 0 9.6 4.4
9 Sasu Salin 8 18:07 7/15
(46.7%)
11/28
(39.3%)
6/10
(60%)
3
1.8/1.3
0.9 0.3 1.1 0 2.4 0 6.6 3.6
10 Tuukka Kotti 8 25:07 25/57
(43.9%)
0/0 12/19
(63.2%)
6.3
3.5/2.8
1.1 1.9 1.1 0.5 3.3 0 7.8 8.3
11 Petteri Koponen 8 31:15 19/67
(28.4%)
16/34
(47.1%)
20/24
(83.3%)
1.9
1/0.9
3.1 0.6 2.4 0.3 2.4 0 13.3 5.6
12 Vesa Makalainen 8 4:30 1/5
(20%)
0/0 0/0 0.9
0.3/0.6
0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0 0.3 0.5
13 Hanno Mottola 5 11:00 6/20
(30%)
4/9
(44.4%)
6/9
(66.7%)
1.2
0.6/0.6
0 0.2 0.2 0 2.2 0 6 0.6
14 Petri Virtanen 5 7:00 1/1
(100%)
4/7
(57.1%)
3/5
(60%)
1.2
0.8/0.4
0.4 0 0.6 0 0.4 0 3.4 3
15 Teemu Rannikko 8 25:30 3/8
(37.5%)
8/32
(25%)
18/24
(75%)
2.5
2.3/0.3
4.5 0.6 2.5 0 2.5 0 6 4.3
Statistics


2023/2024

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS


2022/2023

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
FIBA WC 5 58%
101/174
35.3%
53/150
83.1%
64/77
34.2
22/12.2
24.6 6.2 15 3.4 - 18.8 - 85


2021/2022

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
FIBA WC Q 2 51.9%
42/81
32.7%
17/52
74.1%
20/27
42.5
30/12.5
16 7.5 14 4 - 17.5 - 77.5
EuroBasket 7 54.6%
125/229
39.3%
88/224
87.2%
102/117
34.1
23.9/10.3
22.4 6.4 14.1 2.6 - 23 - 88


2019/2020

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
EuroBasket Q 1 0% 0% 0% 0
0/0
0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0


2018/2019

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS


2017/2018

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS


2016/2017

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
EuroBasket 6 47.8%
120/251
37.1%
56/151
83.3%
75/90
36.5
24.8/11.7
17.3 5.3 13.3 2.5 - 23.3 - 80.5


2014/2015

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
EuroBasket 6 48.9%
130/266
33.3%
54/162
66.7%
46/69
34.3
22/12.3
16.5 5.7 9.7 2 0 21.5 17.5 78


2013/2014

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
FIBA WC 5 40.9%
76/186
35.5%
44/124
74.4%
58/78
29.6
21/8.6
13 7.4 15.8 2 - 24.6 - 68.4


2012/2013

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
EuroBasket 8 44.2%
121/274
31.4%
71/226
67.9%
114/168
32.6
22.4/10.3
13.4 5 12.1 2.3 - 21.9 - 71.1


2010/2011

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
EuroBasket 8 40.9%
130/318
39.1%
70/179
69.2%
110/159
33.1
19.6/13.5
14.6 5.1 12.6 1.4 - 24 - 72.5
Records
Seasons:   All | 23/24 | 22/23 | 21/22 | 19/20 | 18/19 | 17/18 | 16/17 | 14/15 | 13/14 | 12/13 | 11/12 | 10/11

FIBA EuroBasket

Team records - 2010/2011 Season
Personal records - 2010/2011 Season
Efficiency 16 Tuukka Kotti Georgia --
Points 21 Petteri Koponen Greece --
Rebounds 9 Kimmo Muurinen Georgia --
Assists 10 Teemu Rannikko North Macedonia --
Steals 3 Tuukka Kotti Georgia --
Blocks 2 Tuukka Kotti Croatia --
2-pointers made 6 Gerald Lee Greece --
3-pointers made 4 Shawn Huff Russia --
Free throws made 7 Teemu Rannikko Croatia --
Average recors - all seasons
Efficiency 2021-2022 80
Points 2021-2022 88
Rebounds 2016-2017 36.5
Assists 2021-2022 22.4
Steals 2021-2022 6.4
Blocks 2021-2022 2.6
2-pointers made 2014-2015 21.7
3-pointers made 2021-2022 12.6
Free throws made 2021-2022 14.6
Average recors - all seasons
Efficiency Lauri Markkanen
2021/2022
29
Points Lauri Markkanen
2021/2022
27.9
Rebounds Lauri Markkanen
2021/2022
8.1
Assists Petteri Koponen
2016/2017
6.2
Steals Elias Valtonen
2021/2022
0.7
Blocks Elias Valtonen
2021/2022
0.7
2-pointers made Lauri Markkanen
2021/2022
6.9
3-pointers made Sasu Salin
2021/2022
3.1
Free throws made Lauri Markkanen
2021/2022
6.9

FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers

Average recors - all seasons
Efficiency 2019-2020 0
Points 2019-2020 0
Rebounds 2019-2020 0
Assists 2019-2020 0
Steals 2019-2020 0
Blocks 2019-2020 0
2-pointers made 2019-2020 0
3-pointers made 2019-2020 0
Free throws made 2019-2020 0