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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. Finland has played in 17 EuroBasket tournaments, with their best finish coming in sixth place at EuroBasket ...
The National Olympic Committee for Finland is the Finnish Olympic Committee, and was created and recognized in 1907, when Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland as part of the Russian Empire. Finland earned medals at 50 straight Olympics Games between 1908 and 2022 until the country's first-ever Olympics without a medal 2024.
Date(s) Location Berth(s) Qualifier(s) Host nation — — 1 Japan: FIBA 3x3 World Ranking [11] 1 November 2019 Utsunomiya: 3 China ROC Serbia: 2021 FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 26–30 May 2021 Graz: 3 Poland Netherlands Latvia: 2021 FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament [12] 4–6 June 2021 Debrecen: 1 Belgium: Total 8
Finland at the 2020 Summer Olympics; IOC code: FIN: NOC: Finnish Olympic Committee: Website: olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish and Swedish) in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 () – August 8, 2021 () Competitors: 45 in 11 sports: Flag bearers (opening) Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Ari-Pekka Liukkonen: Flag bearer (closing) Mira Potkonen: Medals Ranked 85th: Gold 0
The field of 12 nations is down to two. Team USA and France will meet for the second consecutive Olympic gold medal game. Here's how to watch.
Nkamhoua has played 20 games for Finland's U16 youth national team. [17] Nkamhoua has been part of Finland senior national team since 2021. He was forced to miss the EuroBasket 2022 due to his commitment to Tennessee, [18] [19] but next year he represented Finland at the 2023 FIBA World Cup in his first major international tournament.
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament; Tournament details; Host country: Japan: Dates: 25 July – 7 August 2021: Teams: 12 (from 5 confederations) Venue(s) Saitama Super Arena: Final positions; Champions: United States (16th title) Runners-up France: Third place Australia: Fourth place Slovenia: Tournament statistics ...
Thanks in part to the effort of Phog Allen [5] [6] —a Kansas Jayhawks collegiate coach—the first Olympic basketball tournament was organized in the 1936 Berlin Olympics on outdoor tennis courts. Dr. Naismith presented the medals to the top three teams. According to the Olympic rules of that time, all of the competitors were amateurs.