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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 ...
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was held from 24 July to 8 August 2021. [1] The basketball competitions were held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , while the debuting 3x3 competitions were held at the temporary Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.
[16] [17] Teams qualified were divided into two pots: Pot D comprised the three first-placed teams from the group phase, along with the best second-placed team. Pot E comprised the two remaining second-placed teams, along with the two best third-placed teams. Draw principles: Each game pairing had one team from Pot D and one team from Pot E.
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 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments involved four basketball tournaments contested by 23 national teams, and the top teams earned a place in the 2020 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. They were originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 28 June 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 29 June to 4 July ...
Finland has also won 175 medals at the Winter Games, mostly in nordic skiing events. 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 ...
Basketball Finland (Finnish: Suomen Koripalloliitto ry, Swedish: Finska Basketbollförbund) [1] is the governing body of Basketball in Finland. It was founded and became members of FIBA in 1939. Basketball Finland operates the Finland men's national team and Finland women's national team .
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.