Finland National Basketball Team

EUROBASKET 1939

Finland first competed in the Europe an championship in the third installment, at Eurobasket 1939 . In the round-robin there, they lost to each of the other seven teams in sequence, finishing with a 70-541 overall point differential.

EUROBASKET 1951

Finland's next European competition was 12 years later, at Eurobasket 1951 in Paris . They split their four preliminary round games, finishing third place in the group at 2-2 to be 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.

EUROBASKET 1953

Finland again competed at 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.

EUROBASKET 1955

Finland had great difficulty in the preliminary round of Eurobasket 1955 . They lost all three early games in Budapest , being relegated to the classification round. Once again, faced with weaker opponents, the Fins shone in the classification round, winning 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.

EUROBASKET 1957

In Sofia for Eurobasket 1957 , the Fins finished third in their preliminary group after going 1-2. They moved to the 9-16 classification pool, winning five games there and losing only two to take 11th place overall in the tournament.

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