Basketball Finland ( fi, Suomen Koripalloliitto ry, sv, Finska Basketbollförbund) is the governing body of Basketball in Finland. It was founded and became members of

FIBA The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its nam ...

in 1939. Basketball Finland operates the Finland men's national team and Finland women's national team. They organize national competitions in Finland, for both the men's and women's senior teams and also the

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national basketball teams. The top professional league in Finland is

Korisliiga The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total o ...

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Basketball in Finland Basketball governing bodies in Europe {{basketball-stub

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