The Finland women's national basketball team represents
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
in international
women's basketball competitions. They are governed by
Basketball Finland
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 in 1939.
Basketball Finland operates the Finland national basketb ...
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Finland has appeared in five editions of the
EuroBasket between 1952 and 1987, with 6 wins in 34 matches. It hasn't qualified for a major tournament since.
2021 Roster
Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2021 qualification.
2011 Roster
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Guards
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.83Krista Gross
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.70Anette Juvonen
Anette Ingegerd Olsson (born 21 June 1971), known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish from 2007 to 2012. She is also the vocalist of Swedish cla ...
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.73Vilma Kesänen
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* Vilma Abrahamsson (born 1999), Swedish football player
* Vilma Bánky (1901–1991), Hungarian silent film actress
* Vilma Bardauskienė (born 1953), Lithuanian long jumper
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.75Linda Lehtoranta
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* Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer
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.72 Reetta Piipari
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Forwards
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.82Evita Iiskola Evita may refer to:
Arts
* ''Evita'' (1996 film), a 1996 American musical drama film based on the 1976 concept album of the same name
* ''Evita'' (2008 film), a documentary about Eva Péron
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.83Henna Koponen
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.85Heta Korpivaara
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.74Dionne Pounds Dionne may refer to:
*Dionne (name)
* Centre Marcel Dionne, a multi-purpose arena in Quebec, Canada
* Dionne Lake in Nunavut, Canada
* Dionne quintuplets, the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy
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.77 Henna Salomaa
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.87 Minna Sten
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.89Tiina Sten
Tiina Irene Sten (born in Turku, 18 June 1985) is a Finnish basketball player, currently playing for TSV 1880 Wasserburg in the German Bundesliga. She is a 1.89 m power forward.
She is a member of the Finnish national team.
St. John's statist ...
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.90 Taru Tuukkanen
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.80 Hanna Vapamaa
See also
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Finland women's national 3x3 team
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothn ...
References
External links
Official websiteFinland National Team - Women
at Eurobasket.com
{{FIBA Europe women's teams
Women's national basketball teams