The Finland women's national basketball team represents

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

in international

women's basketball Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It was first played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large parts via women's college compet ...

competitions. They are governed by

Basketball Finland Basketball Finland (, ) 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. They organize national comp ...

. Finland has appeared in five editions of the

EuroBasket EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the E ...

between 1952 and 1987, with 6 wins in 34 matches. It hasn't qualified for a major tournament since. until they did for the

2027 Predicted and scheduled events * May – The 2027 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled; the location is typically determined by the previous year's winner. * May 15– August 15 – Expo 2027 is scheduled to be held in Belgrade, Serbia. * ...

edition as co-host along with Belgium, Sweden and Lithuania.

Competitive record

EuroBasket Women

2021 Roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2021 qualification.

2011 Roster

* Guards ** .83 Krista Gross ** .70 Anette Juvonen ** .73

Vilma Kesänen Vilma is a feminine first name. People named Vilma include: *Ana Vilma de Escobar (b. 1954), Salvadoran politician *Vilma Åhlström (b. 2000), Swedish curler * Vilma Álvarez (b. 1970), Cuban softball player * Vilma Bánky (1901–1991), Hunga ...

** .75 Linda Lehtoranta ** .72 Reetta Piipari * Forwards ** .82 Evita Iiskola ** .83 Henna Koponen ** .85 Heta Korpivaara ** .74 Dionne Pounds ** .77 Henna Salomaa ** .87 Minna Sten ** .89

Tiina 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 statisti ...

** .90 Taru Tuukkanen ** .80 Hanna Vapamaa

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