Basketball Finland

Basketball Finland
Sport	Basketball
Jurisdiction	Finland
Founded	1939
Affiliation	FIBA
Regional affiliation	FIBA Europe
Headquarters	Espoo
Official website
	www.basket.fi

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. They organize national competitions in Finland, for both the men's and women's senior teams and also the youth national basketball teams.^[2] They also organize the Helsinki Basketball Academy.

The top professional league in Finland is Korisliiga.^[3]

References

^ "TOIMINTASÄÄNNÖT" (PDF) (in Finnish). Basketball Finland. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ "Finland FIBA Europe". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
^ "Finnish Professional league" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-20.

External links

Official website
Finland at FIBA site

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[1] "TOIMINTASÄÄNNÖT" (PDF) (in Finnish). Basketball Finland. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

[2] "Finland FIBA Europe". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2019-05-25.

[3] "Finnish Professional league" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-20.

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