Finland ranked 24, can be a dark horse team in this World Cup. The team has come up with a brand new lineup that comprises experienced Veterans plus newly energetic rookies. The most highlighted name in the roster is Lauri Markkannen, the NBA's Most Improved Player for the 2022-23 season. Markkanen is a 2014 draft who currently plays for the Utah Jazz and had career-best stats last season. He scored with a massive average of 25.6 points per game.
Coach Lassi Tuovi has disclosed an extended 22-men roster for the upcoming FIBA World Cup, which includes the name of Duke, four-star recruit Alex Murphy, Duke Guard, Jacob Grandison, Shawn Hopkins, and Lauri Markkanen.
Team Finland Roster
Finland will play their third FIBA competition this summer, the team has not achieved any significant accomplishments until now but will aim high this time, at least advancing to the second round of the tournament.
However, this time the Fortune is not favoring the Finnish team as they are placed in Group E alongside Japan, Australia, and Germany. All the other teams consist of decent NBA players in their crew. Australia, Nurtured by head Coach Brian Goorjian has unmasked their 12-men roster that has the majority of the same players of the Bronze medal-winning Australian squad in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Additionally, Japan has Phoenix Suns forward Sun Yuta Watanabe and Rui Hachimura in the team, while Germany also has new NBA talent, Maxi Kleber (Dallas Mavericks), and Dennis Schroder(Los Angeles Lakers).
Starting from the Group Stage, the team will play one match each with the other teams in the pool and if the team succeeds to finish in the top two, which is itself a task, then will meet the two strongest teams from Group F.
| Player |
| Max Besselink |
| Perttu Blomgren |
| Daniel Dolenc |
| Federiko Federiko |
| Jacob Grandison |
| Shawn Hopkins |
| Mikael Jantunen |
| Henri Kantonen |
| Severi Kauntonen |
| Aatu Kivimaki |
| Miro Little |
| Alexander Madsen |
| Lauri Markkanen |
| Edon Maxhuni |
| Alex Murphy |
| Lassi Nikkarinen |
| Olivier Nkamhoua |
| Topias Palmi |
| Remu Raitanen |
| Sasu Salin |
| Ilari Seppala |
| Elias Valtonen |
FAQs
A. In the 2023 World Cup, a total of 32 teams are competing from five different continents.
A. Yugoslavia and USA, both have won five FIBA championships.
A. Yes, active NBA players are also allowed to play in the FIBA World Cup.
A. This is the first time when the Women’s World Cup is hosted by two nations together i.e., Australia, and New Zealand, and the tournament will start on July 20 and finish by 20 August.
