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Basketball Finland

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Basketball Finland
FIBA Europe
Association crest
Founded1939; 86 years ago (1939)
HeadquartersEspoo
PresidentTimo Elo
Websitewww.basket.fi

Basketball Finland (Finnish: Suomen Koripalloliitto ry, Swedish: 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 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.[1] They also organize the Helsinki Basketball Academy.

The top professional league in Finland is Korisliiga.[2]

Public basketball court in Baana

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Finland FIBA Europe". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  2. ^ "Finnish Professional league" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-05-20.
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