Finland men's national volleyball team

The Finland men's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of Finland. It is governed by the Finland Volleyball Association and takes part in international volleyball competitions. The team's best results to date are fourth place at the European Championships 2007 and ninth place at the 2014 World Championships. After a one-off appearance in 1993, Finland rejoined the FIVB World League in 2006 and has been part of the competition ever since, making this year’s entry their 12th consecutive. Their best finish to date has been seventh place in 2007.

Finland

Association	Finnish Volleyball Association
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Olli Kunnari
FIVB ranking	23 (as of 2 December 2023)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1952)
Best result	9th place (2014)
European Championship
Appearances	19 (First in 1955)
Best result	4th (2007)
www.lentopalloliitto.fi/en (in English)
Honours European League 2005 Kazan

Results

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record						Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	L		Year	Pld	W	L
2000	Did not qualify					2000	3	1	2
2004						2004	7	3	4
2008						2008	8	5	3
2012						2012	7	4	3
2016						2016	3	0	3
2020						2019	3	0	3
2024						2023	7	2	5
2028	Future event				Future event
Total	0/7	0	0	0	Total	38	15	23

World Championship

FIVB World Championship
Year	Round	Position
1949	did not qualify
1952	Consolation round	11th
1956-1960	did not qualify
1962	Consolation round	18th
1966	Consolation round 17–22nd	19th
1970	Consolation round 17–24th	20th
1974	did not qualify
1978	Consolation round	17th
1982	Consolation round	17th
1986-2010	did not qualify
2014	Second round	9th
\ 2018	Second round	16th
\ 2022	did not qualify
2025	Future event

FIVB World League

FIVB World League
Year	Position
1990–1992	did not qualify
1993	12th
1994–2005	did not qualify
2006	10th
2007	7th
2008	10th
2009	8th
2010	13th
2011	10th
2012	13th
2013	16th
2014	16th
2015	15th
2016	17th
2017	21st

Nations League

Main article: FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League

Year	Rank
2018	did not qualify
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024

European Championship

European Championship
Year	Round	Position
1948–1951	did not qualify
1955	Consolation round 9-14th	11th
1958	Consolation round 9-16th	14th
1963	Consolation round 9-17th	14th
1967	Consolation round 17-20th	17th
1971	Consolation round 13-17th	13th
1975	did not qualify
1977	Consolation round 9-12th	11th
1979	did not qualify
1981	Consolation round 7-12th	9th
1983	Consolation round 7-12th	7th
1985–1989	did not qualify
1991	Consolation round 5-8th	8th
1993	Preliminary Round	10th
1995	did not qualify
1997	Preliminary Round	11th
1999–2005	did not qualify
2007	Final Round	4th
2009	Playoff Round	12th
\ 2011	Quarterfinals	8th
\ 2013	Quarterfinals	8th
\ 2015	Playoff Round	12th
2017	Playoff Round	12th
\ \ \ 2019	Round of 16	14th
\ \ \ 2021	Round of 16	12th
\ \ \ 2023	Preliminary Round	19th
\ \ \ 2026

European League

European League
Year	Position
2004	6th
2005
2006	Did not enter
2007	Did not enter
2008	Did not enter
2009	Did not enter
2010	Did not enter
2011	Did not enter
2012	Did not enter
2013	Did not enter
2014	Did not enter
2015	Did not enter
2016	Did not enter
2017	Did not enter
2018	7th
2019	11th
2021	Did not enter
2022	13th
2023	6th
2024

Current squad

Finland national team at the European Championships in 2007.

The following is the Finnish roster in the 2019 Men's European Volleyball Championship

Head coach:	Joel Banks
Assistants:	Sami Kurttila, Andres Esper, Panagiotis Kountouridis

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2016/17 club
2	Eemi Tervaportti	26 July 1989	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	338 cm (133 in)	317 cm (125 in)	Olympiacos CFP
3	Antti Siltala	14 March 1984	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	347 cm (137 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Savo Volley
4	Lauri Kerminen	18 January 1993	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Kuzbass Kemerovo
6	Antti Ronkainen	11 August 1996	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	SVG Lüneburg
7	Niko Suihkonen	11 April 1999	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Vammalan Lentopallo
8	Elviss Krastins	15 September 1994	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Arhavi Bld Spor
9	Tommi Siirilä	5 August 1993	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Hypo Tirol AlpenVolleys Haching
10	Urpo Sivula	15 March 1988	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Akaa-Volley
11	Sauli Sinkkonen	14 September 1989	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	VM Zalau
12	Samuli Kaislasalo	3 August 1995	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Lindeman Aalst
14	Markus Kaurto	31 August 1993	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Vammalan Lentopallo
15	Henrik Porkka	14 January 1998	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Hurrikaani-Loimaa
18	Akseli Lankinen	31 August 1997	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Akaa-Volley
21	Fedor Ivanov	1 December 2000	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Savo Volley

Finland national volleyball team in 2012.

Staff

• Head coach: Joel Banks
• Assistant coach: Sami Kurttila
• Assistant coach, physical coach: Andres Esper
• Team manager: Monika Remmelkoor
• Scoutman: Panagiotis Kountouridis
• Masseur/Equipment manager : Pawel Baryla
• Masseur/Equipment manager: Krzysztof Jakubiak
• Doctor: Petri Helenius
• Media manager: Kimmo Nurminen

External links

• Official website
• FIVB profile