Finnish Men National Team U18/19 2026

SeniorU22U20/21U16/17
Check also Women U18/19 National Team
Starting five
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Reino Saivosalmi
Saivosalmi
Santeri Manninen
Manninen
Valtter Varila
Varila
Velmeri Niemento
Niemento
Amani Haruna
Haruna
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3Renne Ikalainen 185-G-2009 Kouvot Finland
4Reino Saivosalmi 188-G-2008 HBA-Marsky Finland
5Otto Kantero 181-PG-2008 ToPo Finland
8Santeri Manninen 181-PG-2009 JBA Finland
9Valtter Varila 189-G/F-2009 HBA-Marsky Finland
10Terell Hopkins 193-G-2009 Ura Basket Finland
11Velmeri Niemento 199-F-2008 Lahti Finland
12Amani Haruna 208-F/C-2008 HBA-Marsky Finland
14Benjamin Passila 199-F-2008 HBA-Marsky Finland
15Tomas Loponen 195-G/F-2009 Honka Finland
20Leo Rentola 203-F-2008 Ura Basket Finland
21Aarne Pallijeff 186-PG-2008 HBA-Marsky Finland

Jyri Lehtonen Head Coach Kouvot Finland
Petri Virtanen Assistant Kataja Finland


European Championships U18 Qualifying Round (2026)
  Field Goals Rebounds  
# Name G min fgm-a   3pm-a  % ftm-a   off def tot ast pf st bs to pts
8 Manninen, Santeri 8 27 45.7% 10.5% 65.5% 1.5 2.4 3.9 4.6 2.3 0.9 0.4 3.4 10.5
9 Varila, Valtter 8 22 51.2% 17.2% 69.2% 0.5 3.0 3.5 2.4 2.0 0.5 0.1 0.8 8.5
12 Haruna, Amani 8 22 42.1% 0.0% 57.1% 3.1 5.4 8.5 0.9 3.1 1.4 1.6 2.6 5.5
14 Passila, Benjamin 8 20 41.7% 40.4% 72.7% 1.8 3.4 5.1 1.0 2.8 0.9 0.3 1.5 11.6
11 Niemento, Velmeri 8 20 60.0% 25.6% 25.0% 1.4 1.6 3.0 0.5 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.6 6.5
3 Ikalainen, Renne 8 15 29.4% 27.3% 50.0% 0.9 1.0 1.9 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.0 1.3 3.0
10 Hopkins, Terell 8 13 53.8% 14.3% 100.0% 0.3 1.9 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.3 0.5 2.8
4 Saivosalmi, Reino 7 30 38.6% 28.3% 89.7% 1.0 2.9 3.9 1.6 2.4 1.4 0.0 1.9 17.3
21 Pallijeff, Aarne 7 17 27.3% 12.5% 80.0% 0.7 1.1 1.9 1.7 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.9 3.1
15 Loponen, Tomas 7 8 33.3% 0.0% 100.0% 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.7 1.1
20 Rentola, Leo 6 17 60.0% 50.0% 100.0% 1.8 3.5 5.3 0.2 1.5 0.3 0.3 1.7 4.8
5 Kantero, Otto 6 11 75.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.8 3.0