The Finnish men’s national basketball team will play in its second World Cup in Asia in August-September. We gathered all the necessary information about the games in this article.
When and where does Finland play?
Finland will play the first group and the second group in the World Championships in Okinawa, Japan. The other groups will be played in the Philippines in Manila and Jakarta in Indonesia.
Finland’s preliminary group games at the World Cup:
Fri 25.8. Finland–Australia at 11:00 a.m
Sun 27.8. Japan–Finland at 15.10
Tue 29.8. Germany–Finland at 10.30 am.
European Championship groups:
Group A (Manila, Philippines):
Angola
Dominican Republic
Philippine Islands
Italy
Group B (Manila, Philippines):
South Sudan
Serbia
China
Puerto Rico
Group C (Manila, Philippines):
United States
Jordan
Greece
New Zealand
Group D (Manila, Philippines):
Egypt
Mexico
Montenegro
Lithuania
Block E (Okinawa, Japan):
Germany
Finland
Australia
Japan
Group F (Okinawa, Japan):
Slovenia
Cape Verde
Georgia
Venezuela
Group G (Jakarta, Indonesia):
Iran
Spain
Ivory Coast
Brazil
Group H (Jakarta, Indonesia):
Canada
Latvia
Lebanon
France
How could Finland continue?
In any case, Finland will play at least five matches in the tournament. After the three initial group games, there will be two further group games.
The two best from each group advance to the upper continuation blocks and the two weakest to the lower continuation blocks.
If Finland finishes in the top two in its group, it will play for places 1–16. If Finland is among the last two, the games will be played for places 17–32.
The wolf gang had a really hard block. Finland will face two medal candidates (Australia and Germany) and the competition hosts Japan. Getting into the top 16 and the next games therefore requires really hard success.
In any case, Finland has the best player in the group, the Utah Jazz’s NBA star Lauri Markkanen.
Finland’s opponents in the next group will come from the second group F played in Okinawa. The two best from the upper next groups will go to the quarterfinals played in the Philippines. The medal games will also be held in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
If Finland continues its games in the lower extension group in Okinawa, there will still be enough stake in the games. Finland has a chance to grab a place in the Olympic qualification.
Seven teams from the World Cup (the two best in Europe, the two best in America, the best in Africa, the best in Asia and the best in Oceania) get a place in the Olympics. The next 16 best teams, on the other hand, go to the Olympic qualifiers.
The road to Paris is still rocky, as only four teams from the 24 Olympic qualifiers will make it to the Games.
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What does do?
Urheilu will be present at Susijeng’s matches in the World Cup. We follow Susijeng’s excerpts closely on TV, radio and digital platforms.
On its website and in the application, follows Susijeng’s excerpts from moment to moment. In addition, offers the highlights of the matches as clips. So you can see the top moments of Susijeng and Lauri Markkanen fresh after the matches.
Sanoma Media Finland has the TV broadcasting rights for the World Cup matches.
Important dates:
Initial blocks: 25–30.8.
Upper extension blocks: 1.9 and 3.9.
Lower extension blocks: 31.8. and 2.9.
Semi-finals: 5–6.9.
Placement matches 5–8: 7.9 and 9.9.
Semi-finals: 8.9
Final and bronze match: 10.9.
Susijeng’s MM team
Susijeng’s World Championship team has three first-timers at the prestigious championships and nine players familiar from last year’s European Championships.
The first timers are Alex Murphy, Jacob Grandison and Olivier Nkamhoua. Two spots opened up for the national team when you won Petteri Koponen and Shawn Huff ended their careers at the European Championships.
Susijeng’s team