Miro Little, the great promise of the Finnish national team, is being praised in the United States – an injury threatens Susijeng’s chances for the European Championship team

The men’s European Championship in basketball will be played between September 1 and 18, 2022. Finnish excerpts are followed on ‘s channels.

The super promise of Finnish basketball Miro Little was the subject of international media attention at the under-18 European Championships at the beginning of August. Little, 18, rose to the spotlight when the U.S sports media ESPN (you will switch to another service) praised the performances of the Finnish playmaker. ESPN rated Little as the third best player in the tournament.

Little is also on the verge of joining the Finnish men’s team Susijeng for the European Championships in September.

– Miro had a slightly different role in the youth games, and of course the games are not directly proportional to the men’s games. However, he has shown in adult matches that he is a world-class talent, Urheilu’s expert Pieti Poikola says.

Little played with Susijengi in June’s World Cup qualifiers and was on the field for almost 12 minutes against Sweden, for example.

He missed the last two matches of the youth games as a precaution due to an ankle injury. The injury may hinder the chances of being selected for Susijeng’s EC group.

According to Poikola, the severity of Little’s injury will be determined later.

– There is no more precise information than that the injury was not big. But of course, when we talk about adult games, where the world’s best basketball players play, a young person must be in 100% shape to be worth going to the games or to be selected.

Little was unable to attend the men’s team training camp when Wolf gang met (you will switch to another service) twice to Lithuania. According to Poikola, the young playmaker has qualities, such as defending on the ball and rebounding, with which he would be able to help the Finnish team.

– In full condition, he will definitely aim for a place in the competition. In a certain way, Finland has the most talented team of all time and the widest circle of players, so the competition is really tough. Finland can choose 12 men, each of whom brings something to the team.

The Finnish national under-18 boys’ basketball team finished third in the B division of the European Championship at the beginning of August.

Contrary to previous information, only two teams advanced to the A division. Finland lost to Denmark in the semi-final with 77–75 points, so the rise was limited.

Little scored an average of 15.6 points per game in the under-18 European Championships. He finished 13th in the point statistics.

In rebounding statistics (9.4/match), he was fifth best in the tournament.