Finland men's national volleyball team

Finland
Nickname(s)	Veljekset (Brothers)
Association	Finnish Volleyball Association (FVA)
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Olli Kunnari
FIVB ranking	19 (5 October 2025)
Uniforms
World Championship
Appearances	9 (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)
European League

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.

Competition record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record					Qualification record
Year	Round	GP	MW	ML	Year	GP	MW	ML
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
2032	Future event				Future event
Total	0/7	0	0	0	Total	38	15	23

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	Squad
1949	Did not qualify
1952	7th–11th places	11th	7	0	7	1	21	Squad
1956	Did not qualify
1960	Did not qualify
1962	11th–20th places	18th	10	1	9	7	27	Squad
1966	17th–22nd places	19th	9	3	6	13	20	Squad
1970	17th–24th places	20th	12	4	8	20	26	Squad
1974	Did not qualify
1978	17th–20th places	17th	10	4	6	20	21	Squad
1982	17th–20th places	17th	10	4	6	19	19	Squad
1986	Did not qualify
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014	Second round	9th	12	5	7	19	25	Squad
2018	Second round	16th	8	2	6	10	21	Squad
2022	Did not qualify
2025	Round of 16	15th	4	2	2	8	9	Squad
2027	Future event
2029	Future event
Total	9/23		82	25	57	117	189	—

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

Year	Rank
2018	did not qualify
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

European Championship

Finland national team at the European Championships in 2007

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	Qualified as host
2028	Qualified