TEAM COMPOSITION

FIN / Finland - Team Composition

Team manager	NIEMINEN Jani
Head coach	CASTELLANI Daniel
Assistant coach	MARTINEZ Mario
Doctor	HELENIUS Petri
Therapist / trainer	VATJALAINEN Kari
Journalist	FLINK Toni

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	1	Sauli	Sinkkonen	Sinkkonen	14.09.1989	201	95	345	330
	2	Eemi	Tervaportti	Tervaportti	26.07.1989	193	73	338	317
	3	Mikko	Esko	Esko	03.09.1978	198	89	331	319
L	4	Tommi	Roininen	Roininen	01.02.1984	186	87	324	310
	5	Antti	Siltala	Siltala	14.03.1984	193	90	348	330
C	6	Tuomas	Sammelvuo	Sammelvuo	16.02.1976	192	90	341	315
	7	Matti	Hietanen	Hietanen	03.01.1983	199	93	350	320
	8	Jari	Tuominen	Tuominen	11.09.1986	200	89	345	320
	9	Jouni	Palokangas	Palokangas	23.11.1986	193	88	335	320
	10	Urpo	Sivula	Sivula	15.03.1988	195	100	350	330
L	11	Jesse	Mäntylä	Mäntylä	24.03.1987	176	70	321	289
	12	Olli	Kunnari	Kunnari	02.02.1982	197	85	342	315
	13	Mikko	Oivanen	Oivanen Mi	26.05.1986	198	92	360	320
	14	Konstantin	Shumov	Shumov	15.02.1985	205	101	351	331
	15	Matti	Oivanen	Oivanen Ma	26.05.1986	198	90	355	320
	16	Olli-Pekka	Ojansivu	Ojansivu	31.12.1987	197	90	344	325
	17	Toni	Kankaanpää	Kankaanpää	18.03.1984	194	89	345	318
	18	Jukka	Lehtonen	Lehtonen	22.02.1982	197	90	346	325
L	19	Pasi	Hyvärinen	Hyvärinen	22.11.1987	184	80	320	300
L	20	Lauri	Kerminen	Kerminen	18.01.1993	182	70	320	290
	21	Tommi	Siirilä	Siirilä	05.08.1993	203	98	340	325
	22	Petteri	Penttinen	Penttinen	21.08.1985	185	88	335	320
	23	Antti	Esko	Esko A	30.07.1982	190	86	335	314
	24	Elviss	Krastins	Krastins	15.09.1994	192	84	335	315
	25	Aleksi	Kaatrasalo	Kaatrasalo	24.05.1990	193	88	350	330

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Finland's biggest success to date is the fourth-place finish in the 2007 European Championships in Moscow. They have participated 14 times in the final round of the European Championship, placing in the top 10 five times. Last year Finland was 8th. They have taken part in the World Championships six times, but the last time was in 1982, when they finished 17th. In the World League, Finland finished 10th in 2011, 13th in 2010, eighth in 2009, 10th in 2008, seventh in 2007, 10th in 2006 and 12th in 1993. Finland won silver in the 2005 European League.

Coach profile

Argentinian Daniel Castellani was named coach of Finland in 2011 following two years with Poland, who he led to victory at the 2009 European Championship. Castellani played for Argentine side Obras Sanitarias, Italian sides Cheiti, Falconara, Bologna, Padova and Firenze, and Brazilian sides Atlantic Boavista and Minas. He won a bronze medal at the 1982 FIVB World Championships with Argentina and another bronze at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.