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World League 2011
22nd Edition
 
 FIN / Finland - Team Composition

 
Team manager Mr. NIEMINEN Jani
Head coach Mr. CASTELLANI Daniel
Assistant coach Mr. HEINO Jussi
Doctor TBD
Therapist / trainer Mr. KANGASNIEMI Tapio
Journalist Mr. FLINK Toni
 
  No.   Name Lastname Shirt Name Birthdate Height Weight Spike Block Club
  1 Sauli Sinkkonen Sinkkonen 14/09/1989 201 95 345 330 Isku-Volley (FIN)
  2   Eemi Tervaportti Tervaportti 26/07/1989 193 73 338 317 Roeselare (BEL)
  C 3 Mikko Esko Esko 3/09/1978 198 89 331 319 Nizhni Novgorod (RUS)
  4   Tommi Roininen Roininen 1/02/1984 186 87 324 310 Isku-Volley (FIN)
  5 Antti Siltala Siltala 14/03/1984 193 90 348 330 Sora (ITA)
  6   Tuomas Sammelvuo Sammelvuo 16/02/1976 192 90 341 315 San Giustino (ITA)
  7 Matti Hietanen Hietanen 3/01/1983 199 93 350 320 Gdansk (POL)
  8   Jari Tuominen Tuominen 11/09/1986 200 89 345 320 Cantún (ITA)
  9 Tuomas Tihinen Tihinen 26/12/1979 196 93 339 314 Tampereen Isku-Volley (FIN)
  10   Urpo Sivula Sivula 15/03/1988 195 100 350 330 Kokkolan Tiikerit (FIN)
  11 Henri Tuomi Tuomi 14/12/1982 196 93 345 320 Raision Loimu (FIN)
  12   Olli Kunnari Kunnari 2/02/1982 197 85 342 315 Vammalan Lentopallo (FIN)
  13 Mikko Oivanen Oivanen Mi 26/05/1986 198 92 360 320 Paris Volley (FRA)
  14   Konstantin Shumov Shumov 15/02/1985 205 101 351 331 Generali Haching (GER)
  15 Matti Oivanen Oivanen Ma 26/05/1986 198 90 355 320 Hurrikaani Loimaa FIN)
  16   Joni Mikkonen Mikkonen 13/06/1986 194 86 348 320 Saimaa Volley (FIN)
  17 Jani Sippola Sippola 4/05/1990 191 91 335 315 Saimaa Volley (FIN)
  18   Jukka Lehtonen Lehtonen 22/02/1982 197 90 346 325 Lugano (SUI)
  19 Pasi Hyvärinen Hyvärinen 22/11/1987 184 80 320 300 KyKy-Betset (FIN)
  20   Jarmo Korhonen Korhonen 25/07/1986 178 85 320 305 Muuramen Lentopallo (FIN)
 C=Captain  L=Libero
 
Team profile
Finland gained great experience from participating in last year's World League, when they finished 13th, and they have a new coach, Argentine Daniel Castellani replacing Italian Mauro Berruto. Finland's biggest success to date was the fourth-place finish in the 2007 European Championships. They have participated 13 times in the final round of the European Championship, placing in the top 10 four times. They have taken part in the World Championships six times, but the last time was in 1982, when they finished 17th. Currently, several players play professionally in different European leagues. Setter Mikko Esko plays for Italian A1 League team Modena and has also played in Belgium and Germany. Other Finnish players in Italy include Konstantin Shumov at Loreto, Jari Tuominen and Urpo Sivula at Monza, Matti Oivanen at Piacenza and team captain Jukka Lehtonen at A2-Ravenna. There are three Finnish players in Greece (Olli Kunnari at Olympiakos, Olli-Pekka Ojansivu and Matti Hietanen at PAOK), while Mikko Oivanen plays in Poland (Rzeszow). In the World League, Finland finished 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.
 

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