U18 Finland
Roster

Aug 2, 2008

FIN 70

MNE 87

Boxscore

Aug 3, 2008

ROU 58

FIN 64

Boxscore

U18 Finland leaders

Season leaders

Points

Matti Nuutinen 2m02 / 6-8 18 years old

15.7
Sasu Salin 1m90 / 6-3 17 years old

14.4
Roope Ahonen 1m87 / 6-2 18 years old

13.5

Rebounds

Assists

U18 Finland 2008-2009 stats

U18 European Championship - Div B

Player	Height	Age	Pts	Reb	Ast	GP	W-L	MIN	3P%	FG%	FT%	Or	Reb	Ast	Stl	To	Blk	Fo	Pts	Eff	PTS	REB	AST
Matti Nuutinen	2m02	18	15.7	6.3	0	3	1-2	30	37.5%	51.6%	85.7%	2	6.3	0	0.7	1	0	3	15.7	16	22	10	0
Sasu Salin	1m90	17	14.4	6.4	0.6	8	5-3	28.3	32.8%	37.7%	80%	2.1	6.4	0.6	1.3	2	0.1	2.8	14.4	11.6	21	10	1
Roope Ahonen	1m87	18	13.5	1.9	2.4	8	5-3	27.4	32.4%	46.2%	76.5%	0.4	1.9	2.4	2.3	1.4	0	1.9	13.5	12	17	4	6
Samuli Vanttaja	2m10	17	7	3.1	0.3	8	5-3	22.9	25%	35.2%	76.9%	1	3.1	0.3	0.8	0.8	0.1	2	7	5.8	12	7	2
Antto Nikkarinen	1m85	17	6.7	3.3	1.7	3	1-2	24.3	16.7%	35%	71.4%	0.7	3.3	1.7	1.3	1.7	0	1.3	6.7	6.3	11	4	3
Lauri Tiainen	1m92	18	6.6	1.8	0.4	8	5-3	15.3	30.8%	34%	77.8%	0	1.8	0.4	0.1	0.4	0	2.8	6.6	4.1	12	3	2
Carl Lindbom	2m06	17	5.7	2.4	0.3	7	5-2	12.3	30.8%	41.7%	85.7%	1.1	2.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0	0.7	5.7	5.3	14	4	2
Lauri Toivonen	2m00	17	4.6	4	0.3	8	5-3	22.6	-	55.6%	63.6%	1.1	4	0.3	0.8	0.4	0	1.6	4.6	7.3	12	8	1
Jesse Niemi	1m93	18	4.5	2.9	0.1	8	5-3	18.3	12.5%	46.4%	81.8%	1.8	2.9	0.1	1.4	0.5	0.1	2.4	4.5	6.4	9	5	1
Tuomas Viertola	1m93	18	3.3	0.3	1.2	6	4-2	15.3	0%	57.1%	30.8%	0.2	0.3	1.2	1.3	0.8	0	0.5	3.3	2.8	11	2	3
Jussi Turja	1m93	18	3	0.9	0.9	7	4-3	12.1	25%	29.6%	50%	0.1	0.9	0.9	0.1	0.7	0	2.4	3	1.3	9	2	2
Mikael Sandberg	2m09	17	2.5	1.9	0.1	8	5-3	11.9	25%	42.9%	33.3%	0.9	1.9	0.1	0.1	0.3	0	1	2.5	2.6	8	5	1
Total			71.6	28.6	6.6	8	5-3	199.8	29.3%	41.3%	70.9%	9.5	28.6	6.6	8.8	8.1	0.4	19.1	71.6	66
Opponents			64.3	31.3	7.8	8	-	200	28.9%	45.1%	63.4%	6.9	31.3	7.8	6.4	13.8	2.5	18.1	64.3	62.5
Gap			7,3	-2,7	-1,2	0	-	-0.2	0,4%	-3,8%	7,5%	2,6	-2,7	-1,2	2,4	-5,7	-2,1	1,0	7,3	3,5

Average
height 197 cm

Average
age 18 years old

Player	Height	Age	Pts	Reb	Ast	GP	W-L	MIN	2P	3P	FG	FT	Or	Reb	Ast	Stl	To	Blk	Fo	Pts	Eff
Matti Nuutinen	2m02	18	47	19	0	3	1-2	90	13/23	3/8	16/31	12/14	6	19	0	2	3	0	9	47	48
Sasu Salin	1m90	17	115	51	5	8	5-3	226	22/50	21/64	43/114	8/10	17	51	5	10	16	1	22	115	93
Roope Ahonen	1m87	18	108	15	19	8	5-3	219	31/57	11/34	42/91	13/17	3	15	19	18	11	0	15	108	96
Samuli Vanttaja	2m10	17	56	25	2	8	5-3	183	11/22	8/32	19/54	10/13	8	25	2	6	6	1	16	56	46
Antto Nikkarinen	1m85	17	20	10	5	3	1-2	73	6/14	1/6	7/20	5/7	2	10	5	4	5	0	4	20	19
Lauri Tiainen	1m92	18	53	14	3	8	5-3	122	5/11	12/39	17/50	7/9	0	14	3	1	3	0	22	53	33
Carl Lindbom	2m06	17	40	17	2	7	5-2	86	11/23	4/13	15/36	6/7	8	17	2	2	2	0	5	40	37
Lauri Toivonen	2m00	17	37	32	2	8	5-3	181	15/27	0/0	15/27	7/11	9	32	2	6	3	0	13	37	58
Jesse Niemi	1m93	18	36	23	1	8	5-3	146	12/20	1/8	13/28	9/11	14	23	1	11	4	1	19	36	51
Tuomas Viertola	1m93	18	20	2	7	6	4-2	92	8/13	0/1	8/14	4/13	1	2	7	8	5	0	3	20	17
Jussi Turja	1m93	18	21	6	6	7	4-3	85	4/11	4/16	8/27	1/2	1	6	6	1	5	0	17	21	9
Mikael Sandberg	2m09	17	20	15	1	8	5-3	95	8/17	1/4	9/21	1/3	7	15	1	1	2	0	8	20	21
Total			573	229	53	8	5-3	1598	146/288	66/225	212/513	83/117	76	229	53	70	65	3	153	573	528
Opponents			514	250	62	8	-	1600	146/278	37/128	183/406	111/175	55	250	62	51	110	20	145	514	500
Gap			59	-21	-9	0	-	-2	0/10	29/97	29/107	-28/-58	21	-21	-9	19	-45	-17	8	59	28

Player	Height	Age	Pts	Reb	Ast	GP	W-L	MIN	3P%	FG%	FT%	Or	Reb	Ast	Stl	To	Blk	Fo	Pts	Eff	PTS	REB	AST
Matti Nuutinen	2m02	18	18.8	7.6	0	3	1-2	36	37.5%	51.6%	85.7%	2.4	7.6	0	0.8	1.2	0	3.6	18.8	19.2	22	10	0
Sasu Salin	1m90	17	18.3	8.1	0.8	8	5-3	36	32.8%	37.7%	80%	2.7	8.1	0.8	1.6	2.5	0.2	3.5	18.3	14.8	21	10	1
Roope Ahonen	1m87	18	17.8	2.5	3.1	8	5-3	36	32.4%	46.2%	76.5%	0.5	2.5	3.1	3	1.8	0	2.5	17.8	15.8	17	4	6
Samuli Vanttaja	2m10	17	11	4.9	0.4	8	5-3	36	25%	35.2%	76.9%	1.6	4.9	0.4	1.2	1.2	0.2	3.1	11	9	12	7	2
Antto Nikkarinen	1m85	17	9.9	4.9	2.5	3	1-2	36	16.7%	35%	71.4%	1	4.9	2.5	2	2.5	0	2	9.9	9.4	11	4	3
Lauri Tiainen	1m92	18	15.6	4.1	0.9	8	5-3	36	30.8%	34%	77.8%	0	4.1	0.9	0.3	0.9	0	6.5	15.6	9.7	12	3	2
Carl Lindbom	2m06	17	16.7	7.1	0.8	7	5-2	36	30.8%	41.7%	85.7%	3.3	7.1	0.8	0.8	0.8	0	2.1	16.7	15.5	14	4	2
Lauri Toivonen	2m00	17	7.4	6.4	0.4	8	5-3	36	-	55.6%	63.6%	1.8	6.4	0.4	1.2	0.6	0	2.6	7.4	11.5	12	8	1
Jesse Niemi	1m93	18	8.9	5.7	0.2	8	5-3	36	12.5%	46.4%	81.8%	3.5	5.7	0.2	2.7	1	0.2	4.7	8.9	12.6	9	5	1
Tuomas Viertola	1m93	18	7.8	0.8	2.7	6	4-2	36	0%	57.1%	30.8%	0.4	0.8	2.7	3.1	2	0	1.2	7.8	6.7	11	2	3
Jussi Turja	1m93	18	8.9	2.5	2.5	7	4-3	36	25%	29.6%	50%	0.4	2.5	2.5	0.4	2.1	0	7.2	8.9	3.8	9	2	2
Mikael Sandberg	2m09	17	7.6	5.7	0.4	8	5-3	36	25%	42.9%	33.3%	2.7	5.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	0	3	7.6	8	8	5	1
Total			12.9	5.2	1.2	8	5-3	36	29.3%	41.3%	70.9%	1.7	5.2	1.2	1.6	1.5	0.1	3.4	12.9	11.9

Player	Height	Age	Pts	Reb	Ast	GP	W-L	MIN	3P%	FG%	FT%	Or	Reb	Ast	Stl	To	Blk	Fo	Pts	Eff	PTS	REB	AST
Matti Nuutinen	2m02	18	20.9	8.4	0	3	1-2	40	37.5%	51.6%	85.7%	2.7	8.4	0	0.9	1.3	0	4	20.9	21.3	22	10	0
Sasu Salin	1m90	17	20.4	9	0.9	8	5-3	40	32.8%	37.7%	80%	3	9	0.9	1.8	2.8	0.2	3.9	20.4	16.5	21	10	1
Roope Ahonen	1m87	18	19.7	2.7	3.5	8	5-3	40	32.4%	46.2%	76.5%	0.5	2.7	3.5	3.3	2	0	2.7	19.7	17.5	17	4	6
Samuli Vanttaja	2m10	17	12.2	5.5	0.4	8	5-3	40	25%	35.2%	76.9%	1.7	5.5	0.4	1.3	1.3	0.2	3.5	12.2	10.1	12	7	2
Antto Nikkarinen	1m85	17	11	5.5	2.7	3	1-2	40	16.7%	35%	71.4%	1.1	5.5	2.7	2.2	2.7	0	2.2	11	10.4	11	4	3
Lauri Tiainen	1m92	18	17.4	4.6	1	8	5-3	40	30.8%	34%	77.8%	0	4.6	1	0.3	1	0	7.2	17.4	10.8	12	3	2
Carl Lindbom	2m06	17	18.6	7.9	0.9	7	5-2	40	30.8%	41.7%	85.7%	3.7	7.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0	2.3	18.6	17.2	14	4	2
Lauri Toivonen	2m00	17	8.2	7.1	0.4	8	5-3	40	-	55.6%	63.6%	2	7.1	0.4	1.3	0.7	0	2.9	8.2	12.8	12	8	1
Jesse Niemi	1m93	18	9.9	6.3	0.3	8	5-3	40	12.5%	46.4%	81.8%	3.8	6.3	0.3	3	1.1	0.3	5.2	9.9	14	9	5	1
Tuomas Viertola	1m93	18	8.7	0.9	3	6	4-2	40	0%	57.1%	30.8%	0.4	0.9	3	3.5	2.2	0	1.3	8.7	7.4	11	2	3
Jussi Turja	1m93	18	9.9	2.8	2.8	7	4-3	40	25%	29.6%	50%	0.5	2.8	2.8	0.5	2.4	0	8	9.9	4.2	9	2	2
Mikael Sandberg	2m09	17	8.4	6.3	0.4	8	5-3	40	25%	42.9%	33.3%	2.9	6.3	0.4	0.4	0.8	0	3.4	8.4	8.8	8	5	1
Total			14.3	5.7	1.3	8	5-3	40	29.3%	41.3%	70.9%	1.9	5.7	1.3	1.8	1.6	0.1	3.8	14.3	13.2

Player	Height	Age	USG%	PACE	PIE	PER	GMSCR	AST%	TO%	AST/TO	OREB%	DREB%	REB%
Matti Nuutinen	2m02	18	22.7%	13,4	5,0	18,7	13,9	0%	7%	-7.5	3%	6%	8%
Sasu Salin	1m90	17	30.2%	16,8	9,0	13,3	10,1	4%	12%	-8.2	8%	16%	24%
Roope Ahonen	1m87	18	25.4%	13,7	12,0	17,6	11,4	15%	10%	7.3	1%	6%	7%
Samuli Vanttaja	2m10	17	18.2%	8,2	4,0	8,1	5,5	3%	9%	-6.1	5%	10%	15%
Antto Nikkarinen	1m85	17	19.5%	9,4	2,0	8,0	5,3	15%	18%	0	1%	4%	5%
Lauri Tiainen	1m92	18	23.7%	7,1	2,0	7,4	4,6	5%	5%	0	0%	12%	12%
Carl Lindbom	2m06	17	24.3%	5,9	4,0	15,9	4,6	5%	5%	0	9%	10%	18%
Lauri Toivonen	2m00	17	9.8%	4,4	6,0	9,8	5,7	5%	9%	-2.9	5%	14%	19%
Jesse Niemi	1m93	18	12.8%	4,6	4,0	12,1	6,2	3%	11%	-8.1	10%	7%	17%
Tuomas Viertola	1m93	18	13.6%	4,1	2,0	9,4	3,3	22%	20%	8.1	1%	1%	2%
Jussi Turja	1m93	18	19.6%	4,7	-1,0	-0,1	2,0	15%	15%	3	1%	5%	7%
Mikael Sandberg	2m09	17	13%	3,0	1,0	6,3	2,3	4%	8%	-4.1	8%	9%	17%

Player	Height	Age	eFG%	TS%	3PAr	FTr	%FGA/2PTm	%FGA/3PTm	%FGA/FTm	%PTS/2PTm	%PTS/3PTm	%PTS/FTm	PTS/2PTm	PTS/3PTm
Matti Nuutinen	2m02	18	71,0%	63,2%	25,8%	45,2%	51,1%	17,8%	31,1%	55,3%	19,1%	25,5%	1.13	1.13
Sasu Salin	1m90	17	41,2%	48,6%	56,1%	8,8%	40,3%	51,6%	8,1%	38,3%	54,8%	7,0%	0.88	0.98
Roope Ahonen	1m87	18	53,3%	54,8%	37,4%	18,7%	52,8%	31,5%	15,7%	57,4%	30,6%	12,0%	1.09	0.97
Samuli Vanttaja	2m10	17	44,4%	46,9%	59,3%	24,1%	32,8%	47,8%	19,4%	39,3%	42,9%	17,9%	1	0.75
Antto Nikkarinen	1m85	17	47,5%	43,3%	30,0%	35,0%	51,9%	22,2%	25,9%	60,0%	15,0%	25,0%	0.86	0.5
Lauri Tiainen	1m92	18	41,0%	49,1%	78,0%	18,0%	18,6%	66,1%	15,3%	18,9%	67,9%	13,2%	0.91	0.92
Carl Lindbom	2m06	17	50,0%	51,2%	36,1%	19,4%	53,5%	30,2%	16,3%	55,0%	30,0%	15,0%	0.96	0.92
Lauri Toivonen	2m00	17	68,5%	58,1%	0%	40,7%	71,1%	0%	28,9%	81,1%	0%	18,9%	1.11	0
Jesse Niemi	1m93	18	62,5%	54,8%	28,6%	39,3%	51,3%	20,5%	28,2%	66,7%	8,3%	25,0%	1.2	0.38
Tuomas Viertola	1m93	18	71,4%	50,7%	7,1%	92,9%	48,1%	3,7%	48,1%	80,0%	0%	20,0%	1.23	0
Jussi Turja	1m93	18	31,5%	37,7%	59,3%	7,4%	37,9%	55,2%	6,9%	38,1%	57,1%	4,8%	0.73	0.75
Mikael Sandberg	2m09	17	45,2%	44,8%	19,0%	14,3%	70,8%	16,7%	12,5%	80,0%	15,0%	5,0%	0.94	0.75

Player	Height	Age	%MIN	%PTS	%FGM	%FGA	%2PM	%2PA	%3PM	%3PA	%FTM	%FTA	%OREB	%DREB	%REB	%AST	%TOV	%STL	%BLK	%BLKA	%PF	%PFD	%+/-	%EFF
Matti Nuutinen	2m02	18	75%	22%	20%	16%	24%	21%	12%	9%	39%	32%	21%	23%	22%	0%	12%	8%	0%	-	16%	-	-	24%
Sasu Salin	1m90	17	71%	20%	20%	22%	15%	17%	32%	28%	10%	9%	22%	22%	22%	9%	25%	14%	33%	-	14%	-	-	18%
Roope Ahonen	1m87	18	68%	19%	20%	18%	21%	20%	17%	15%	16%	15%	4%	8%	7%	36%	17%	26%	0%	-	10%	-	-	18%
Samuli Vanttaja	2m10	17	57%	10%	9%	11%	8%	8%	12%	14%	12%	11%	11%	11%	11%	4%	9%	9%	33%	-	10%	-	-	9%
Antto Nikkarinen	1m85	17	61%	9%	9%	10%	11%	13%	4%	7%	16%	16%	7%	14%	12%	25%	21%	15%	0%	-	7%	-	-	10%
Lauri Tiainen	1m92	18	38%	9%	8%	10%	3%	4%	18%	17%	8%	8%	0%	9%	6%	6%	5%	1%	0%	-	14%	-	-	6%
Carl Lindbom	2m06	17	31%	8%	8%	8%	9%	9%	7%	7%	8%	7%	12%	7%	8%	4%	4%	3%	0%	-	4%	-	-	8%
Lauri Toivonen	2m00	17	57%	6%	7%	5%	10%	9%	0%	0%	8%	9%	12%	15%	14%	4%	5%	9%	0%	-	8%	-	-	11%
Jesse Niemi	1m93	18	46%	6%	6%	5%	8%	7%	2%	4%	11%	9%	18%	6%	10%	2%	6%	16%	33%	-	12%	-	-	10%
Tuomas Viertola	1m93	18	38%	5%	5%	4%	7%	6%	0%	1%	6%	15%	2%	1%	1%	18%	10%	15%	0%	-	3%	-	-	4%
Jussi Turja	1m93	18	30%	4%	4%	6%	3%	4%	7%	8%	1%	2%	2%	4%	3%	13%	9%	2%	0%	-	13%	-	-	2%
Mikael Sandberg	2m09	17	30%	3%	4%	4%	5%	6%	2%	2%	1%	3%	9%	5%	7%	2%	3%	1%	0%	-	5%	-	-	4%

Basketbal career higlights

U18 Finland

Matti Nuutinen scores a season high 22 points for U18 Finland

On July 07, 2008, Matti Nuutinen set a season high in points in a U18 European Championship - Div B game. That day he scored 22 points in Finland's road win against Hungary, 70-82. He also had 10 rebounds and finished the game with a 23 efficiency.

2008-2009 - Rebounds

Matti Nuutinen grabs a season high 10 rebounds for U18 Finland

On July 07, 2008, Matti Nuutinen set a season high in rebounds in a U18 European Championship - Div B game. That day he grabbed 10 rebounds in Finland's road win against Hungary, 70-82. He also had 22 points and finished the game with a 23 efficiency.

2008-2009 - Assists

Roope Ahonen dishes a season high 6 assists for U18 Finland

On July 07, 2008, Roope Ahonen set a season high in assists in a U18 European Championship - Div B game. That day he dished 6 assists in Finland's road loss against Slovak Republic, 77-74. He also had 17 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals and finished the game with a 19 efficiency.

2008-2009 - Steals

Roope Ahonen has a season high 4 steals for U18 Finland

On August 08, 2008, Roope Ahonen set a season high in steals in a U18 European Championship - Div B game. That day he reached 4 steals in Finland's home win against Romania, 73-61. He also had 16 points, 4 steals and finished the game with a 16 efficiency.

2008-2009 - Blocks

Jesse Niemi blocks a season high 1 blocks for U18 Finland Jesse Niemi

On July 07, 2008, Jesse Niemi set a season high in blocks in a U18 European Championship - Div B game. That day he went for 1 blocks in Finland's road win against Bielorussie, 44-71. He also had 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and finished the game with a 13 efficiency.

2008-2009 - Efficiency

Matti Nuutinen set a season high 23 efficiency for U18 Finland

On July 07, 2008, Matti Nuutinen set a season high in efficiency in a U18 European Championship - Div B game. That day he accomplished 23 efficiency in Finland's road win against Hungary, 70-82. He also had 22 points, 10 rebounds and finished the game with a 23 efficiency.

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