Association | Finnish Field Hockey Association |
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Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
FIH ranking | |
Current | 61 (13 August 2024) [1] |
Highest | 53 (2003) |
Lowest | 76 (January 2017) |
Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 1 (first in 1952 ) |
Best result | 9th (1952) |
EuroHockey Championship | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 1970 ) |
Best result | 16th (1970) |
The Finland men's national field hockey team (Swedish : Finlands herrlandslag i landhockey) represents Finland in men's international field hockey and is controlled by the Finnish Field Hockey Association the governing body for field hockey in Finland. [2]
Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1908 until 1948 | Did not participate | ||||||||
1952 | Classification | 9th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | Squad |
1956 until 1988 | Did not participate | ||||||||
1992 until 2024 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
Total | 9th (1x) | 1/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | – |
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