With the U20 European Championships starting tomorrow, our friend Hippo has sent us his preview on the Finnish U20 National Team that will compete in the B Division tournament in Sarajevo. The team will face Norway, Great Britian, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Luxembourg in Group C. The team features several members of the succesful […]
Finland U20 Preview
July 13th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: 2011 U20 European Championship DivB·Antto Nikkarinen·Carl Lindbom·Samuli Vanttaja
Young guns from Finland (2010/2011)
March 1st, 2011 · No Comments
Our Finnish friend Hippo came up with his already traditional annual review on the Top Finnish prospects. After Kilian Cato committed this week to the University of Maine, the Finnish League has once again confirmed its status of interesting talent reservoir both for the NCAA and the European Leagues. Check out his report for the […]
Tags: Antti Kanervo·Antto Nikkarinen·Carl Lindbom·Ilari Seppälä·Juho Lehtoranta·Kilian Cato·Markus Molenius·Matti Nuutinen·Mikael Sandberg·Roope Ahonen·Samuli Vanttaja·Sasu Salin·Villematti Kopio
U20 European Championship Division B Preview on Finland
July 14th, 2010 · No Comments
Our Finnish friend Hippo is always happy to share his thoughts on the prospects coming from the North. With the U20 European Championship of Division B starting today, Hippo has sent us his opinion on the Finnish team for the tournament in Austria.
Tags: 2010 U20 European Championship Division B·Antto Nikkarinen·Carl Lindbom·Finland·Lauri Toivonen·Matti Nuutinen·Mikael Sandberg·Roope Ahonen·Sasu Salin
Update on Finnish Prospects 2009/2010
November 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Approximately one year ago, EuropeanProspects.com made an introduction to several Finnish prospects together with our friend Hippo from Finland. Today, we will check who are the players that emerge in the season 2009/2010 up North.
Tags: Aleksi Koskinen·Antti Kanervo·Antto Nikkarinen·Bojan Sarcevic·Carl Lindbom·Finland·Jessi Niemi·Lauri Toivonen·Michael Pounds·Pekka Setälä·Roope Ahonen·Sad Niskanen·Sami Ikävalko·Sasu Salin
Nordic Championships 2009 review (U18)
June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Hippo has sent us a great report on the Nordic Championships that have been played nearly a month ago in Solna, Sweden. Enjoy the read and get the info on the most talented players coming from Scandinavia.
Tags: Aegir Thor Steinarsson·Alexander Bak·Alexander Lindqvist·Andreas Person·Antto Nikkarinen·Christopher Czerapowicz·Daniel Persson·Haukur Oskarsson·Haukur Palsson·Henry McCarthy·Jonas Jerebko·Jonas Zohore Bergstedt·Jonathan Gilling·Karamo Jawara·Lauri Toivonen·Ragnar Natanelsson·Samuli Vanttaja·Sigurdur Thorarinsson·Stian Emil Berg·Tomas Tomasson·Villematti Kopio
Baltic Sea Cup notes
January 12th, 2009 · No Comments
From the 3rd to the 5th January, the Baltic See Cup for U18 and U16 National Teams has been played in Tallinn, Estonia. This traditional tournament sees the Youth teams from Finland, Sweden, Latvia and Estonia face each other. Let’s have a quick look at the results.
Tags: Andreas Person·Antto Nikkarinen·Christopher Czerapowicz·Janis Antrops·Mareks Majeris·Sasu Salin·Villematti Kopio
An introduction to Finnish Prospects (Part 1)
December 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Finland is not known for their basketball qualities, but the country has so far produced 2 NBA Draft picks with Hanno Möttölä and Petteri Koponen. So I took the opportunity together with my friend Hippo to check who are the players to take a look at for the future.