The hands of a basketball player throwing the ball towards the basket.

Basketball has been played in Finland since the 1930s. The Finnish Basketball Association was founded in 1939, and Finland joined the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in the same year.

In 2000, Hanno Möttölä became the first Finnish player to play in the NBA, the professional basketball league of North America and the most highly regarded basketball league in the world.

Finnish basketball is currently experiencing a boom, largely due to the good performances of the men's national team, dubbed the Susijengi (Wolf Team).

Depicts the curve of an athletics stadium, complete with tracks and cheering crowds. The logo of the Mint of Finland (Lion) below the date next to the engraver's initial (T).