Finland at the 2017 World Games explained

Noc:FIN
Year:2017
Games:World Games
Games Link:2017 World Games
Nocname:Finnish Olympic Committee
Location:Wrocław, Poland
Competitors:31
Competitors Men:22
Competitors Women:9
Sports:10
Rank:49
Gold:0
Silver:1
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1981
App Interval:4

Finland competed at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland, 20–30 July 2017.

Medals

MedalNameSportEventDate
60 kg Women 30 July
Women's Jump 27 July
Men's tournament 30 July

Team

Competitors from Finland per sport
Sport Men Women Total
Archery213
Bowling224
Finswimming011
Floorballwidth=20%14width=20% width=20%14
Indoor rowing011
Muaythai011
Orienteering224
Powerlifting101
Squash101
Waterskiing011
Total22 9 31

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2017 World Games. Finland won 3 national quota places at the 2016 World Field Archery Championships: 1 in Recurve Men, 1 in Barebow Men and 1 in Barebow Women.[1]

AthleteEventQualificationElimination 1Elimination 2Elimination 3Elimination 4SemifinalFinal / 3rd placeRank
ScoreRankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Pasi AhjokiviMen's barebow individual3307Bye
69–64 W

81–75 L
did not advance
Juuso HuhtalaMen's recurve individual34610
75–86 L
did not advance
Anne ViljanenWomen's barebow individual28210
44–61 L
did not advance
Legend: W = win, L = loss

Bowling

See main article: article and Bowling at the 2017 World Games. Finland received a quota of two men and two women during the European Men Championship 2016 and European Women Championship 2016.[2]

Singles

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / 3rd placeRank
ScoreRankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Eliisa HiltunenSingles Women125619did not advance
Sanna PasanenSingles Women125420did not advance
Osku PalermaaSingles Men13976 Q
2–0 L
did not advance
Juhani TonteriSingles Men136616 Q
2–1 L
did not advance
Legend: L = loss, Q = qualified

Doubles

AthleteEventPool stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / 3rd placeRank
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
align=left rowspan=3Eliisa Hiltunen
Sanna Pasanen
align=left rowspan=3Doubles Women
908–905 W
1 Q
856–815 L
did not advance

802–903 W

830–840 W
align=left rowspan=3Osku Palermaa
Juhani Tonteri
align=left rowspan=3Doubles Men
869–833 L
4did not advance

876–943 L

838–865 L
Legend: Q = qualified, W = win, L = loss

Finswimming

See main article: article and Finswimming at the 2017 World Games.

Floorball

See main article: article and Floorball at the 2017 World Games. Finland qualified a floorball team as the gold medalist of the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships.[3]

Finland's floorball team roster[4]
Pos.NameAge2016–17 team
G 29 Turun Palloseura
G 26 EräViikingit
D 35 FC Helsingborg
D 31 Sc Classic
D 23 Sc Classic
D 23 Sc Classic
D 26 Turun Palloseura
D 33 SV Wiler-Ersigen
F 23 Sc Classic
F 24 EräViikingit
F 40 FC Helsingborg
F 22 Happee
F 30 Sc Classic
F 27 Sc Classic
Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defender, F = Forward
TeamEventGroup stage5th placeSemifinalsFinal / 3rd placeRank
width=14%Opposition
Score
width=14%Opposition
Score
width=5%Rankwidth=14%Opposition
Score
width=14%Opposition
Score
width=14%Opposition
Score
Finland MenIndoor Team Men
4–2 W

0–5 W
1
2–5 L

2–0 W
Legend: W = win, L = loss

Indoor rowing

See main article: article and Indoor rowing at the 2017 World Games. Finland received a quota spot for Women's Lightweight 2000 meter and Open 500 meter events based on the Concept2 world ranking.[5]

AthleteEventTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Kristina BjörknäsOpen 500 m Women1:49.611
Lightweight 2000 m Women8:10.37

Muaythai

See main article: article and Muaythai at the 2017 World Games. Gia Winberg received a wild card from the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur to the women's 60 kg event.[6]

Legend: WP = win on points, LP = loss on points

Orienteering

See main article: article and Orienteering at the 2017 World Games. Finland placed among the best 13 nations in the 2016 World Orienteering Championships and received a national quota of 2 man and 2 woman runners.[7]

RunnerEventTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Sari AnttonenWomen's sprint distance15:18.612
Women's middle distance36:556
align=left rowspan=2Elias KuukkaMen's sprint distance16:15.827
Men's middle distance39:4424
align=left rowspan=2Jesse LaukkarinenMen's sprint distance15:50.324
Men's middle distance39:5626
align=left rowspan=2Marika TeiniWomen's sprint distance15:30.714
Women's middle distance37:137
Sari Anttonen
Elias Kuukka
Jesse Laukkarinen
Marika Teini
Mixed sprint relay1:05:338

Powerlifting

See main article: article and Powerlifting at the 2017 World Games. Antti Savolainen qualified as 3rd in the 66 kg class and Kenneth Sandvik received a reserve spot based on his Wilks Score in the 120+ kg class in the 2016 World Powerlifting Championships.[8]

Legend: SQ = squat, BP = bench press, DL = deadlift, Points = total kg multiplied by Wilks Coefficient

Squash

See main article: article and Squash at the 2017 World Games.

Legend: L = loss

Waterskiing

See main article: article and Waterskiing at the 2017 World Games. International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation selected Jutta Menestrina for Women's Jump event based on her world rank.[9]

Legend: Q = qualified

Notes and References

  1. http://documents.worldarchery.org/documents/?doc=3770
  2. Web site: Field of 64 bowlers set for the World Games 2017. 10 May 2017.
  3. Web site: International Floorball Federation (IFF) homepage.
  4. Web site: Näillä mennään – tässä tulee Suomen World Games -joukkue.
  5. http://www.worldrowing.com/mm//Document/General/General/12/72/46/2017_WorldGames_IndoorRowing_Confirmed_Entries_18.05.2017_Neutral.pdf
  6. Web site: Gia Winberg kutsuttiin heinäkuussa pidettäviin the World Games kilpailuihin Puolaan.
  7. Web site: 13 best nations in WOC qualified for World Games 2017 : International Orienteering Federation . 2017-05-31 . 2017-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170606173437/http://orienteering.org/13-best-nations-in-woc-qualified-for-world-games-2017/ . dead .
  8. http://www.jpa-powerlifting.or.jp/2015/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Men-27.01.FinalV1.pdf
  9. Web site: Water Skier Selections for the 2017 World Games.