Finland At The 2014 Winter Olympics

The Finnish team consisted of 103 competitors who participated in alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, ski jumping, snowboarding, and speed skating.

Finland at the 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	sport.fi/olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish)
in Sochi
Competitors	103 in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Enni Rukajärvi (opening) Iivo Niskanen (closing)
Officials	123
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Financial coaching support

The Finnish Olympic Committee launched its Sochi 2014 coaching program in June 2010, distributing financial support in winter sports to member federations and top level athletes directly.

^x including ski maintenance, which contributes to biathlon and Nordic combined as well

Ban on rainbow nails

In August 2013, Helsingin Sanomat quoted the President of the Board of the Finnish Olympic Committee Risto Nieminen, that it is forbidding its athletes the rainbow-patterned fingernails in the upcoming games, ruling it political abuse of the Olympic Charter. The issue was raised after high-jumper Emma Green Tregaro displayed her rainbow nails and the Finnish Minister of Culture and Sport Paavo Arhinmäki waved the rainbow flag in the Moscow 2013 World Championships in Athletics in support of LGBT rights in Russia. Arhinmäki responded, that the Olympic movement should defend, not limit, the freedom of speech, and the Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade of Finland Alexander Stubb commented that the issue is about human rights, not politics, both bringing up the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute as one of the finest moments in Olympic history. The Committee followed up, that they were simply quoting the Charter, which bans political abuse, and themselves couldn't allow or disallow the nails.

Athlete prize bonuses

The Finnish Olympic Committee offers prize bonuses for medalists: €30,000 for gold, €15,000 for silver and €10,000 for bronze, where in team events the price has to be divided between athletes, with a cap of €60,000 per athlete. The exception is for an ice hockey medal where the bonus is €60,000 for gold, €40,000 for silver and €30,000 for bronze.

Budget

The cost of the games for the Finnish Olympic Committee is 1.2 million euros. About half of it, food and accommodation expenses, will be subsidised by the International Olympic Committee.

The Finnish Olympic team in Sochi consists of 226 people, of which 16 are the team's general leadership, 103 athletes, and 107 other staff members, such as coaches, masseurs, physiotherapists and physicians.

Competitors from Finland per sport excluding reserves

Sport	Men	Women	Total	2010 total
Alpine skiing	3	1	4		4
Biathlon	2	2	4		4
Cross-country skiing	8	7	15		17
Figure skating	0	0	0		3
Freestyle skiing	10	0	10		4
Ice hockey	25	21	46		41
Nordic combined	4	—	4		4
Ski jumping	5	1	6		5
Snowboarding	8	3	11		5
Speed skating	3	0	3		4
Total	68	35	103		91

Athlete selection method

Athletes to the Olympic team are picked by the Elite Sports Unit of the Finnish Olympic Committee based on presentations by the national sports federations. The Unit is led by Mika Kojonkoski. It revised the selection from earlier games by creating a continuous method, where athletes are added as they display to fulfill requirements. The athletes are required to

based on their results in the current and previous season. The Committee considered the bar raised from the preceding games.

Schedule for selection publication:

1. 30 October 2013: first 10 athletes nominated in alpine skiing, biathlon, freestyle skiing, snowboarding and speed skating
2. 16 December 2013: 14 athletes nominated in cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping and snowboarding
3. 18 December 2013: women's ice hockey team of 21 players nominated
4. 7 January 2014: men's ice hockey team of 25 players nominated
5. 13 January 2014: 8 athletes nominated in cross-country skiing and ski jumping
6. 21 January 2014: 22 athletes nominated in biathlon, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, ski jumping and Nordic combined
7. 27 January 2014: final 7 athletes nominated in alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding and speed skating

Appearance records

For Janne Ahonen and Teemu Selänne, 2014 will be their sixth Olympic games, tying them for the most Olympic appearances for Finns with Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Harri Kirvesniemi and Raimo Helminen. Selänne will be alongside Helminen the only ice hockey player with six appearances, Selänne already being the all-time Olympic point-leader.

Sports without participation by Finland

Finland will not compete in bobsleigh, curling, figure skating, luge, short track speed skating and skeleton. For figure skating Finland has the 2nd stand-by entry for ladies' singles, 4th for ice dancing and 7th for men's singles. The entries may not be transferred after 27 January 2014. Finland failed to qualify the curling team at the Olympic qualification event.

The Finnish Olympic Committee set no official medal target.

An article published by International Associations of Sports Economists / North American Association of Sports Economists in 2011, using such parameters as population, political regime, snow coverage and winter sports facilities, predicted Finland to win 5 medals.

In a poll ordered by MTV3, a majority from a sample of 1,700 Finns in December 2013 expected Finland to win 2–4 medals, having best chances in snowboarding.

Infostrada Sports predicts that Finland will win one gold and five bronzes, broken down:

• in cross-country skiing: gold in women's team sprint and bronze in women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay
• in biathlon: bronze for Kaisa Mäkäräinen in women's pursuit and sprint
• in ice hockey: bronze in men's and women's tournament

Associated Press projected Finland to win two silvers and three bronzes, broken down:

• in biathlon: silver for Kaisa Mäkäräinen in women's pursuit and mass start
• in cross-country skiing: bronze in women's team sprint and 4 × 5 kilometre relay
• in ice hockey: bronze in women's tournament

Ilta-Sanomat expected certain Finnish medals as a top two finish in women's team sprint, a silver in women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay, a medal in women's ice hockey and possibly multiple medals for Kaisa Mäkäräinen.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, using regression analysis with such variables as gross domestic product and climate to estimate medal shares, predicted Finland to win 6 medals.

Finland has qualified a total quota of four athletes by the International Ski Federation (FIS), based on qualification points awarded in races within the FIS Calendar during the period of July 2012–19 January 2014. National quotas per each Olympic event were allocated according to points awarded in these competitions. Andreas Romar was initially selected to the Finnish Olympic team, but declared absent on January 10, 2014, following his heel fracture.

Finland has qualified a total quota of four athletes by the International Biathlon Union (IBU), based on Nation Cup points won in 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships during the qualification period of 16 November 2012 – 19 January 2014. There were no event-specific requirements.

Finland has awarded a total quota of seventeen athletes by International Ski Federation (FIS), based on qualification points awarded in races within the FIS Calendar during the period of July 2012–19 January 2014. National quotas per each Olympic event were allocated according to points awarded in these competitions.

Distance
Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Anne Kyllönen	10 km classical	—				29:52.8	+1:35.0	14
	15 km skiathlon	19:30.3	11	21:12.9	47	41:18.9	+2:45.3	33
Krista Lähteenmäki	10 km classical	—				29:36.0	+1:18.2	10
	15 km skiathlon	19:27.6	10	20:07.7	24	40:09.9	+1:36.3	13
	30 km freestyle	—				1:13:37.6	+2:32.4	18
Kerttu Niskanen	10 km classical	—				29:16.7	+58.9	8
	15 km skiathlon	19:17.4	7	19:45.9	14	39:35.3	+1:01.7	7
	30 km freestyle	—				1:12:26.9	+1:21.7	4
Riitta-Liisa Roponen	30 km freestyle	—				1:14:51.6	+3:46.4	26
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	10 km classical	—				28:48.1	+30.3	4
	15 km skiathlon	19:12.4	5	19:02.3	5	38:48.9	+15.3	5
	30 km freestyle	—				1:13:52.5	+2:47.3	21
Anne Kyllönen Krista Lähteenmäki Kerttu Niskanen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	4×5 km relay	—				53:03.2	+0.5

Sprint
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martti Jylhä	Sprint	3:34.49	12 Q	3:37.98	5	did not advance
Juho Mikkonen		3:40.72	43	did not advance
Ville Nousiainen		3:37.52	25 Q	3:40.84	5	did not advance
Anssi Pentsinen		3:38.66	34	did not advance
Sami Jauhojärvi Iivo Niskanen	Team sprint	—				23:26.13	1 Q	23:14.89

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anne Kyllönen	Sprint	2:35.57	11 Q	2:37.07	4	did not advance
Mona-Liisa Malvalehto		2:40.08	28 Q	2:41.20	6	did not advance
Mari Laukkanen		2:39.06	24 Q	2:37.48	3	did not advance
Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja		2:41.55	37	did not advance
Kerttu Niskanen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Team sprint	—				16:42.15	1 Q	16:13.14

Finland has awarded a total quota of 9 athletes (all in men's events) by the International Ski Federation (FIS), based on competitions in the International FIS Calendar during the qualification period of July 2012–19 January 2014. National quotas per each Olympic event were allocated according to points awarded in these competitions. On January 31, 2014, a fourth slopestyle spot was allocated to the team after a scheduling and calculation adjustment.

Halfpipe

Moguls

Ski cross

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Slopestyle

 

Finland is defending the men's and women's bronze medals won in the previous games.

Men's tournament

Governing body of the Olympic ice hockey is the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Top 9 teams in the men's IIHF World Ranking of 2012 qualified directly to the games, Finland ranking 2nd.

Roster

The following players are in the reserve, in case of injuries before the games begin:

• Goalkeepers: Antti Raanta, Pekka Rinne
• Defenders: Topi Jaakola, Petteri Nummelin, Jere Karalahti, Rasmus Ristolainen, Tuukka Mäntylä
• Forwards: Sean Bergenheim, Teemu Hartikainen, Jarkko Immonen

Saku Koivu refused a spot in the team due to a concussion suffered in November 2013.

The Finnish roster for the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics was published on 7 January 2014. The players were picked by the head coach Erkka Westerlund.

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2013–14 team
3	D	Olli Määttä	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	22 August 1994	Jyväskylä	Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
4	D	Ossi Väänänen	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	18 August 1980	Vantaa	Jokerit (Liiga)
5	D	Lasse Kukkonen	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	18 September 1981	Oulu	Oulun Kärpät (Liiga)
6	D	Sami Salo	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	2 September 1974	Turku	Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
8	F	Teemu Selänne – C	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	3 July 1970	Helsinki	Anaheim Ducks (NHL)
12	F	Olli Jokinen	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	5 December 1978	Kuopio	Winnipeg Jets (NHL)
15	F	Tuomo Ruutu	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	16 February 1983	Vantaa	Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)
16	F	Aleksander Barkov	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	2 September 1995	Tampere	Florida Panthers (NHL)
18	D	Sami Lepistö	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	17 October 1984	Espoo	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL)
21	F	Jori Lehterä	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	23 December 1987	Helsinki	HC Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL)
23	F	Sakari Salminen	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	31 May 1988	Pori	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
26	F	Jarkko Immonen	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	19 April 1982	Rantasalmi	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
27	F	Petri Kontiola	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	4 October 1984	Seinäjoki	Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)
28	F	Lauri Korpikoski	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	28 July 1986	Turku	Phoenix Coyotes (NHL)
31	G	Antti Niemi	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	29 August 1983	Vantaa	San Jose Sharks (NHL)
32	G	Kari Lehtonen	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	16 November 1983	Helsinki	Dallas Stars (NHL)
36	F	Jussi Jokinen	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	1 April 1983	Kalajoki	Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
38	D	Juuso Hietanen	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	14 June 1985	Hämeenlinna	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
40	G	Tuukka Rask	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	10 March 1987	Savonlinna	Boston Bruins (NHL)
41	F	Antti Pihlström	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	22 October 1984	Vantaa	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
44	D	Kimmo Timonen – A	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	18 March 1975	Kuopio	Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
45	D	Sami Vatanen	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	3 June 1991	Jyväskylä	Anaheim Ducks (NHL)
50	F	Juhamatti Aaltonen	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	4 June 1985	Ii	Oulun Kärpät (Liiga)
64	F	Mikael Granlund	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	26 February 1992	Oulu	Minnesota Wild (NHL)
71	F	Leo Komarov – A	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	23 January 1987	Narva, Soviet Union	HC Dynamo Moscow (KHL)

Forwards Mikko Koivu and Valtteri Filppula were also selected but were unable to participate due to injury. They were replaced by Jarkko Immonen and Sakari Salminen respectively.

Group standings

Finland will play in Group B. All times are local (UTC+4).

Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	2	1	0	0	11	2	+9	8	Quarterfinals
Finland	3	2	0	1	0	15	7	+8	7
Austria	3	1	0	0	2	7	15	−8	3
Norway	3	0	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

13 February 2014 12:00

Finland

8–4 (4–2, 2–0, 2–2)

Austria

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi Attendance: 5,664

Game reference
	Tuukka Rask	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees:   Daniel Piechaczek   Ian Walsh Linesmen:   Tommy George   Brad Kovachik
	0–1 0:36 – M. Grabner (M. Raffl) M. Granlund (T. Selänne, S. Vatanen) – 5:15 1–1 1–2 9:19 – T. Hundertpfund (T. Vanek, O. Setzinger) S. Lepistö (J. Jokinen, T. Ruutu) – 11:23 2–2 O. Määttä (O. Jokinen) – 19:25 3–2 J. Immonen (J. Lehterä, O. Väänänen) – 19:33 4–2 J. Jokinen (P. Kontiola) – 21:43 5–2 P. Kontiola (M. Granlund) – 32:10 6–2 6–3 41:29 – M. Grabner (M. Raffl, B. Lebler) J. Immonen (A. Barkov, S. Vatanen) (PP) – 51:25 7–3 7–4 54:22 – M. Grabner (M. Trattnig, B. Lebler) M. Granlund (K. Timonen, S. Vatanen) (PP) – 58:25 8–4
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	52	Shots	20

14 February 2014 21:00

Norway

1–6 (0–3, 0–2, 1–1)

Finland

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 3,018

Game reference
	Lars Haugen (out 20:00) Lars Volden (in 20:00)	Goalies	Kari Lehtonen	Referees:   Lars Brüggemann   Kelly Sutherland Linesmen:   Derek Amell   Chris Carlson
	0–1 5:46 – T. Selänne (S. Vatanen, K. Lehtonen) 0–2 6:51 – L. Korpikoski (O. Jokinen, O. Määttä) 0–3 17:21 – J. Lehterä 0–4 28:03 – L. Korpikoski (O. Määttä, T. Ruutu) 0–5 31:26 – O. Jokinen (S. Salo, T. Ruutu) P. Skrøder (M. Olimb, J. Holøs) (PP2) – 41:01 1–5 1–6 57:41 – O. Määttä (P. Kontiola, K. Lehtonen)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	39

16 February 2014 21:00

Finland

1–2 (OT) (0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Canada

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi Attendance: 11,263

Game reference
	Tuukka Rask	Goalies	Carey Price	Referees:   Antonín Jeřábek   Kevin Pollock Linesmen:   Ivan Dedioulia   Brad Kovachik
	0–1 13:44 – D. Doughty (S. Weber, S. Crosby) (PP) T. Ruutu (J. Jokinen, O. Väänänen) – 38:00 1–1 1–2 62:32 – D. Doughty (J. Carter)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	15	Shots	27

Quarterfinal

19 February 2014 16:30

Finland

3–1 (2–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Russia

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi Attendance: 11,654

Game reference
	Tuukka Rask	Goalies	Semyon Varlamov (out 26:42) Sergei Bobrovsky (in 26:42)	Referees:   Kelly Sutherland   Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen:   Greg Devorski   Jesse Wilmot
	0–1 7:51 – I. Kovalchuk (P. Datsyuk) (PP) J. Aaltonen (P. Kontiola) – 9:18 1–1 T. Selänne (M. Granlund) – 17:38 2–1 M. Granlund (T. Selänne, K. Timonen) (PP) – 25:37 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	38

Semifinal

21 February 2014 16:00

Sweden

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Finland

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi Attendance: 9,476

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Kari Lehtonen	Referees:   Konstantin Olenin   Tim Peel Linesmen:   Derek Amell   Chris Carlson
	0–1 26:17 – O. Jokinen (S. Vatanen) L. Eriksson (Jo. Ericsson, N. Bäckström) – 31:39 1–1 E. Karlsson (A. Steen, D. Sedin) (PP) – 36:26 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	26

Bronze medal game

22 February 2014 19:00

United States

0–5 (0–0, 0–2, 0–3)

Finland

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi Attendance: 9,052

Game reference
	Jonathan Quick	Goalies	Tuukka Rask	Referees:   Konstantin Olenin   Tim Peel Linesmen:   Chris Carlson   Ivan Dedioulia
	0–1 21:27 – T. Selänne (M. Granlund, L. Korpikoski) 0–2 21:38 – J. Jokinen (J. Lehterä, P. Kontiola) 0–3 46:10 – J. Hietanen (T. Ruutu, S. Lepistö) 0–4 49:06 – T. Selänne (M. Granlund, L. Korpikoski) (PP) 0–5 53:09 – O. Määttä (J. Lehterä, J. Jokinen) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	29

Teemu Selänne, at age 43 years and 234 days, became the oldest ice hockey player to win an Olympic medal. He also holds the Olympic record for total ice hockey points, upping it to 43. He also shares the record for most appearances in ice hockey at the Olympics, appearing in 6.

Women's tournament

Top 6 teams in the women's IIHF World Ranking of 2012 qualified directly to the games, Finland ranking 3rd.

Roster

The Finnish roster for the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics was published on 18 December 2013. The players were picked by the head coach Mika Pieniniemi.

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2013–14 team
1	G	Eveliina Suonpää	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	12 April 1995	Kiukainen	Team Oriflame Kuortane (SM-sarja)
3	D	Emma Terho	159 cm (5 ft 3 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	17 December 1981	Washington, USA	Espoo Blues (SM-sarja)
4	D	Rosa Lindstedt	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	24 January 1988	Ylöjärvi	JYP Jyväskylä (SM-sarja)
5	D	Anna Kilponen	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	16 May 1995	Orivesi	Team Oriflame Kuortane (SM-sarja)
6	D	Jenni Hiirikoski – C	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	30 March 1987	Lempäälä	JYP Jyväskylä (SM-sarja)
7	D	Mira Jalosuo	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	3 February 1989	Lieksa	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod (RWHL)
9	F	Venla Hovi	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	28 October 1987	Tampere	KalPa Kuopio (SM-sarja)
10	F	Linda Välimäki	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	31 May 1990	Ylöjärvi	Espoo Blues (SM-sarja)
11	F	Anniina Rajahuhta	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	8 March 1989	Helsinki	Espoo Blues (SM-sarja)
13	F	Riikka Välilä	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	12 June 1973	Jyväskylä	JYP Jyväskylä (SM-sarja)
15	F	Minttu Tuominen	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	26 June 1990	Helsinki	Espoo Blues (SM-sarja)
16	F	Vilma Tanskanen	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	14 April 1995	Helsinki	Team Oriflame Kuortane (SM-sarja)
18	G	Meeri Räisänen	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	2 December 1989	Tampere	JYP Jyväskylä (SM-sarja)
20	D	Saija Tarkki	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	29 December 1982	Oulu	Oulun Kärpät (SM-sarja)
21	F	Michelle Karvinen	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	27 March 1990	Rødovre, Denmark	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
23	F	Nina Tikkinen	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	6 February 1987	Salo	Oulun Kärpät (SM-sarja)
29	F	Karoliina Rantamäki	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	23 February 1978	Vantaa	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod (RWHL)
41	G	Noora Räty	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	29 May 1989	Espoo	Ilves Tampere (SM-sarja)
77	F	Susanna Tapani	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	2 March 1993	Laitila	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
80	D	Tea Villilä	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	16 April 1991	Hyvinkää	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs (NCAA)
96	F	Emma Nuutinen	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	7 December 1996	Helsinki	Espoo Blues (SM-sarja)

Group standings

Finland will play in Group A. All times are local (UTC+4).

Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	3	0	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Semifinals
United States	3	2	0	0	1	14	4	+10	6
Finland	3	0	1	0	2	5	9	−4	2	Quarterfinals
Switzerland	3	0	0	1	2	3	18	−15	1

8 February 2014 12:00

United States

3–1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Finland

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,135

Game reference
	Jessie Vetter	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee:   Nicole Hertrich Linesmen:   Therese Bjorkman   Stephanie Gagnon
	H. Knight – 00:53 1–0 K. Stack (H. Knight, M. Bozek) – 27:42 2–0 A. Carpenter (A. Schleper) (PP) – 35:59 3–0 3–1 55:22 – S. Tapani (M. Karvinen) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	15

10 February 2014 19:00

Finland

0–3 (0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Canada

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,837

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Shannon Szabados	Referee:   Joy Tottman Linesmen:   Therese Bjorkman   Laura Johnson
	0–1 49:27 – M. Agosta-Marciano (PP) 0–2 52:24 – J. Hefford 0–3 56:36 – R. Johnston (J. Hefford, M-P. Poulin)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	14	Shots	42

12 February 2014 12:00

Switzerland

3–4 OT (0–2, 2–1, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

Finland

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,211

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee:   Erin Blair Linesmen:   Laura Johnson   Michaela Kúdelová
	0–1 07:56 – J. Hiirikoski (M. Jalosuo, M. Karvinen) 0–2 09:55 – M. Karvinen, (S. Tapani, A. Kilponen) 23:28 – R. Eggimann (N. Bullo) 1–2 28:00 – P. Stanz (J. Lutz) (PP) 2–2 2–3 35:31 – M. Karvinen (S. Tapani, J. Hiirikoski) (PP) 56:25 – S. Marty (N. Bullo) (PP) 3–3 3–4 62:38 – J. Hiirikoski (L. Välimäki, A. Kilponen)
	31 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	34

Quarterfinal

15 February 2014 12:00

Finland

2–4 (0–0, 1–0, 1–4)

Sweden

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,917

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	Noora Räty	Goalies	Valentina Wallner	Referee:   Nicole Hertrich Linesmen:   Stephanie Gagnon   Laura Johnson
	V. Hovi (L. Välimäki) – 33:16 1–0 1–1 40:48 – A. Borgqvist (PP) 1–2 45:09 – L. Wester (J. Asserholt, P. Winberg) E. Nuutinen (K. Rantamäki, R. Lindstedt) – 45:21 2–2 2–3 55:45 – E. Eliasson (M. Löwenhielm, E. Grahm) (PP) 2–4 59:19 – E. Nordin (P. Winberg) (EN)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	32

5th-8th place semifinal

16 February 2014 12:00

Finland

2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Germany

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,009

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	Noora Räty	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referee:   Aina Hove Linesmen:   Michaela Kúdeľová   Zuzana Svobodová
	J. Hiirikoski (R. Välilä) (PP) – 01:15 1–0 M. Karvinen (R. Välilä, S. Tapani) – 08:32 2–0 2–1 28:59 – B. Evers (S. Götz) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	21

5th place game

18 February 2014 16:30

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Russia

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,112

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	Noora Räty	Goalies	Anna Prugova	Referee:   Erin Blair Linesmen:   Stephanie Gagnon   Laura Johnson
	L. Välimäki (K. Rantamäki, V. Hovi) – 16:37 1–0 R. Välilä (S. Tapani, J. Hiirikoski) – 17:28 2–0 M. Karvinen (R. Välilä, S. Tarkki) – 42:30 3–0 M. Karvinen (R. Välilä, M. Tuominen) (PP) – 43:31 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	19

Finland has awarded a total quota of 4 athletes and a spot in the team relay, based on points achieved in the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup and secondarily in the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup during the qualification period of July 2012–19 January 2014.

Finland has qualified a total quota of six athletes (five men and one woman) by the International Ski Federation (FIS), based on their performances at the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup and secondarily on the Continental Cup results during the qualification period of July 2012–19 January 2014.

Men

Women

Finland has awarded a total quota of 13 spots (10 in men's events and 3 in women's) by the International Ski Federation (FIS) based on competitions in the International FIS Calendar during the period of July 2012–9 January 2014. On 31 January 2014, slopestyle snowboarder Petja Piiroinen was originally selected to the Finnish Olympic team, but was relegated into a reserve after a scheduling adjustment.

Halfpipe

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Semifinal				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Janne Korpi	Men's slopestyle	49.75	35.50	49.75	12 QS	41.00	68.50	68.50	10	did not advance
Ville Paumola		54.75	21.25	54.25	11 QS	25.25	22.75	25.25	19	did not advance
Peetu Piiroinen		90.75	80.00	90.75	2 QF	BYE				78.50	81.25	81.25	7
Roope Tonteri		33.75	95.75	95.75	2 QF	BYE				31.50	39.00	39.00	11
Merika Enne	Women's slopestyle	17.00	DNS	17.00	10 QS	DNS				did not advance
Enni Rukajärvi		79.00	23.75	79.00	4 QF	BYE				73.75	92.50	92.50

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Snowboard cross

Finland has awarded four spots (all in the men's events, while the nation has the first priority for a reserve spot in the women's) based on their performance at the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup.

Men

Sport psychologist

In order to improve mental training in the team, the Finnish Olympic Committee recruited a sport psychologist, Hannaleena Ronkainen. This was a part of a long-term coaching program launched in 2013 with a target to reach its fullest by 2016. Mental trainer and sprinter Hanna-Maari Latvala expressed scepticism at the haste in which the project was launched, and the capability of a single psychologist to service a team of one hundred representing various sports. The women's ice hockey team have a dedicated psychologist, Sari Honkanen.

Limited accreditations

The staff accreditations in an Olympic team were limited by a quota based on the number of athletes, and the Finnish Olympic Committee could not send as many coaches as they wished. Some personal coaches left out, who without an accreditation would have had to attend as spectators with little personal contact with their athletes, preferred to remain in Finland and rely on telephone communications. A vocal critic was Ari Saukko, the personal coach of Janne Ahonen, who was denied accreditation by the committee, and after public complaints was offered an unsatisfactory alternative trip arrangement, which he would have had to pay for in his own expense.

Political boycotts by Finns

Minister of Culture and Sport of Finland Paavo Arhinmäki decided not to participate the opening ceremony, citing human rights violations and environmental issues, but planned to visit some of the events, and objected to an athletes' boycott. President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen will attend the opening ceremony. The Left Youth had earlier called for a boycott on the games on behalf of Niinistö, Katainen and Arhinmäki. Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja opposed boycotts and wished the games to be held separate from politics. However, Jari Porttila reported, that only Niinistö had been invited to the opening ceremony, and Arhinmäki had received a reservation merely for the final days of the games.

• Finland at the 2014 Winter Paralympics