[5] The Finnish national team has participated at various levels in European regional tournaments, their first coming in 2000, when they finished last in the ECC Representative Championship.

They also competed in the ECC Affiliates Championship from 2001 to 2005, their best performance coming in their first year, when they finished in seventh place.

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members.

Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Finland and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.

[7] Finland's first T20I matches were played against Denmark on 13 July 2019, followed by a series against Spain the following month.