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Finland is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called " Big Six ", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the United States, Czechia, Russia, and Sweden . Finland won the world championship in 2022, their fourth title after 1995, 2011 and 2019.
- Ice hockey in Finland
Finland men's national ice hockey team is one of the major...
- Finnish Ice Hockey Association
The Finnish Ice Hockey Association (Finnish: Suomen...
- Ice hockey in Finland
La Selección de hockey sobre hielo de Finlandia, es el equipo masculino profesional representativo de Finlandia. Es conocido como los "leijonat" (en finés) o "lejonen" (en sueco), que ambos significan "los leones". Es representada por la Asociación Finlandesa de Hockey sobre Hielo. Es una de las selecciones más reconocidas e importantes del ...
The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, nicknamed Leijonat / Lejonen ("The Lions" in Finnish and Swedish), is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations
- History
- Governing Body
- National Teams
- Domestic Leagues
Ice hockey leagues were first established in Finland in the 1920s. SM-sarja was established as the first national men's ice hockey league in 1928. Viipurin Reipas were champions in the inaugural year and remain one of the oldest ice hockey teams in Finland, still competing today under the name Lahti Pelicans.
The Finnish Ice Hockey Association (Finnish: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto) is the national board for ice hockey in the country and has been instrumental in producing many world class ice hockey players. Since 2011, the association has operated a financial support system for minor and junior ice hockeyplayers from low-income families. In 2021, 975 players...
As of May 2022, Finland is the first in the IIHF World Rankings for men's and third for women's national team programs. Finland men's national ice hockey team is one of the major powers in world hockey; they won their third World Championship in 2019. The men's national team is a member of the so-called "Big Six" an unofficial group of the top men'...
Men's leagues
Finland has five men's and three women's high-level leagues. The SM-liiga is the elite league for men's ice hockey in Finland. It was created 1975 as the first domestic professional ice hockey league and replaced the SM-sarja as the top national division. The Liiga is a closed league and is run by the independent Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy, making it the only Finnish league not operated by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. The SM-liiga is a closed league; teams are fixed and promotion and releg...
Women's leagues
The national women's leagues in Finland are the Naisten Liiga (called Jääkiekon naisten SM-sarja or Naisten SM-sarja before 2017), the second-tier Naisten Mestis, and the third-tier Naisten Suomi-sarja. The Naisten Liiga is the elite league for women's ice hockey in Finland; established in 1982 and has been in continuous operation since the 1982–83 season. The Naisten Liiga season begins with ten teams in a 20-game preliminary series to determine rank, followed by an upper-divisional series p...
Junior leagues
National men's junior ice hockey leagues exists at the under-16 (U16, previously C-nuoret), under-18 (U18, previously B-nuoret), and under-20 (U20, previously A-nuoret) age groups. Each age group has the same three-tier structure as the senior leagues, i.e. there is a top-level SM-sarja, a second-tier Mestis, and a third-tier Suomi-sarja for U16, U18, and U20. The teams of the U20 SM-sarja differ from those in the other junior leagues because nearly all of them are managed directly by the SM-...
The Finnish Ice Hockey Association (Finnish: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto, Swedish: Finlands Ishockeyförbund) is the governing body of ice hockey in Finland. Since the late 1980s, Finland has enjoyed a period of success on the international stage and, as of 2022 [update] , the men's national team is ranked first in the world and the ...
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20 de feb. de 2022 · It was classic blue-and-white magic. Hannes Bjorninen scored the third-period winner as Finland captured its first Olympic men’s hockey gold medal ever with a 2-1 victory over the ROC team on Sunday. Coach Jukka Jalonen's team rallied from a 1-0 first-period deficit to give their nation of 5.5 million the thrill of a lifetime.
