List of Finnish ice hockey champions

Viipurin Reipas won the inaugural Finnish Championship in 1928.

The Finnish ice hockey champions is a title awarded annually to the winning team of the top-tier ice hockey league in Finland, which currently is SM-liiga since 1975. The championship's present format did not take into effect until the league was originally formed for the 1975–76 season under the name of SM-liiga (preceded by SM-sarja). A team who wins the Finnish Championship is awarded the Kanada-malja ("Canada Bowl") trophy. The winner of the regular season receives the Harry Lindbladin muistopalkinto ("Harry Lindblad Memorial Trophy").

Winners

Until 1933 the championship was played as a Cup series. From the 1933–34 season it was played as a League series. Playoffs were introduced during the 1975–76 season.

1927–1933
Season Champion Finalist
1927–28 Reipas KIF
1928–29 HJK HPS
1929–30 cancelled
1930–31 TaPa HJK
1931–32 HJK HPS
1932–33 HSK HJK
1933–1975
Season Champion 2nd place 3rd place
1933–34 HSK HPS Ilves
1934–35 HJK Ilves HSK
1935–36 Ilves KIF HJK
1936–37 Ilves KIF HJK
1937–38 Ilves HJK KIF
1938–39 KIF HJK Ilves
1939–40 not held
1940–41 KIF HJK Ilves
1941–42 cancelled
1942–43 KIF TPS Ilves
1943–44 stopped
1944–45 Ilves Tarmo KIF
1945–46 Ilves Tarmo TBK
1946–47 Ilves[1] Tarmo TBK
1947–48 Tarmo Ilves TBK
1948–49 Tarmo Ilves TuPK
1949–50 Ilves Tarmo TBK
1950–51 Ilves[2] Tarmo TBK
1951–52 Ilves[3] HPK Tarmo
1952–53 TBK[4] Tarmo TPS
1953–54 TBK[5] Karhu-Kissat HPK
1954–55 TBK[6] TPS HIFK
1955–56 TPS[7] Tarmo Tappara
1956–57 Ilves[8] TPS Tappara
1957–58 Ilves[9] Tappara Tarmo
1958–59 Tappara Koo-Vee HIFK
1959–60 Ilves Tappara Koo-Vee
1960–61 Tappara Lukko Koo-Vee
1961–62 Ilves Koo-Vee Tappara
1962–63 Lukko Tappara Ilves
1963–64 Tappara[10] Koo-Vee Ilves
1964–65 Karhut[11] Ilves Lukko
1965–66 Ilves[12] Lukko SaiPa
1966–67 RU-38 TPS Ilves
1967–68 Koo-Vee Ilves TuTo
1968–69 HIFK Ilves Lukko
1969–70 HIFK Ilves TuTo
1970–71 Ässät[13] Jokerit HIFK
1971–72 Ilves[14] HJK HIFK
1972–73 Jokerit HIFK Tappara
1973–74 HIFK Tappara Ilves
1974–75 Tappara HIFK Ilves

1975–present

Season Champion 2nd place 3rd place Regular season
winner
1975–76 TPS Tappara Ässät TPS
1976–77 Tappara TPS Koo-Vee Tappara
1977–78 Ässät Tappara TPS Tappara
1978–79 Tappara Ässät TPS Ässät
1979–80 HIFK Ässät Kärpät TPS
1980–81 Kärpät Tappara TPS Tappara
1981–82 Tappara TPS HIFK TPS
1982–83 HIFK Jokerit Ilves Jokerit
1983–84 Tappara Ässät Kärpät Tappara
1984–85 Ilves TPS Kärpät TPS
1985–86 Tappara HIFK Kärpät Tappara
1986–87 Tappara Kärpät HIFK Kärpät
1987–88 Tappara Lukko HIFK Ilves
1988–89 TPS JYP Ilves TPS
1989–90 TPS Ilves Tappara TPS
1990–91 TPS KalPa HPK TPS
1991–92 Jokerit JYP HIFK JYP
1992–93 TPS HPK JYP TPS
1993–94 Jokerit TPS Lukko TPS
1994–95 TPS Jokerit Ässät Jokerit
1995–96 Jokerit TPS Lukko Jokerit
1996–97 Jokerit TPS HPK Jokerit
1997–98 HIFK Ilves Jokerit TPS
1998–99 TPS HIFK HPK TPS
1999–2000 TPS Jokerit HPK TPS
2000–01 TPS Tappara Ilves Jokerit
2001–02 Jokerit Tappara HPK Tappara
2002–03 Tappara Kärpät HPK HPK
2003–04 Kärpät TPS HIFK TPS
2004–05 Kärpät Jokerit HPK Kärpät
2005–06 HPK Ässät Kärpät Kärpät
2006–07 Kärpät Jokerit HPK Kärpät
2007–08 Kärpät Blues Tappara Kärpät
2008–09 JYP Kärpät KalPa JYP
2009–10 TPS HPK JYP JYP
2010–11 HIFK Blues Lukko JYP
2011–12 JYP Pelicans Jokerit KalPa
2012–13 Ässät Tappara JYP Jokerit
2013–14 Kärpät Tappara Lukko Kärpät
2014–15 Kärpät Tappara JYP Kärpät
2015–16 Tappara HIFK Kärpät HIFK
2016–17 Tappara KalPa JYP Tappara
2017–18 Kärpät Tappara HIFK Kärpät
2018–19 HPK Kärpät Tappara Kärpät
2019–20 cancelled Kärpät
2020–21 Lukko TPS HIFK Lukko
2021–22 Tappara TPS Ilves Tappara
2022–23 Tappara Pelicans Ilves Tappara
2023–24 Tappara Pelicans Kärpät Tappara

Clubs by titles

^ not in top tier
† not active
‡ merged
Club Total SM-sarja SM-liiga
Champions 2nd 3rd Kanada-malja trophy 2nd 3rd Regular 1st
TBK / Tappara 20 7 4 9 13 9 3 10
Ilves 16 15 7 9 1 2 5 1
TPS 11 1 4 1 10 9 3 13
Kärpät 8 0 0 0 8 4 6 10
HIFK 7 3 2 4 4 3 7 1
Jokerit ^ 6 1 1 0 5 5 2 6
HJK ^ 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 0
Ässät 3 1 0 0 2 4 2 1
KIF † 3 3 3 2 — — — —
Tarmo † 2 2 7 2 — — — —
Lukko 2 1 2 2 1 1 4 1
HPK 2 0 1 1 2 2 8 1
JYP 2 0 0 0 2 2 5 4
HSK † 2 2 0 1 — — — —
Koo-Vee ^ 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 0
Reipas † 1 1 0 0 — — — —
TaPa † 1 1 0 0 — — — —
Karhut ‡ 1 1 0 0 — — — —
RU-38 ‡ 1 1 0 0 — — — —
HPS † 0 0 3 0 — — — —
KalPa 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
Blues / Kiekko ^ 0 — — — 0 2 0 0
Karhu-Kissat ^ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pelicans 0 — — — 0 2 0 0
TuTo ^ 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
SaiPa 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TuPK † 0 0 0 1 — — — —

Cities by championships

City Total Clubs
Tampere 38 TBK / Tappara (20), Ilves (16), Koo-Vee (1), TaPa (1)
Helsinki 21 HIFK (7), Jokerit (6), HJK (3), KIF (3), HSK (2)
Turku 11 TPS (11)
Oulu 8 Kärpät (8)
Pori 5 Ässät (3), RU-38 (1), Karhut (1)
Hämeenlinna 4 Tarmo (2), HPK (2)
Jyväskylä 2 JYP (2)
Rauma 2 Lukko (2)
Viipuri 1 Reipas (1)

See also

References

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