Finnish Champion
In Finland, the Suomen mestaruus (SM; ‘Finnish Champion’) is the winner of the highest level of national competition in a particular sport. Suomen mestaruussarja (Finnish for ‘Finnish Championship’) is the competition in which the winning athlete, team, or club is named Finnish Champion. The abbreviation SM-sarja is often used when discussing the highest-level league of a sport that competes for the Finnish Championship or the specific competition in which a Finnish Champion is named. The abbreviation SM-liiga (Finnish Champion’s League) is commonly used when discussing the premier league of a sport that has been designated with liiga status; though SM-liiga can refer to any Finnish Championship league, it is most often used when discussing the men's ice hockey Liiga.[1]
Sports in which the Finnish Championship is contested
Sport | League or Competition | Current Champion |
---|---|---|
Athletics | Kalevan kisat | multiple disciplines (2019) |
Bandy | Bandyliiga (men's) | Akilles (2020) |
Jääpallon naisten SM-sarja (women's) | Wiipurin Sudet (2020) | |
Baseball | Baseballin SM-sarja | Espoo Expos (2019) |
Basketball | Korisliiga (men's) | Karhu (2019)* |
Naisten Korisliiga (women's) | PeKa (2019)* | |
Figure skating | Taitoluistelun SM-kilpailut | multiple disciplines (2020) |
Floorball | Salibandyliiga | SC Classic (2019)* |
Naisten Salibandyliiga | SB-Pro (2019)* | |
American football | Vaahteraliiga (men's) | Helsinki Roosters (2019) |
Naisten Vaahteraliiga (women's) | Helsinki Wolverines (2019) | |
Football | Veikkausliiga (men's) | KuPS (2019) |
Kansallinen Liiga (women's) | HJK (2019) | |
Formula racing | Rata-SM | |
Futsal | Futsal-Liiga (men's) | KaDy (2019) |
Naisten Futsal-liiga (women's) | Ilves FS (2019) | |
Handball | Käsipallon SM-liiga (men's) | Riihimäki Cocks (2019) |
Käsipallon naisten SM-sarja (women's) | Dicken (2018) | |
Ice hockey | Liiga (men's) | HPK (2019)* |
Naisten Liiga (women's) | Espoo Blues (2019)* | |
Pesäpallo | Superpesis | Joensuun Maila (2019) (men's) |
Jyväskylän Kirittäret (2019) (women's) | ||
Rallying | Rallin SM-sarja | SM1: Teemu Asunmaa (2019) |
Rink bandy | Kaukalopalloliiga (men's) | Team No Control (2019) |
Ringette | Ringeten SM-sarja (women's) | Nokian Urheilijat (2019) |
Roller in-line hockey | Rullakiekon SM-liiga | Pahalampi (2019) |
Rugby union | Rugbyn SM-sarja | Warriors RC (2019) |
Synchronized skating | Muodostelmaluistelun SM-kilpailusarjoja | Helsinki Rockettes (2020) |
Volleyball | Lentopallon SM-liiga | VaLePa (2019) (men's) |
LP Viesti Salo (2019) (women's) |
* 2020 Finnish Champion not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
References
Significant content in this article is translated from the existing Finnish Wikipedia article at fi:Suomen-mestaruus; see its history for attribution.
- "Jääkiekko - SM-liiga" (in Finnish). yle. 2019. pp. Both the URL and the menu for the sports (urheilu) section use “SM-liiga” to link to the main page for Liiga. Retrieved 2019-08-19.