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
SeasonChampionFinalist
1927–28ReipasKIF
1928–29HJKHPS
1929–30cancelled
1930–31TaPaHJK
1931–32HJKHPS
1932–33HSKHJK
1933–1975
SeasonChampion2nd place3rd place
1933–34HSKHPSIlves
1934–35HJKIlvesHSK
1935–36IlvesKIFHJK
1936–37IlvesKIFHJK
1937–38IlvesHJKKIF
1938–39KIFHJKIlves
1939–40not held
1940–41KIFHJKIlves
1941–42cancelled
1942–43KIFTPSIlves
1943–44stopped
1944–45IlvesTarmoKIF
1945–46IlvesTarmoTBK
1946–47Ilves[1]TarmoTBK
1947–48TarmoIlvesTBK
1948–49TarmoIlvesTuPK
1949–50IlvesTarmoTBK
1950–51Ilves[2]TarmoTBK
1951–52Ilves[3]HPKTarmo
1952–53TBK[4]TarmoTPS
1953–54TBK[5]Karhu-KissatHPK
1954–55TBK[6]TPSHIFK
1955–56TPS[7]TarmoTappara
1956–57Ilves[8]TPSTappara
1957–58Ilves[9]TapparaTarmo
1958–59TapparaKoo-VeeHIFK
1959–60IlvesTapparaKoo-Vee
1960–61TapparaLukkoKoo-Vee
1961–62IlvesKoo-VeeTappara
1962–63LukkoTapparaIlves
1963–64Tappara[10]Koo-VeeIlves
1964–65Karhut[11]IlvesLukko
1965–66Ilves[12]LukkoSaiPa
1966–67RU-38TPSIlves
1967–68Koo-VeeIlvesTuTo
1968–69HIFKIlvesLukko
1969–70HIFKIlvesTuTo
1970–71Ässät[13]JokeritHIFK
1971–72Ilves[14]HJKHIFK
1972–73JokeritHIFKTappara
1973–74HIFKTapparaIlves
1974–75TapparaHIFKIlves

1975–present

SeasonChampion2nd place3rd placeRegular season
winner
1975–76TPSTapparaÄssätTPS
1976–77TapparaTPSKoo-VeeTappara
1977–78ÄssätTapparaTPSTappara
1978–79TapparaÄssätTPSÄssät
1979–80HIFKÄssätKärpätTPS
1980–81KärpätTapparaTPSTappara
1981–82TapparaTPSHIFKTPS
1982–83HIFKJokeritIlvesJokerit
1983–84TapparaÄssätKärpätTappara
1984–85IlvesTPSKärpätTPS
1985–86TapparaHIFKKärpätTappara
1986–87TapparaKärpätHIFKKärpät
1987–88TapparaLukkoHIFKIlves
1988–89TPSJYPIlvesTPS
1989–90TPSIlvesTapparaTPS
1990–91TPSKalPaHPKTPS
1991–92JokeritJYPHIFKJYP
1992–93TPSHPKJYPTPS
1993–94JokeritTPSLukkoTPS
1994–95TPSJokeritÄssätJokerit
1995–96JokeritTPSLukkoJokerit
1996–97JokeritTPSHPKJokerit
1997–98HIFKIlvesJokeritTPS
1998–99TPSHIFKHPKTPS
1999–2000TPSJokeritHPKTPS
2000–01TPSTapparaIlvesJokerit
2001–02JokeritTapparaHPKTappara
2002–03TapparaKärpätHPKHPK
2003–04KärpätTPSHIFKTPS
2004–05KärpätJokeritHPKKärpät
2005–06HPKÄssätKärpätKärpät
2006–07KärpätJokeritHPKKärpät
2007–08KärpätBluesTapparaKärpät
2008–09JYPKärpätKalPaJYP
2009–10TPSHPKJYPJYP
2010–11HIFKBluesLukkoJYP
2011–12JYPPelicansJokeritKalPa
2012–13ÄssätTapparaJYPJokerit
2013–14KärpätTapparaLukkoKärpät
2014–15KärpätTapparaJYPKärpät
2015–16TapparaHIFKKärpätHIFK
2016–17TapparaKalPaJYPTappara
2017–18KärpätTapparaHIFKKärpät
2018–19HPKKärpätTapparaKärpät
2019–20cancelledKärpät
2020–21LukkoTPSHIFKLukko
2021–22TapparaTPSIlvesTappara
2022–23TapparaPelicansIlvesTappara

Clubs by titles

^ not in top tier
not active
merged
ClubTotalSM-sarjaSM-liiga
Champions2nd3rdKanada-malja trophy2nd3rdRegular 1st
TBK/Tappara1974912938
Ilves1615791241
TPS11141109313
Kärpät800084610
HIFK73244371
Jokerit ^61105526
HJK ^33620000
Ässät31002421
KIF 3332
Tarmo 2272
Lukko21221141
HPK20112281
JYP20002254
HSK 2201
Koo-Vee ^11320010
Reipas 1100
TaPa 1100
Karhut Pori 1100
RU-38 1100
HPS 0030
KalPa00000211
Blues / K-Espoo ^00200
Karhu-Kissat ^00100000
Pelicans00100
TuTo ^00020000
SaiPa00010000
TuPK 0001

Cities by championships

CityTotalClubs
Tampere37TBK/Tappara (19), Ilves (16), Koo-Vee (1), TaPa (1)
Helsinki21HIFK (7), Jokerit (6), HJK (3), KIF (3), HSK (2)
Turku11TPS (11)
Oulu8Kärpät (8)
Pori5Ässät (3), RU-38 (1), Karhut Pori (1)
Hämeenlinna4Tarmo (2), HPK (2)
Jyväskylä2JYP (2)
Rauma2Lukko (2)
Viipuri1Reipas (1)

See also

References

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