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Finnish Champion

In Finland, the Suomen mestaruus (SM; lit. 'Finnish Champion') is the winner of the highest level of national competition in a particular sport.

Suomen mestaruussarja (lit. 'Finnish Championship'), abbreviated SM-sarja, is the competition in which the winning athlete, team, or club is named Finnish Champion. SM-sarja is commonly 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, as with the Baseballin SM-sarja, Ringeten SM-sarja, Rugbyn SM-sarja, etc.

The abbreviation SM-liiga (lit. 'Finnish Championship League' from Suomen mestaruusliiga) is a standard term used when a sport has been designated with liiga status. Without qualification, SM-liiga can refer to any Finnish Championship liiga, however, 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(s)
Athletics Kalevan kisat multiple disciplines (2023 [fi])
Bandy Bandyliiga (men) Veiterä (2024 [fi])
Naisten Bandyliiga (women) Wiipurin Sudet (2024)
Baseball Baseballin SM-sarja Espoo Expos (2023)
Basketball Korisliiga (men) Helsinki Seagulls (2023 [fi])
Naisten Korisliiga (women) Peli-Karhut (2023)
Cross-country skiing SM-hiihdot [fi] multiple competition classes (2024)
Disc golf SM in disk golf [fi] MPO Niklas Anttila [fi] (2023)
FPO Heidi Laine [fi] (2023)
Figure skating Taitoluistelun SM-kilpailut Ice dance Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (2024)
Pair Milania Väänänen/Filippo Clerici (2024)
Single Makar Suntsev (2024) (men)
Nella Pelkonen (2024) (women)
Floorball F-liiga (men) TPS (2023)
F-liiga (women) TPS (2023)
American football Vaahteraliiga (men) Porvoo Butchers [fi] (2023)
Naisten Vaahteraliiga [fi] (women) Turku Trojans (2023)
Football Veikkausliiga (men) HJK (2023)
Kansallinen Liiga (women) KuPS (2023 [fi])
Formula racing Rata-SM multiple disciplines
Futsal Futsal-Liiga (men) KaDy (2023)
Naisten Futsal-Liiga [fi] (women) HIFK FS (2023)
Handball Käsipallon SM-liiga (men) BK-46 (2023)[2]
Käsipallon naisten SM-sarja (women) GrIFK (2023)
Harness racing SM in harness racing [fi] American Hero/Pekka Korpi (2022)
Ice hockey Jääkiekon SM-liiga (men) Tappara (2024)
Jääkiekon naisten SM-liiga (women) HIFK (2024)[3]
Pesäpallo Superpesis SoJy (2023 [fi]) (men)
Porin Pesäkarhut [fi] (2023 [fi]) (women)
Rallying Rallin SM-sarja multiple disciplines (2023 [fi])
Rink bandy Kaukalopallon SM-sarja [fi] (men) RC Pajulahti (2023)[4]
Ringette Ringeten SM-sarja (women) Blue Rings (2024)
Roller in-line hockey Rullakiekon SM-liiga [fi] Team Haippi [fi] (2023)
Rugby union Rugbyn SM-sarja Warriors RC (2023)
Synchronized skating Muodostelmaluistelun SM-kilpailusarjoja Team Unique (2023)[5]
Volleyball Lentopallon SM-liiga VaLePa (2023) (men)
Pölkky Kuusamo (2023) (women)

References

Significant content in this article is translated from the existing Finnish Wikipedia article at fi:Suomen-mestaruus; see its history for attribution.

  1. ^ "Jääkiekko - SM-liiga" (in Finnish). yle. 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019. Both the URL and the menu for the sports (urheilu) section use “SM-liiga” to link to the main page for Liiga.
  2. ^ "Miesten Suomen mestarit kautta aikojen". Käsipallon SM-liiga (in Finnish). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ^ "HIFK juhlii taas Suomen mestaruutta". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). STT. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Pääsarjajokkueiden Maratontaulukko 1990-2023 (SM-turnaukset 2017-2021 eivät ole mukana taulukoinnissa)" (PDF). Suomen Kaukalopalloliitto (in Finnish). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Muodostelmaluistelun SM 2023 – SM-Seniorit". International Skating Union. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Champion