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 ()
Bandy	Bandyliiga (men)	Akilles (2021)
Bandy	Jääpallon naisten SM-sarja (women)	Wiipurin Sudet (2021)
Baseball	Baseballin SM-sarja	(2020)
Basketball	Korisliiga (men)	Vilpas Vikings (2021)
Basketball	Naisten Korisliiga (women)	(2021)
Figure skating	Taitoluistelun SM-kilpailut	multiple disciplines
Floorball	F-liiga (men)	(2021)
Floorball	F-liiga (women)	PSS (2021)
American football	Vaahteraliiga (men)	Kuopio Steelers (2021)
American football	(women)	Turku Trojans (2021)
Football	Veikkausliiga (men)	HJK (2020)
Football	Kansallinen Liiga (women)	Åland United (2020)
Formula racing		multiple disciplines
Futsal	Futsal-Liiga (men)	(2021)
Futsal	(women)	MuSa (2021)
Handball	Käsipallon SM-liiga (men)	Riihimäki Cocks (2021)
Handball	(women)	(2021)
Ice hockey	Liiga (men)	Lukko (2021)
Ice hockey	Naisten Liiga (women)	Kiekko-Espoo (2021)
Pesäpallo	Superpesis	(2021) (men)
Pesäpallo	Superpesis	(2021) (women)
Rallying	Rallin SM-sarja	multiple disciplines (2020)
Rink bandy	(men)	(2020)
Ringette	(women)	(2021)
Roller in-line hockey		(2021)
Rugby union	Rugbyn SM-sarja	Helsinki RC (2021)
Synchronized skating	Muodostelmaluistelun SM-kilpailusarjoja	Helsinki Rockettes (2020)
Volleyball	Lentopallon SM-liiga	VaLePa (2021) (men)
Volleyball	Lentopallon SM-liiga	(2021) (women)

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.

[1] "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.

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