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) | |
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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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Miesten Suomen mestarit kautta aikojen". Käsipallon SM-liiga (in Finnish). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "HIFK juhlii taas Suomen mestaruutta". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). STT. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Pääsarjajokkueiden Maratontaulukko 1990-2023 (SM-turnaukset 2017-2021 eivät ole mukana taulukoinnissa)" (PDF). Suomen Kaukalopalloliitto (in Finnish). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Muodostelmaluistelun SM 2023 – SM-Seniorit". International Skating Union. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.