Esa Pirnes (Blues) and Michal Bros (Kärpät) in the faceoff circle during a decisive SM-liiga playoff game on 1 April 2006.
Country
Finland
Governing body
Finnish Ice Hockey Association
National team(s)
Men's national team
Women's national team
Men's national junior team
Men's national U18 team
Women's national U18 team
Nickname(s)
Leijonat (men)
Naisleijonat (women)
Nuoret Leijonat (junior men)
Pikkuleijonat (U18 men)
Tyttöleijonat (U18 women)
Registered players
71,063[1]
National competitions
Men
SM-liiga / Mestis / Suomi-sarja
Women
Naisten Liiga / Naisten Mestis / N. Suomi-sarja
Junior
U20 SM-sarja / U20 Mestis / U20 Suomi-sarja
U18 SM-sarja / U18 Mestis / U18 Suomi-sarja
U16 SM-sarja / U16 Mestis / U16 Suomi-sarja
Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Finland in terms of television viewership and game attendance figures.[2][3][4] It is third most popular sport in participation amongst children.[5] As of 2020, approximately 1.3% of the Finnish population was registered with the International Ice Hockey Federation, ranking Finland second in the world for percentage of population participating in ice hockey[a] and the highest percentage of any country outside of North America.[1]
^ ab"IIHF Member National Associations: Finland". International Ice Hockey Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
^"SM-liigan katsojat 2010-2011". SM-liiga. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
^"Retailing Opportunities for the National Hockey League in Finland" (PDF). core.ac.uk. 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^Suominen, Seppo. "The Geography of Sport in Finland" (PDF). www.athensjournals.gr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^Andersen, Svein S.; Ronglan, Lars Tore (29 May 2019). Nordic Elite Sport: Same Ambitions, Different Tracks. Copenhagen Business School Press DK. ISBN 9788763002455 – via Google Books.
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