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Mestis
Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 Mestis season
Formerly
I-Divisioona
Sport
Ice hockey
Founded
2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Founder
Finnish Ice Hockey Association
First season
2000–01
Motto
Suomen viihdyttävintä lätkää (Finland’s most entertaining hockey)
No. of teams
10
Country
Finland
Most recent champion(s)
IPK (2023–24)
Most titles
Jukurit (7)
TV partner(s)
C More
Level on pyramid
Level 2
Promotion to
SM-liiga
Relegation to
Suomi-sarja
Domestic cup(s)
Finnish Cup
Related competitions
Naisten Mestis
Official website
Mestis.fi
Mestis (from Finnish: Mestaruussarja, meaning 'Championship series', stylized as MEST1S) is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division').
Being promoted to SM-liiga is possible if a Mestis team beats a SM-liiga club in the qualification series and matches all the criteria set by the SM-liiga. Mestis, however, is an open league where relegation and promotion are possible with the 3rd league, Suomi-sarja.
Mestis is also the highest league governed by the FIHA.
is possible if a Mestis team beats a SM-liiga club in the qualification series and matches all the criteria set by the SM-liiga. Mestis, however, is an...
Mesti or Mestis may refer to: Imset, one of the sons of Horus, whose name is sometimes transcribed MestiMesti, Morocco a small village of the Guelmim-Oued...
Liiga' in 2017) was limited. It was renamed Naisten Mestis prior to the 2012–13 season. The Mestis season format has changed many times since the founding...
league, and returned to the Mestis after a 20-year break. Jukurit won the Mestis championship on their first three seasons in Mestis and made the semifinals...
to second-tier Mestis in the year shown, and are there today unless noted otherwise. FoPS (relegated 1977, now FPS in second-tier Mestis) KOO-VEE (relegated...
the Mestis and the Suomi-sarja; many Mestis and Suomi-sarja teams serve as farm teams to Liiga clubs. Promotion and relegation between the Mestis and...
Japan (4 teams) South Korea (3 teams) Russia (1 team) China (1 team) 976 Mestis Finland Successor to I-Divisioona, Second division of Finland 762 Federal...
and fellow NHL player Adam Hall were playing for KalPa. After winning the Mestis championship, KalPa returned to SM-liiga for the 2005–06 season, after being...
ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Jokerit in the Finnish Mestis. Henritius made his SM-liiga debut playing with Jokerit during the 2011–12...
the departure of Navene Koperweis. In 2012 Garstka programmed drums for Mestis debut EP Basal Ganglia. In March 2015 Garstka was featured as Modern Drummer...
2023, they submitted their application to join Mestis, the second-tier league in Finland. On 3 May, Mestis announced that they had accepted Jokerit's application...
professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for JoKP in the Finnish Mestis. "Kristjan Kombe". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023. Biographical...
Global Information
2023–24 Mestis season
Finland