For the Finnish men's second-tier ice hockey league, see Mestis.
Naisten Mestis
Formerly
Naisten I-divisioona
Sport
Ice hockey
Founded
1985
Founder
Finnish Ice Hockey Association
First season
as Naisten I-divisoona, 1985–86 as Naisten Mestis, 2012–13
Administrator
Jesse Nuutinen
No. of teams
8
Country
Finland
Most recent champion(s)
HIFK Akatemia (2023)
TV partner(s)
Leijonat.tv
Promotion to
Naisten Liiga
Relegation to
Naisten Suomi-sarja
Official website
leijonat.fi
Naisten Mestis (lit.'Women's Championship Series'; from Mestaruussarja, 'Championship series') is the second-highest women's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was founded as Naisten I-divisioona ('Women's First Division') in 1985 by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, when the number of teams playing in the Naisten SM-sarja (renamed 'Naisten Liiga' in 2017) was limited. It was renamed Naisten Mestis prior to the 2012–13 season.
Naisten SM-sarja (renamed 'Naisten Liiga' in 2017) was limited. It was renamed NaistenMestis prior to the 2012–13 season. The Mestis season format has changed...
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...
season. After the NaistenMestis cross-qualifiers, the teams that did not gain promotion to the Naisten Liiga proceed to the NaistenMestis regular season...
was established in 2018 and gained promotion to the Naisten Liiga from the second-tier NaistenMestis at the end of their debut season in 2018–19. HIFK-Stadin...
Naiset or JYP Jyväskylä Naiset is a Finnish ice hockey team in the NaistenMestis. Their home is the Jyväskylän harjoitusjäähalli ('Jyväskylä training...
affiliate, is active in the Finnish lower level leagues, the NaistenMestis and Naisten Suomi-sarja. This is a partial list of the most recent seasons...
qualification series and returned to the league after one season in the NaistenMestis. Lukko Naiset were the representative women's ice hockey team of the...
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also operates the RoKi women's team, which plays in the top-tier Naisten Liiga. Mestis (2): 2022, 2023 Suomi-sarja (2): 2011, 2013 Suomi-sarja (1): 2009...
called Naisten SM-sarja (NSMs), 1982–2017) NaistenMestis (2006; formerly Naisten I-divisoona, 2006–2012) Naisten Suomi-sarja Ligue Magnus (1906) FFHG Division...
assists) as the team gained promotion to the second-tier Naisten I-divisioona (renamed NaistenMestis in 2012). Remaining with the club in the following season...
women's senior level with RoKi Naiset in the 2013–14 season of the NaistenMestis, during which she played a total of six matches. Over the following...
signed with Vaasan Sport for the 2018–19 Naisten Liiga season. The team had gained promotion from the NaistenMestis in the 2018 postseason and Pajarinen...
the men's U16 Mestis, U17 Mestis, U18 Mestis, U18 Aluesarja, and U20 Mestis. Hermes previously included women's teams in the U16 Naisten Aluesarja and...
established themselves as perennially successful competitors in the NaistenMestis, the second-tier women's ice hockey league in Finland. In December 2019...
primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of the Mestis team TUTO Hockey and the Naisten Liiga team TPS Naiset. It was opened on 18 November 2006...
so in the following season and were relegated to the Naisten I-divisioona (renamed NaistenMestis in 2012) in 1995. In the following two decades, Vaasan...
to the Naisten Liiga (NSML), the premier national league in Finland. Ahola maintained a .957 save percentage across seventeen NaistenMestis games, improving...
745 assists). Pohjola also played women's ice hockey for a time in NaistenMestis starting in the 2014–15 season when Lapinlahden Luistin -89 [fi] switched...
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