Viipurin Palloseura (abbreviated as ViPS; 'Viipuri Ball Club') was mainly a bandy club from Viipuri, Finland, founded in 1928. The sport came to Finland from St. Petersburg, Russia, and it was natural that it gained a strong foothold in near-by Viipuri.
During the Winter War (1939–40), the population of Viipuri was evacuated, and in the 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty the city was ceded to the Soviet Union. As a result of this, the club was in effect dissolved. A new bandy club called Hukat was formed in Helsinki, its players consisting mostly of former ViPS players.
Sporting achievements ViPS won the Finnish championship in bandy in 1931 and 1936, silver in 1934, and bronze in 1932 and 1933.Veiterä home pages
In association football ViPS played for two seasons, in 1930–31, in the Mestaruussarja, i.e. 'Championship Series', the top flight of Finnish football.
In ice hockey the club made it to the semifinals in the season 1928–29.
ViPS in the Bandy Finnish Championship Series
SeasonGWDLGFGAPRank19315500271110119325311181973193353028763193453111577219355122111345193676012410121193731118733rd in section193852217663rd in section19395311141073rd in sectionTotal4527810132906222.(2010)
Season to season in football
SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements1930Tier 1A-Sarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th1931Tier 1A-Sarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8thRelegated1932Tier 2B-Sarja (Second Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th1933Tier 3Piirinsarja (District League)Viipuri (SPL Viipuri)1934Tier 2B-Sarja (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stPromotion Group 3rd1935Tier 2B-Sarja (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stPromotion Group 3rd1936Tier 2Itä-Länsi-Sarja (Second Division)East LeagueFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd1937Tier 2Itä-Länsi-Sarja (Second Division)East LeagueFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th1938Tier 2Itä-Länsi-Sarja (Second Division)East League, South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd1939Tier 2Itä-Länsi-Sarja (Second Division)East League, South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6th1940 Dissolved 2 seasons in A-Sarja 7 seasons in B-Sarja 1 seasons in Piirinsarja
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