The Finnish ice hockey champions is a title awarded annually to the winning team of the top-tier ice hockey league in Finland, which currently is SM-liiga since 1975. The championship's present format did not take into effect until the league was originally formed for the 1975–76 season under the name of SM-liiga (preceded by SM-sarja). A team who wins the Finnish Championship is awarded the Kanada-malja ("Canada Bowl") trophy. The winner of the regular season receives the Harry Lindbladin muistopalkinto ("Harry Lindblad Memorial Trophy").

Winners Until 1933 the championship was played as a Cup series. From the 1933–34 season it was played as a League series. Playoffs were introduced during the 1975–76 season.

1927–1933Season Champion Finalist 1927–28 Reipas KIF 1928–29 HJK HPS 1929–30 cancelled 1930–31 TaPa HJK 1931–32 HJK HPS 1932–33 HSK HJK

1933–1975 Season Champion 2nd place 3rd place 1933–34 HSK HPS Ilves 1934–35 HJK Ilves HSK 1935–36 Ilves KIF HJK 1936–37 Ilves KIF HJK 1937–38 Ilves HJK KIF 1938–39 KIF HJK Ilves 1939–40 not held 1940–41 KIF HJK Ilves 1941–42 cancelled 1942–43 KIF TPS Ilves 1943–44 stopped 1944–45 Ilves Tarmo KIF 1945–46 Ilves Tarmo TBK 1946–47 Ilveschampion after a final Tarmo TBK 1947–48 Tarmo Ilves TBK 1948–49 Tarmo Ilves TuPK 1949–50 Ilves Tarmo TBK 1950–51 Ilveschampion after a group stage and a final Tarmo TBK 1951–52 Ilveschampion after a group stage and a final HPK Tarmo 1952–53 TBKchampion after a group stage and a final Tarmo TPS 1953–54 TBKchampion after a group stage and a final Karhu-Kissat HPK 1954–55 TBKchampion after a group stage and a final TPS HIFK 1955–56 TPSchampion after a group stage and a final Tarmo Tappara 1956–57 Ilveschampion after a group stage and a final TPS Tappara 1957–58 Ilveschampion after a group stage and a final Tappara Tarmo 1958–59 Tappara Koo-Vee HIFK 1959–60 Ilves Tappara Koo-Vee 1960–61 Tappara Lukko Koo-Vee 1961–62 Ilves Koo-Vee Tappara 1962–63 Lukko Tappara Ilves 1963–64 Tapparachampion after a final Koo-Vee Ilves 1964–65 Karhutchampion after a final Ilves Lukko 1965–66 Ilveschampion after group stages of two rounds Lukko SaiPa 1966–67 RU-38 TPS Ilves 1967–68 Koo-Vee Ilves TuTo 1968–69 HIFK Ilves Lukko 1969–70 HIFK Ilves TuTo 1970–71 Ässätchampion after two rounds Jokerit HIFK 1971–72 Ilveschampion after two rounds HJK HIFK 1972–73 Jokerit HIFK Tappara 1973–74 HIFK Tappara Ilves 1974–75 Tappara HIFK Ilves

1975–present Season Champion 2nd place 3rd place Regular seasonwinner 1975–76 TPS Tappara Ässät TPS 1976–77 Tappara TPS Koo-Vee Tappara 1977–78 Ässät Tappara TPS Tappara 1978–79 Tappara Ässät TPS Ässät 1979–80 HIFK Ässät Kärpät TPS 1980–81 Kärpät Tappara TPS Tappara 1981–82 Tappara TPS HIFK TPS 1982–83 HIFK Jokerit Ilves Jokerit 1983–84 Tappara Ässät Kärpät Tappara 1984–85 Ilves TPS Kärpät TPS 1985–86 Tappara HIFK Kärpät Tappara 1986–87 Tappara Kärpät HIFK Kärpät 1987–88 Tappara Lukko HIFK Ilves 1988–89 TPS JYP Ilves TPS 1989–90 TPS Ilves Tappara TPS 1990–91 TPS KalPa HPK TPS 1991–92 Jokerit JYP HIFK JYP 1992–93 TPS HPK JYP TPS 1993–94 Jokerit TPS Lukko TPS 1994–95 TPS Jokerit Ässät Jokerit 1995–96 Jokerit TPS Lukko Jokerit 1996–97 Jokerit TPS HPK Jokerit 1997–98 HIFK Ilves Jokerit TPS 1998–99 TPS HIFK HPK TPS 1999–2000 TPS Jokerit HPK TPS 2000–01 TPS Tappara Ilves Jokerit 2001–02 Jokerit Tappara HPK Tappara 2002–03 Tappara Kärpät HPK HPK 2003–04 Kärpät TPS HIFK TPS 2004–05 Kärpät Jokerit HPK Kärpät 2005–06 HPK Ässät Kärpät Kärpät 2006–07 Kärpät Jokerit HPK Kärpät 2007–08 Kärpät Blues Tappara Kärpät 2008–09 JYP Kärpät KalPa JYP 2009–10 TPS HPK JYP JYP 2010–11 HIFK Blues Lukko JYP 2011–12 JYP Pelicans Jokerit KalPa 2012–13 Ässät Tappara JYP Jokerit 2013–14 Kärpät Tappara Lukko Kärpät 2014–15 Kärpät Tappara JYP Kärpät 2015–16 Tappara HIFK Kärpät HIFK 2016–17 Tappara KalPa JYP Tappara 2017–18 Kärpät Tappara HIFK Kärpät 2018–19 HPK Kärpät Tappara Kärpät 2019–20 cancelled Kärpät 2020–21 Lukko TPS HIFK Lukko 2021–22 Tappara TPS Ilves Tappara 2022–23 Tappara Pelicans Ilves Tappara 2023–24 Tappara Pelicans Kärpät Tappara 2024–25 KalPa SaiPa Ilves Lukko 2025–26 Tappara KooKoo SaiPa Tappara

Clubs by titles ^not in top tier†not active‡merged

Club Total SM-sarja SM-liiga 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd Regular 1stTBK / Tappara 21 7 4 9 14 9 3 11Ilves 16 15 7 9 1 2 6 1TPS 11 1 4 1 10 9 3 13Kärpät 8 0 0 0 8 4 6 10HIFK 7 3 2 4 4 3 7 1Jokerit 6 1 1 0 5 5 2 6HJK † 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 0Ässät 3 1 0 0 2 4 2 1KIF † 3 3 3 2 Tarmo † 2 2 7 2 Lukko 2 1 2 2 1 1 4 2HPK 2 0 1 1 2 2 8 1JYP 2 0 0 0 2 2 5 4HSK † 2 2 0 1 Koo-Vee † 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 0KalPa 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1Reipas † 1 1 0 0 TaPa † 1 1 0 0 Karhut ‡ 1 1 0 0 RU-38 ‡ 1 1 0 0 HPS † 0 0 3 0 Pelicans 0 0 3 0 0Blues / Kiekko 0 0 2 0 0SaiPa 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0KooKoo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Karhu-Kissat ^ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0TuTo ^ 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0TuPK † 0 0 0 1

Cities by championships City Total ClubsTampere 39 TBK / Tappara (21), Ilves (16), Koo-Vee (1), TaPa (1)Helsinki 21 HIFK (7), Jokerit (6), HJK (3), KIF (3), HSK (2)Turku 11 TPS (11)Oulu 8 Kärpät (8)Pori 5 Ässät (3), RU-38 (1), Karhut (1)Hämeenlinna 4 Tarmo (2), HPK (2)Jyväskylä 2 JYP (2)Rauma 2 Lukko (2)Kuopio 1 KalPa (1)Viipuri 1 Reipas (1)

See also Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame Finnish Cup Aaro Kivilinna Memorial Trophy

References

Sources passionhockey.com | seasons archives eliteprospects.com | teams database