Finnish Champion

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In Finland, the Suomen mestaruus (SM; lit. 'Finnish Champion') is the winner of the highest level of national competition in a particular sport.

Suomen mestaruussarja (lit. 'Finnish Championship'), abbreviated SM-sarja, is the competition in which the winning athlete, team, or club is named Finnish Champion. SM-sarja is commonly used when discussing the highest-level league of a sport that competes for the Finnish Championship or the specific competition in which a Finnish Champion is named, as with the Baseballin SM-sarja, Ringeten SM-sarja, Rugbyn SM-sarja, etc.

The abbreviation SM-liiga (lit. 'Finnish Championship League' from Suomen mestaruusliiga) is a standard term used when a sport has been designated with liiga status. Without qualification, SM-liiga can refer to any Finnish Championship liiga, however, it is most often used when discussing the men's ice hockey Liiga – .[1]

Sports in which the Finnish Championship is contested

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Sport League or competition Current champion(s)
Athletics Kalevan kisat multiple disciplines (2023 (fi))
Bandy Bandyliiga (men) Veiterä (2024 (fi))
Naisten Bandyliiga (women) Wiipurin Sudet (2024)
Baseball Baseballin SM-sarja Espoo Expos (2023)
Basketball Korisliiga (men) Helsinki Seagulls (2023)
Naisten Korisliiga (women) Peli-Karhut (2023)
Cross-country skiing SM-hiihdot (fi) multiple competition classes (2024)
Disc golf SM in disk golf (fi) MPO Niklas Anttila (fi) (2023)
FPO Heidi Laine (fi) (2023)
Figure skating Taitoluistelun SM-kilpailut Ice dance Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (2024)
Pair Milania Väänänen/Filippo Clerici (2024)
Single Makar Suntsev (2024) (men)
Nella Pelkonen (2024) (women)
Floorball F-liiga (men) TPS (2023)
F-liiga (women) TPS (2023)
American football Vaahteraliiga (men) Porvoo Butchers (2023)
Naisten Vaahteraliiga (fi) (women) Turku Trojans (2023)
Football Veikkausliiga (men) HJK (2023)
Kansallinen Liiga (women) KuPS (2023 (fi))
Formula racing Rata-SM multiple disciplines
Futsal Futsal-Liiga (men) KaDy (2023)
Naisten Futsal-Liiga (fi) (women) HIFK FS (2023)
Handball Käsipallon SM-liiga (men) BK-46 (2023)[2]
Käsipallon naisten SM-sarja (women) GrIFK (2023)
Harness racing SM in harness racing (fi) American Hero/Pekka Korpi (2022)
Ice hockey Jääkiekon SM-liiga (men) Tappara (2024)
Jääkiekon naisten SM-liiga (women) HIFK (2024)[3]
Pesäpallo Superpesis SoJy (2023 (fi)) (men)
Porin Pesäkarhut (fi) (2023 (fi)) (women)
Rallying Rallin SM-sarja multiple disciplines (2023 (fi))
Rink bandy Kaukalopallon SM-sarja (fi) (men) RC Pajulahti (2023)[4]
Ringette Ringeten SM-sarja (women) Blue Rings (2024)
Roller in-line hockey Rullakiekon SM-liiga (fi) Team Haippi (fi) (2023)
Rugby union Rugbyn SM-sarja Warriors RC (2023)
Synchronized skating Muodostelmaluistelun SM-kilpailusarjoja Team Unique (2023)[5]
Volleyball Lentopallon SM-liiga VaLePa (2023) (men)
Pölkky Kuusamo (2023) (women)

References

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Significant content in this article is translated from the existing Finnish Wikipedia article at fi:Suomen-mestaruus; see its history for attribution.

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