The Finnish SM-liiga is the name of the professional handball league of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

Competition Format

The season begins with a regular season between the ten teams. The first six teams qualifies for the play-offs, the teams classified four to eight play another round-robin, while the last two plays a relegation round.

2016/17 Season participants

The following 10 clubs compete in the SM-liiga during the 2016–17 season.

SM-liiga Champions

* 1944 : TPS Turku * 1945 : HIFK * 1946 : Union Helsinki * 1950 : Union Helsinki (2) * 1951 : HIFK (2) * 1952 : Karhun Pojat * 1953 : Union Helsinki (3) * 1954 : Karhun Pojat (2) * 1955 : Union Helsinki (4) * 1956 : Karhun Pojat (3) * 1957 : Union Helsinki (5) * 1958 : Union Helsinki (6) * 1959 : Union Helsinki (7) * 1960 : Union Helsinki (8) * 1961 : Arsenal Helsinki * 1962 : Arsenal Helsinki (2) * 1963 : Arsenal Helsinki (3) * 1964 : Union Helsinki (9) * 1965 : HIFK (3) * 1966 : HIFK (4) * 1967 : UK-51 Helsinki * 1968 : BK-46 Karis * 1969 : UK-51 Helsinki (2) * 1970 : UK-51 Helsinki (3) * 1971 : UK-51 Helsinki (4) * 1972 : HIFK (5) * 1973 : HIFK (6) * 1974 : HIFK (7) * 1975 : Sparta Helsinki * 1976 : Sparta Helsinki (2) * 1977 : Sparta Helsinki (3) * 1978 : HC Kiffen * 1979 : BK-46 Karis (2) * 1980 : BK-46 Karis (3) * 1981 : Sjundea IF * 1982 : Sjundea IF (2) * 1983 : BK-46 Karis (4) * 1984 : BK-46 Karis (5) * 1985 : BK-46 Karis (6) * 1986 : BK-46 Karis (7) * 1987 : BK-46 Karis (8) * 1988 : BK-46 Karis (9) * 1989 : BK-46 Karis (10) * 1990 : Sjundea IF (3) * 1991 : BK-46 Karis (11) * 1992 : BK-46 Karis (12) * 1993 : Dicken * 1994 : BK-46 Karis (13) * 1995 : BK-46 Karis (14) * 1996 : BK-46 Karis (15) * 1997 : BK-46 Karis (16) * 1998 : BK-46 Karis (17) * 1999 :

GrIFK Grankulla IFK, or GrIFK as the name is commonly abbreviated, is a Finnish sports club from the city of Kauniainen. The club was formed in 1925 and the main activities covered are football, ice-hockey, handball, floorball and alpine. The clu ...

* 2000 : HC Dennis * 2001 : HC Dennis (2) * 2002 : BK-46 Karis (18) * 2003 : BK-46 Karis (19) * 2004 : HC Dennis (3) * 2005 : Sjundea IF (4) * 2006 : BK-46 Karis (20) * 2007 :

Riihimäki Cocks Riihimäki Cocks ( fi, Riihimäen Cocks) is a Finnish handball club from Riihimäki. The club is playing in the Finnish Handball League (SM-liiga), and play their home matches in Cocks Areena. History Riihimäki Cocks were founded in 1973 when ...

* 2008 :

(2) * 2009 :

(3) * 2010 :

(4) * 2011 : HC West * 2012 : HC West (2) * 2013 :

(5) * 2014 :

(6) * 2015 :

(7) * 2016 :

(8) * 2017 :

(9) * 2018 :

(10) * 2019 :

(11) * 2020 : BK-46 Karis (21) * 2021 : Dicken (2)

EHF coefficient ranking

For season 2017/2018, see footnote
( PDF).

European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, A ...

. *19. (''27'') 1.liga (14.67) *20. RedDownArrow

(''19'') Extraliga (11.67) *21. (''22'') SM-liiga (11.25) *21. (''24'')

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the s ...

(11.25) *23. (''32'') Lotto Eredivisie (10.78)

References

External links

msm.finnhandball.net
{{EHF leagues

SM-Liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...

Professional sports leagues in Finland