Finnish bandy champion is the title given to the team winning the play-off at the end of
Bandyliiga, the highest
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
league in Finland.
Bandy was the first team sport, for which a Finnish championship was contested. This was in early 1908 (while the first
Finnish championship in association football were played later the same year). The league and the championship are administrated by
Finland's Bandy Association
Finland's Bandy Association (Finnish: ''Suomen Jääpalloliitto'', Swedish: ''Finlands Bandyförbund'') is the governing body for the sport of bandy in Finland. Bandy was one of the sports for which the Ball Association of Finland, founded in 19 ...
.
Finnish Workers' Sports Federation
The Finnish Workers' Sports Federation ( fi, Suomen Työväen Urheiluliitto, ''TUL'', sv, Arbetarnas Idrottsförbund i Finland, ''AIF'') is a Finnish amateur sports organization founded in 1919. In addition to the competitive sports, TUL focuses o ...
had its own Finnish bandy championship tournament 1924–1955.
Winners through the years
Men
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Women
The first women's championships were only played in 1979. No women's championships were played 1993–2005.
Titles
Men's titles per club
Helsingfors IFK (HIFK) has won the most titles as of 2019.
* 17:
IFK Helsingfors
* 16:
Warkauden Pallo -35
* 16:
Oulun Luistinseura
Oulun Luistinseura (or OLS) is a Finnish multi-sports club, based in Oulu. The club has football, bandy, bowling and floorball sections.
Football
OLS football team was founded in 1941 by clubs bandy players. Throughout the years the club ha ...
* 14:
Sudet
* 7:
Oulun Palloseura
Oulun Palloseura or OPS is a Finnish multi-sports club based in Oulu. The club has sections in football, bandy and bowling. The club was founded in 1927.
Football
The football team has won the Finnish championship twice (1979, 1980) and as a co ...
* 6:
Tornion Palloveikot
* 6:
Veiterä
Veiterä is a Finnish bandy club based in Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta (; sv, Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality in the region of South Karelia, about from the Russian border and from the town of Vyborg (''Viipuri''). It is situated on ...
* 5:
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply as HJK, is a professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. The club competes in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Founded in 1907, the club has spent most of its history i ...
* 5:
Lappeenrannan Veiterä
* 4:
Veitsiluodon Vastus
* 4:
Botnia-69, Helsinki
* 2:
Akilles, Porvoo
* 2:
Polyteknikkojen Urheiluseura
Aalto University Sports Club, AaltoUS, (Finnish ''Aalto-yliopiston urheiluseura''), formerly known as ''Polyteknikkojen urheiluseura'' (‘Polytechnics Sports Club’) or PUS, is a Finnish sports club founded in Helsinki in 1903.
The club was t ...
, Helsinki
* 2:
Käpylän Urheilu-Veikot, Helsinki
* 2:
Viipurin Palloseura
* 2:
Mikkelin Kampparit
* 1:
Mikkelin Palloilijat
Mikkelin Palloilijat (or MP) is a Finnish professional football club, based in Mikkeli, that competes in the Ykkönen. The club was founded in 1929 and also included volleyball, bandy and ice hockey sections.
History
In 1998, MP merged with Mi ...
* 1:
Lappeenrannan Urheilu-Miehet
* 1:
Porin Narukerä
* 1:
Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura
Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura (abbreviated JPS) is a sports club from Jyväskylä, Finland. The club was formed in 1962 and their home ground is at the Vehkalammen kenttä.
The men's football team currently plays in the Kolmonen (Third Divisi ...
Men's and women's titles the same year
Final matches for the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation 1924–1955
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* 1924:
Helsingin Jyry -
Tampereen Kisa-Toverit 6-2
* 1925: ''Not played''
* 1926:
Helsingin Kullervo -
Helsingin Jyry 4-3
* 1927:
Töölön Vesa -
Helsingin Kullervo 7-4 jatkoajan jälkeen
* 1928:
Töölön Vesa -
Helsingin Jyry 2-1
* 1929:
Töölön Vesa -
Helsingin Kullervo 4-3
* 1930:
Talikkalan Toverit -
Helsingin Kullervo 3-2
* 1931:
Helsingin Kullervo -
Töölön Vesa 2-1
* 1932:
Talikkalan Toverit -
Varkauden Tarmo 4-3 jatkoajan jälkeen
* 1933:
Helsingin Kullervo -
Sorvalin Veikot 1-0
* 1934:
Töölön Vesa -
Varkauden Tarmo 1-1, 5-4 uusintaottelussa
* 1935:
Talikkalan Toverit -
Helsingin Kullervo 5-1
* 1936:
Maarian Pyrkivä -
Talikkalan Toverit 2-1
* 1937:
Maarian Pyrkivä -
Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat
Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (abbreviated as KTP) is a Finnish football club based in Kotka, Finland, and currently competing in Finland's premier league, Veikkausliiga. The club was founded in 1927 and its colours are green and white. Immediate ...
7-3
* 1938:
Maarian Pyrkivä -
Sorvalin Veikot 3-2
* 1939:
Maarian Pyrkivä -
Sorvalin Veikot 4-1
* 1940: ''Not played''
* 1941:
Maarian Pyrkivä -
Talikkalan Toverit 5-1
* 1942–1944: ''Not played''
* 1945:
Turun Pyrkivä -
Warkauden Työväen Palloilijat 3-1
* 1946:
Viipurin Toverit -
Warkauden Työväen Palloilijat 3-2
* 1947:
Porin Pallo-Toverit -
Turun Pyrkivä 3-0
* 1948:
Turun Pyrkivä -
Helsingin Ponnistus
Helsingin Ponnistus (abbreviated Ponnistus) is a football club from Helsinki, Finland. The club was formed in 1887 making it the oldest football club in Finland. The men's first team currently plays in the Nelonen (Fourth Division) and their ho ...
6-0
* 1949:
Turun Pyrkivä -
Warkauden Työväen Palloilijat 3-2 jatkoajan jälkeen
* 1950:
Turun Pyrkivä -
Helsingin Jyry 5-1
* 1951:
Turun Pyrkivä -
Helsingin Jyry 3-2
* 1952:
Turun Pyrkivä -
Imatran Pallo 1-0 ja.
* 1953:
Oulun Työväen Palloilijat
Oulun Työväen Palloilijat, (OTP for short), is a football club from Oulu, Finland.
OTP has played 16 seasons in the Finnish premier divisions Mestaruussarja and Veikkausliiga. After that there was a short lived merger with OLS called FC Ou ...
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Savonlinnan Työväen Palloseura
Savonlinnan Työväen Palloseura or STPS for short, is a football club located in Savonlinna, Finland. The club was founded in 1947. STPS has a strong labour movement background, ''"työväen palloseura"'' meaning "workers ball club" in Finnish.
...
8-0
* 1954:
Oulun Työväen Palloilijat
Oulun Työväen Palloilijat, (OTP for short), is a football club from Oulu, Finland.
OTP has played 16 seasons in the Finnish premier divisions Mestaruussarja and Veikkausliiga. After that there was a short lived merger with OLS called FC Ou ...
-
Helsingin Jyry 2-1
* 1955: 1)
Oulun Työväen Palloilijat
Oulun Työväen Palloilijat, (OTP for short), is a football club from Oulu, Finland.
OTP has played 16 seasons in the Finnish premier divisions Mestaruussarja and Veikkausliiga. After that there was a short lived merger with OLS called FC Ou ...
2)
Helsingin Jyry 3)
Lappeenrannan Pallo-Toverit - round-robin league.
Finnish champions vs. Finnish Workers champions 1947–1953
Final matches between the official Finnish champions and Finnish Workers' Sports Federation's bandy champions 1947–1953.
1947–1953: 1947
Porin Pallo-Toverit, 1948–1952
Turun Pyrkivä and 1953
Oulun Työväen Palloilijat
Oulun Työväen Palloilijat, (OTP for short), is a football club from Oulu, Finland.
OTP has played 16 seasons in the Finnish premier divisions Mestaruussarja and Veikkausliiga. After that there was a short lived merger with OLS called FC Ou ...
..
.
See also
*
Bandyliiga
Sources
* Voitto Raatikainen: Talviurheilun sankarit, Tulos- ja tilastoliite s.460
* MMM 1981 s.445
* Urheilumme Kasvot 3 Palloilu
* Martti Jukola: Urheilun Pikku Jättiläinen, 1951
References
Bandy in Finland
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 ...
Bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...