Viipurin Palloseura (abbreviated as ViPS; 'Viipuri Ball Club') was mainly a
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 ...
club from
Vyborg
Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus ne ...
, Russia (which in Finnish is called ''Viipuri''), founded in 1928 when the town belonged to Finland. The sport came to Finland from
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Russia
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, and it was natural that it gained a strong foothold in near-by Viipuri.
During the
Winter War
The Winter War,, sv, Vinterkriget, rus, Зи́мняя война́, r=Zimnyaya voyna. The names Soviet–Finnish War 1939–1940 (russian: link=no, Сове́тско-финская война́ 1939–1940) and Soviet–Finland War 1 ...
(1939–40), the population of Viipuri was evacuated, and in the
1940 Moscow Peace Treaty the city was ceded to the
Soviet Union
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. 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.
In
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
ViPS played for two seasons, in
1930
Events
January
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–
31, in the
Mestaruussarja
Mestaruussarja (Championship series) was the top division of Finland, Finnish association football, football from 1930 to 1989. It was replaced by Veikkausliiga in 1990.
In 1930 league format was used for the first time to decide the Finnish cham ...
, i.e. 'Championship Series', the top flight of Finnish football.
In
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
the club made it to the semifinals in the season
1928–29.
ViPS in the Bandy Finnish Championship Series
Season to season in football
*2 seasons in ''A-Sarja''
*7 seasons in ''B-Sarja''
*1 seasons in ''Piirinsarja''
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References
Sports clubs and teams in Finland
Sport in Vyborg
Sports clubs and teams in Helsinki
Defunct bandy clubs in Finland
Defunct football clubs in Finland
Defunct ice hockey teams in Finland
Bandy clubs established in 1928
Association football clubs established in 1928
1928 establishments in Finland
1940 disestablishments in Finland
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1940