Finnish Handball League

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SM-liiga
Current season, competition or edition:
Handball current event 2.svg 2024–25 Finnish Handball League
Sport Handball
Founded1943;82 years ago (1943)
No. of teams7
Country Finland
Confederation EHF
Most recent
champion(s)
BK-46 (2023)
Most titles BK-46 (22 titles)
International cup(s) EHF Cup
EHF Challenge Cup
Official website http://msm.finnhandball.net/

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

Contents

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.

2023/24 season participants

The following 7 clubs compete in the SM-liiga during the 2023–24 season.

TeamCityArena
BK-46 Karis Karis Idrottshall
Riihimäki Cocks Riihimäki Cocks Areena
Dicken Helsinki Pirkkolan Palloiluhalli
GrIFK Kauniainen Kauniaisten Palloiluhalli
HIFK Helsinki Helsingin Urheilutalo
Sjundeå IF Siuntio Arena Siuntio-Sjundeå
ÅIFK Turku Samppalinnan Palloiluhalli

SM-liiga champions

ClubTitlesYear
1. BK-46 231968, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2022, 2023, 2024
2. Riihimäki Cocks 122007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
3.Union Helsinki91946, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964
4. HIFK 71945, 1951, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1974
5.Sjundea IF41981, 1982, 1990, 2005
UK-51 Helsinki41967, 1969, 1970, 1971
7.Karhun Pojat31952, 1954, 1956
Arsenal Helsinki31961, 1962, 1963
Sparta Helsinki31975, 1976, 1977
HC Dennis32000, 2001, 2004
11.HC West22011, 2012
12.TPS Turku11944
HC Kiffen11978
Dicken11993
GrIFK 11999

EHF coefficient ranking

For season 2017/2018, see footnote [1]

References