This article is about the top men's floorball league in Finland. For the women's ditto, see F-liiga (women).
The F-liiga is the top men’s floorball league in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja (English: Floorball Finnish Champions-Series) in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). It was renamed to Salibandyliiga for the 1994–95 season. The Salibandyliiga was operated by the company SSBL Salibandy Oy, a subsidiary of the Finnish Floorball Federation. The current name F-liiga is used since season 2020–21.[1]
Miesten F-liiga
Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 F-liiga
The regular season is played in a round robin format with each team playing 26 games. The total number of regular season games is 182. The eight teams that finish the regular season at the top of the standings qualify for the playoffs in the spring.
Regular season game between Classic and SPV in the 2009-10 season.
Playoffsedit
The top eight teams from the regular season play for the Finnish Championship. The first placed team from the regular season picks their opponent from the teams that placed fifth through eighth. The second placed team picks their opponent from the remaining three and after that the third placed team makes its pick of the two remaining teams. The last playoff pair is made of two remaining team. The playoffs are played in best-of-seven format.
Playoutedit
The playout round was first introduced for 2014–15 season. The teams placed that placed eleventh through fourteenth continue to a playout phase after the regular season. The eleventh placed team picks their opponent, either the thirteenth or fourteenth placed team. The winners of the first round of playout get to keep their spots in Salibandyliiga, but the losing teams face each other in the second round. The winner of the second round of playout faces the second placed team of Divari (English: First Division). The winner of this match-up wins a place in the Salibandyliiga and losing team is relegated. The loser of the second round of playout is also relegated to Divari. The winner of Divari is directly promoted to Salibandyliiga.[3]
Current teamsedit
TPS come close to scoring against FBT Pori in the 2005–06 season.
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This article is about the top men s floorball league in Finland For the women s ditto see F liiga women The F liiga is the top men s floorball league in Finland The league was founded as Salibandyn SM sarja English Floorball Finnish Champions Series in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation SSBL It was renamed to Salibandyliiga for the 1994 95 season The Salibandyliiga was operated by the company SSBL Salibandy Oy a subsidiary of the Finnish Floorball Federation The current name F liiga is used since season 2020 21 1 Miesten F liigaCurrent season competition or edition 2023 24 F liigaFormerlyMiesten MestaruussarjaMiesten SalibandyliigaSportFloorballFounded1986 37 years ago 1986 Inaugural seasonSalibandyn SM sarja 1986 1994 Salibandyliiga 1994 2020AdministratorFinnish Floorball FederationNo of teams12CountryFinlandContinentEuropeMost recentchampion s TPS 1st title 2022 23 Most titlesSSV Helsinki 11 titles TV partner s YLE TV2Level on pyramidLevel 1Domestic cup s Suomen CupInternational cup s Champions CupOfficial websiteFliiga comThe champion of the league is eligible to compete at the Champions Cup 2 Contents 1 Format 1 1 Regular season 1 2 Playoffs 1 3 Playout 2 Current teams 3 Recent champions 4 List of champions 5 Records 5 1 Regular season 5 1 1 Game records 5 1 2 Individual records 5 1 2 1 Career 5 1 2 2 Season 5 2 Playoffs 5 2 1 Game records 5 2 2 Individual records 5 2 2 1 Career 5 2 2 2 Season 6 External links 7 ReferencesFormat editRegular season edit The regular season is played in a round robin format with each team playing 26 games The total number of regular season games is 182 The eight teams that finish the regular season at the top of the standings qualify for the playoffs in the spring nbsp Regular season game between Classic and SPV in the 2009 10 season Playoffs edit The top eight teams from the regular season play for the Finnish Championship The first placed team from the regular season picks their opponent from the teams that placed fifth through eighth The second placed team picks their opponent from the remaining three and after that the third placed team makes its pick of the two remaining teams The last playoff pair is made of two remaining team The playoffs are played in best of seven format Playout edit The playout round was first introduced for 2014 15 season The teams placed that placed eleventh through fourteenth continue to a playout phase after the regular season The eleventh placed team picks their opponent either the thirteenth or fourteenth placed team The winners of the first round of playout get to keep their spots in Salibandyliiga but the losing teams face each other in the second round The winner of the second round of playout faces the second placed team of Divari English First Division The winner of this match up wins a place in the Salibandyliiga and losing team is relegated The loser of the second round of playout is also relegated to Divari The winner of Divari is directly promoted to Salibandyliiga 3 Current teams edit nbsp TPS come close to scoring against FBT Pori in the 2005 06 season Teams in 2022 23 season 4 Classic Tampere EraViikingit Helsinki FBC Turku Turku Happee Jyvaskyla Indians Espoo Jymy Seinajoki LASB Lahti Nokian KrP Nokia Oilers Espoo OLS Oulu SPV Seinajoki TPS TurkuRecent champions editSeason Champions Runner up Third Place2022 23 TPS Nokian KrP Oilers2021 22 Classic Nokian KrP Oilers2020 21 Classic 5 Oilers Nokian KrP2019 20 The season was cancelled due to COVID 19 pandemic 6 2018 19 Classic TPS SPV2017 18 Classic Happee Nokian KrP2016 17 Classic EraViikingit SPV2015 16 Classic Oilers Happee2014 15 SPV Happee SSV2013 14 Happee Classic SSV2012 13 SPV SSV Classic2011 12 SPV SSV Koovee2010 11 SSV SPV Oilers2009 10 SSV Era SPV2008 09 SSV Era SPV2007 08 SSV Classic Era2006 07 SSV Classic Era2005 06 Oilers SSV Josba2004 05 SSV Happee ClassicList of champions editTeam Titles SeasonSSV Helsinki 11 1992 93 1994 95 1995 96 2000 01 2003 04 2004 05 2006 07 2007 08 2008 09 2009 10 2010 11Classic Tampere 6 2015 16 2016 17 2017 18 2018 19 2020 21 2021 22Oilers Espoo 4 1998 99 2001 02 2002 03 2005 06SPV Seinajoki 3 2011 12 2012 13 2014 15Josba Joensuu 2 1991 1992 1993 94SC Dalmac Helsinki 2 1989 90 1990 91ManU Tampere 2 1986 87 1987 88TPS 1 2022 23Happee Jyvaskyla 1 2013 14Viikingit Helsinki 1 1997 98VFT Vantaa 1 1996 97BET 1 1988 89HIFK 1 1999 00All records updated as of season 2022 23 Records editRegular season edit Game records edit Highest attendance 3214 Oilers vs TPS 4 1 12 09 2014 Biggest home win 21 6 Gunners vs OLS 21 6 10 22 2006 Biggest away win 1 17 Pirkat vs SSV 1 17 03 03 2007 HIFK vs SSV 1 17 12 12 2007 Highest scoring game 34 Classic vs OLS 18 12 09 29 2009Individual records edit Career edit Most games played 450 nbsp Mikael Jarvi Most goals 415 nbsp Mikko Kohonen Most assists 327 nbsp Mikael Jarvi Most points 667 nbsp Mikael JarviSeason edit Most goals 63 nbsp Tero Tiitu Oilers 2006 07 Most assists 68 nbsp Mika Kohonen Happee 2004 05 Most points 108 nbsp Jaakko Hintikka Oilers 2005 06Playoffs edit Game records edit Highest attendance 5580 Josba vs Oilers 4 7 07 04 2002 Biggest win 14 2 SSV vs Classic 14 2 04 03 2008 Highest scoring game 24 SSV vs OLS 17 7 10 03 2006Individual records edit Career edit Most games played 169 nbsp Mikael Jarvi Most goals 138 nbsp Mikael Jarvi Most assists 116 nbsp Mikael Jarvi Most points 254 nbsp Mikael JarviSeason edit Most goals 20 nbsp Santtu Manner SSV 2004 05 Most assists 21 nbsp Mika Kohonen Happee 2004 05 Most points 32 nbsp Mika Kohonen Happee 2004 05All records updated as of season 2013 14 7 External links editOfficial website in English fliiga com F liiga in Finnish Finnish Floorball Federation in Finnish References edit Making floorball history Finland s highest floorball league is now F Liiga IFF 20 May 2020 Retrieved 24 September 2020 IFF Champions Cup IFF Retrieved 18 September 2020 Sarjan esittely salibandy fi in Finnish Finnish Floorball Federation Archived from the original on 2020 06 19 Retrieved 13 November 2014 Teams 2022 2023 F liiga Retrieved 25 August 2022 Classic Men s champion in Finland amp PSS and SB Pro in the Women s final IFF 12 April 2021 Retrieved 4 May 2021 Coronavirus status update as of March 16th IFF 16 March 2020 Retrieved 24 September 2020 Salibandyliigan ennatykset salibandy fi in Finnish Finnish Floorball Federation Archived from the original on 2019 04 24 Retrieved 7 November 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title F liiga amp oldid 1178710223, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
