The Suomi-sarja is Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

's third-highest ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 league. Suomi-sarja has 4 divisions. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999-2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provincial Series since 1947. During the 1990s the series also included an Estonian

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

 team. The series was played in two segments in the 2006-2007 season. During the 2007-2008 season there were four divisions. Teams playing in the Suomi-sarja can be relegated to the 2. Divisioona

2. Divisioona

2. Divisioona is the fourth highest level of ice hockey in Finland. Teams playing in 2. Divisioona can be relegated to 3. Divisioona or promoted to Suomi-sarja- Teams 2010-2011 :South Group*GrIFK*Haukat*Jää-Tiikerit*KelA*K-Vantaa Itä*LT Kings...

 or promoted to Mestis

Mestis

Mestis, , is the second-highest ice hockey league in Finland.The league was established in 2000 to replace the first division. Since 2000, Mestis has been the highest hockey league in Finland that can be reached with playing merits only; the SM-liiga was closed in 2000...

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Teams 2010-2011

Division	Team	City	Home arena	Founded	Head coach
South	Ankat Lohjan Jääankat Lohjan Jääankat , shorter Ankat were an ice hockey team which was founded on 1992 in lohja. Jääankat played season 2008–2009 2. Divisioona south group, and was promoted at the end of the season to Suomi-sarja. Promotion was secured march 11th, when Kirkkonummen Salamat lost to Porvoon Hunters in...	Lohja Lohja Lohja , is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...	Lohjan jäähalli	1931	Marko Halonen
	EHC	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...	Red Devil Areena		Dave Packalen
	HC Keski-Uusimaa	Kerava Kerava Kerava is a town and municipality in Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...	Keravan jäähalli	2008	Jouni Ikonen
	HC Kuusankoski	Kouvola Kouvola Kouvola is a town and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located northeast of the capital, Helsinki.The city has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....	Kuusankosken jäähalli	2005	Jari Pentikäinen
	Hunters	Porvoo Porvoo Porvoo is a city and a municipality situated on the southern coast of Finland approximately east of Helsinki. Porvoo is one of the six medieval towns in Finland, first mentioned as a city in texts from 14th century...	Porvoon jäähalli	1997	Pasi Kivinen
	Hurtat Lieksan Hurtat Lieksan Hurtat is an ice hockey team from Lieksa, Finland, playing in the Suomi-sarja league. It plays its home matches in Lieksan jäähalli....	Lieksa Lieksa Lieksa is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...	Lieksan jäähalli	1948	Timo Hämäläinen
	Ketterä Imatran Ketterä Imatran Ketterä is an ice hockey team from Imatra, Finland, playing in the Suomi-sarja league. It plays its home matches in Karhumäen jäähalli....	Imatra Imatra Imatra is a town and municipality in eastern Finland, founded in 1948 around three industrial settlements near the Finnish–Russian border. In the course of the last 50 years, this amorphous group of settlements has grown into a modern industrial town dominated by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and...	Vuoksenniskan jäähalli	1957	Jussi Salo
	TuusKi	Tuusula Tuusula Tuusula is a municipality of Finland. It belongs to the Helsinki sub-region of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of .-Geography:...	Tuusulan jäähalli	1985	Pekka Siikala
North	EtPo	Ylitornio Ylitornio Ylitornio is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Lapland at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to Övertorneå. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....	Plussa-areena	1972	Nikolai Sikorski
	Hermes	Kokkola Kokkola Kokkola is a town and municipality of Finland.The town is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...	Kokkolan jäähalli	1953	Pasi Tuukkanen
	JHT	Kalajoki Kalajoki Kalajoki is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...	Kalajoen jäähalli	1992	Kari Makkonen Kari Makkonen Kari Makkonen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga for Ässät.-Playing career:Kari Makkonen played his entire SM-liiga career for Pori based team Ässät....
	Raahe-K	Raahe Raahe Raahe is a town and municipality of Finland. Founded by Swedish statesman and Governor General of Finland Count Per Brahe the younger in 1649, it is one of 10 historic wooden towns remaining in Finland. Examples of other Finnish historic wooden towns are Kaskinen , Old Rauma, Porvoo , Jakobstad ,...	Raahen jäähalli	1994	Arto Ylisaari
	Red Ducks	Vaasa Vaasa Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...	Vaasa Areena	2009	Nicklas Hudd
	RoKi Rovaniemen Kiekko RoKi is a Finnish ice hockey team based at Lappi-areena , Rovaniemi. Established in 1979. Full name of the club is Rovaniemen Kiekko.- Current team :...	Rovaniemi Rovaniemi Rovaniemi is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland. It is situated close to the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the Kemijoki River and its...	Lappi-Areena	1979	Vesa Surenkin
	S-Kiekko	Seinäjoki Seinäjoki Seinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960...	Seinäjoen jäähalli	1979	Juha Ilkka
	TIHC	Tornio Tornio Tornio is a town and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The population density is , with a total population of . It borders to the Swedish municipality of Haparanda...	Plussa Center	1976	Urban Lahti
West	FPS FPS (ice hockey) FPS is a Finnish ice hockey team based in Forssan jäähalli , Forssa, established in 1931. Forssan Palloseura has two lower level teams: FoPS which plays in lower divisions and FoPS Flames which plays in the 2...	Forssa Forssa Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located almost in the centre of a triangle defined by the three largest major cities in Finland , in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...	Forssan jäähalli	1931	Juha Tynkkynen
	HC Luvia	Luvia Luvia Luvia is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....	Eurajoen jäähalli	2008	Antti Ahokas Antti Ahokas Antti Juhani Ahokas is a Finnish professional golfer.Ahokas was born in Lappeenranta. After winning the Finnish Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 2005, he moved to the United States to attend the University of Minnesota, but left after just three months to return to Europe and further his...
	Koo-Vee	Tampere Tampere Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...	Hakametsä 2	1929	Jyrki Rantala
	LLuja	Huittinen Huittinen Huittinen is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the Satakunta region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...	Huittisten jäähalli	1923	Ari-Pekka Mäkelä
	NoPy	Nokia	Nokian jäähalli	1905	Pasi Silanne
	Pingviinit	Pirkkala Pirkkala Pirkkala is a municipality of Finland.It is located some south-west from Tampere in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...	Pirkkalan jäähalli	1987	Ilkka Heldan
	VG-62	Naantali Naantali Naantali is a city in south-western Finland, known as one of the most important tourist centres of the country. The municipality has a population of , and is located in the region of Finland Proper, west of Turku....	Aurinkoareena	1962	Mikko Kaareskoski
	VT-HT	Rauma Rauma -Other:* Rauma dialect* Rauma class missile boat, a class of Finnish Fast Attack Craft* HNoMS Rauma , the second ship of the Norwegian Otra class minesweepers...	Vermuntilan jäähalli	1945	Samu Isosalo