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Finnish Championship League

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Sport
  
Rugby union

Number of teams
  
10

Holders
  
Tampere RC (2013)

Instituted
  
2002

Country
  
Finland

Finnish Championship League

Finnish Championship League (Rugbyn SM-sarja) is the premier rugby union competition in Finland, formed in 2002. The league is governed by the Finnish Rugby Federation, the governing body for Rugby union in Finland. The league is played in summer months. Ten teams take part of the competition since 2014 season. The reigning champion (2015) is Warriors RC.

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Clubs in 2014

  • Eagles RFC, Turku
  • Espoo RC, Espoo
  • Helsinki RC, Helsinki
  • Jyväskylä RC, Jyväskylä
  • Kuopio RC, Kuopio
  • Porvoo RC, Porvoo
  • Pori Rugby, Pori
  • Tampere RC, Tampere
  • Vaasa RC, Vaasa
  • Warriors RC, Helsinki

    • Champions

  • 2002 – Helsinki RUFC
  • 2003 – Helsinki RUFC
  • 2004 – Jyväskylä RC
  • 2005 – Jyväskylä RC
  • 2006 – Tampere RC
  • 2007 – Tampere RC
  • 2008 – Warriors RC
  • 2009 – Warriors RC
  • 2010 – Warriors RC
  • 2011 – Warriors RC
  • 2012 – Warriors RC
  • 2013 – Tampere RC
  • 2014 – Helsinki RUFC
  • 2015 – Warriors RC

    • References

    Finnish Championship League Wikipedia
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