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Sport
  
Floorball

No. of teams
  
14

Most recent champion(s)
  
Classic

Headquarters
  
Helsinki, Finland

Country
  
Finland

CEO
  
JP Lehtonen

Continent
  
Europe

Number of teams
  
14

Founded
  
1994

TV partner
  
Yle TV2

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Formerly
  
Miesten Mestaruussarja (1986-1994)

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Salibandyliiga (English: Floorball league) is Finland's primary floorball competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Divari (English: Division). Salibandyliiga has been played since 1986.

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History

The league was founded in 1986, but has only been referred to as Salibandyliiga since 1994. Salibandyliiga is organized by the company SSBL Salibandy Oy which is owned by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL).

The 2014-15 season ended with SPV securing their 3rd title win over Happee in the final series. The series was close fought with the last two games going on overtime, both won by SPV taking the series 3-1. SSV Helsinki placed third after beating Espoon Oilers 8-5 in bronze medal game.

Regular season

In the regular season, the league is played like a typical round-robin tournament, for a total of 26 games per team. The total number of regular season games is 182. If a team finishes in the top 8, they will qualify for the playoffs in the spring.

Playoffs

The playoffs are played every spring. The top 8 teams from the regular season play for the national championship. The first placed team of the regular season picks their opponent from the teams placed between 5th and 8th place. The second placed team picks their opponent from the remaining three and after that the third placed team makes its pick of the 2 remaining teams. The last playoff pair is made of two remaining team. The quarter-finals and semi-finals are played in best-of-five format. In the 2015-2016 season the champion will be crowned by a single game for the first time. The Superfinal will be played in Hartwall Arena on 16 April.

Playout

The playout round was first introduced for 2014-15 season. The teams placed 11th to 14th continue to a playout phase after the regular season. The 11th placed team picks their opponent between the 13th and 14th placed teams. 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 2nd 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.

Current teams

Season 2016-17

  • Classic, Tampere
  • EräViikingit, Helsinki (combined team of SSV and Erä)
  • Happee, Jyväskylä
  • Indians, Espoo
  • Koovee, Tampere
  • LaSB, Lahti
  • M-Team, Helsinki
  • Nokian KrP, Nokia
  • Oilers, Espoo
  • OLS, Oulu
  • SalBa, Rauma
  • SPV, Seinäjoki
  • Steelers, Hämeenlinna
  • TPS, Turku

    • Recent champions

    Updated as of season 2015-16.

    List of champions

    Updated as of season 2014-15.

    Game records

  • 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), 09-29-2009

    • Individual records

    Career
  • Most games played: 450
  • Mikael Järvi
  • Most goals: 415
  • Mikko Kohonen
  • Most assists: 327
  • Mikael Järvi
  • Most points: 667
  • Mikael Järvi
    • Season
  • Most goals: 63
  • Tero Tiitu (Oilers), 2006–07
  • Most assists: 68
  • Mika Kohonen (Happee), 2004–05
  • Most points: 108
  • Jaakko Hintikka, (Oilers), 2005–06
  • Most penalty minutes: 82
  • Mika Sandell, (HIFK) 1998-1999
  • Henri Kämäräinen, (SBS Pori), 2001-02

    • Game records

  • 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), 10-03-2006

    • Individual records

    Career
  • Most games played: 169
  • Mikael Järvi
  • Most goals: 138
  • Mikael Järvi
  • Most assists: 116
  • Mikael Järvi
  • Most points: 254
  • Mikael Järvi
    • Season
  • Most goals: 20
  • Santtu Manner (SSV), 2004–05
  • Most assists: 21
  • Mika Kohonen (Happee), 2004–05
  • Most points: 32
  • Mika Kohonen (Happee), 2004–05


    • All records updated as of season 2013-14.

    References

    Salibandyliiga Wikipedia
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