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F-liiga
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The F-liiga is the top men's floorball league in Finland. The league was founded in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL).

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The league consists of 12 teams. The champion of the league is eligible to compete at the Champions Cup.[1]

The most successful team in the league is SSV (now EräViikingit), with eleven titles, most recently winning in 2011. The current champion from the 2024–25 season is the Oilers, who claimed their sixth title.

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TPS players celebrate the championship title in the 2022–23 season
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Format

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Regular season

In the regular season, which takes place approximately from September to March, starting with the 2025–26 season, all teams play each other twice, and additionally, each team plays twice against every team from one of two six-team groups. In total, each team plays 32 games.[2]

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Semifinal match between TPS and Happee in the 2015–16 season.

Playoffs

The top eight teams from the regular season play for the Finnish Championship, in playoffs that starts around March and culminates in April. 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 semifinal pairings are determined by the regular season standings. The playoffs are played in best-of-seven format.[3][2]

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Regular season game between Classic and SPV in the 2009–10 season.

Playout

Starting with the 2025–26 season, the last-place team is automatically relegated and replaced by the winner of the lower competition final (called Division, Divari in Finnish, or Inssi-Divari for sponsorship reasons). The second-to-last team plays a relegation playoff against the runner-up of the Divari final.[2]

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History

The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja (English: Floorball Finnish Champions-Series) in 1986. 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.[4]

Starting with the 2015–16 season, the league adopted the Superfinal system, a single championship game to decide the title. However, after three years, it returned to a final series format.[2]

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Current teams

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Classic
Classic
Happee
Happee
LASB
LASB
EräViikingit
EräViikingit
Indians
Indians
SPV
SPV
FBC Turku
FBC Turku
Jymy
Jymy
Location of teams
Group A
Group B

Teams in 2025–26 season:[2]

Group A:

Group B:

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TPS come close to scoring against FBT Pori in the 2005–06 season.

Recent champions

Season Champions Runner-up Third Place
2024–25 Oilers[5] Classic Indians
2023–24 Oilers[6] Classic Nokian KrP
2022–23 TPS Nokian KrP Oilers
2021–22 Classic Nokian KrP Oilers
2020–21 Classic[7] Oilers Nokian KrP
2019–20 The season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[8]
2018–19 Classic[9] TPS SPV
2017–18 Classic Happee Nokian KrP
2016–17 Classic EräViikingit SPV
2015–16 Classic Oilers Happee
2014–15 SPV Happee SSV
2013–14 Happee Classic SSV
2012–13 SPV SSV Classic
2011–12 SPV SSV Koovee
2010–11 SSV SPV Oilers
2009–10 SSV Erä SPV
2008–09 SSV Erä SPV
2007–08 SSV Classic Erä
2006–07 SSV Classic Erä
2005–06 Oilers SSV Josba
2004–05 SSV Happee Classic
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List of champions

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Updated as of season 2024–25.

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