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Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit
Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit is a professional Finnish pesäpallo team from Seinäjoki. It was founded in 1932. Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit is playing in the top-tier women's Superpesis. Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit has won the men's Finnish Pesäpallo Championship (Superpesis) four times in years 1975, 1983, 1985 and 1987 and the women's Championship in 1977. The home ground of Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit is the Seinäjoki Pesäpallo Stadium. History Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit was founded in 1932. The club visited the Championship league three times in the 1940s and 1950s. The club consolidated its place in the main league in 1969 and played in the top flight continuously until 2005. In 1969, the SMJ won the first medal in its history, the silver medal in the Championship league. Seinäjoki Maila-Jussit took '' Vimpelin Vetos place as the number one club in South Ostrobothnia in the 1970s. The club's golden age was particularly in the 1980s and the club remained successful until the early 2000s. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seinäjoki
Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. 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. In 2005, the municipality of Peräseinäjoki was merged into Seinäjoki, and in the beginning of 2009, the neighbouring municipalities of Nurmo and Ylistaro were consolidated with Seinäjoki. Seinäjoki is one of the fastest growing regional centers in Finland. The city hall, city library, Lakeuden Risti Church and other public buildings were designed by Alvar Aalto. Seinäjoki was historically called ' in Swedish. Today this name, which never was official, is very seldom used even among the Swedish speakers. Seinäjoki Airport is located in the neighbouring municipality of Ilmajoki, south of the Seinäjoki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seinäjoki Pesäpallo Stadium
Seinäjoki Pesäpallo Stadium is a pesäpallo stadium located in Seinäjoki, Finland. Since its opening in 1992, it has been the home field of the Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit, a Superpesis team. It is also home of the Seinäjoen JymyJussit Seinäjoen JymyJussit (Finnish for "Jymy and Jussit from Seinäjoki", sometimes referred to as Seinäjoki) is a Finnish professional pesäpallo team based in Seinäjoki and playing in the top-tier Superpesis, Finnish Superpesis. Seinäjoen JymyJu .... The stadium is located in Seinäjoki Sports Park, next to the central sports field. The stadium is renovated in 2010. The area behind the backline is very flat. References {{Authority control Sports venues completed in 1992 Pesäpallo venues in Finland Seinäjoki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superpesis
The Superpesis, known as SM-sarja from 1955 to 1989, is the top professional pesäpallo league in Finland. It was created in 1990 to replace the SM-sarja which was fundamentally an amateur league. The Superpesis is directly overseen by the Finnish Pesäpallo Association. Both the men's and women's top division is called Superpesis. Comprising 13 teams in the men's league and 12 teams in the women's league, one team faces relegation to Ykköspesis at the end of the season. Superpesis was founded in 1990; before that the top division was called ''SM-sarja'' (Finnish Championship). Most popular in semi-urban and rural municipalities, along with some notability in larger cities like Tampere and Oulu, the pesäpallo matches gain a significant number of attendances compared to the population in the area.http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/pesapallo/2008/08/pesiskatsomoihin_virtaa_entista_enemman_yleisoa_115399.html Clubs The Superpesis clubs in the 2022 season are (with their home towns i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juha Antikainen
Juha is a masculine given name of Finnish origin derived from Johannes (or John in English language contexts). Notable people with the name include: * Juha Alén * Juha Gustafsson * Juha Hakola * Juha Harju * Juha Haukkala * Juha Hautamäki * Juha Helppi * Juha Hernesniemi * Juha Hirvi * Juha Hurme * Juha Ikonen * Juha Isolehto * Juha Janhunen * Juha Jokela * Juha Järvenpää * Juha Kankkunen * Juha Kaunismäki * Juha Kilpiä * Juha Kivi * Juha Kylmänen * Juha Lallukka * Juha Laukkanen Juha Lauri Laukkanen (born 6 January 1969 in Pielavesi) is a retired male javelin thrower from Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares la ... * Juha Leimu * Juha Leiviskä * Juha Leskinen * Juha Lind * Juha Malinen * Juha Mannerkorpi * Juha Metsola * Juha Metsäperä * Juha Mieto * Juha Pasoja * Juha Pekka Alanen * Juha Peltola * Juha Pentikäinen * Juha Pirinen * Juha Pitkäm� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pesäpallo
Pesäpallo (; sv, boboll, both names literally meaning "nest ball", colloquially known in Finnish as pesis, also referred to as Finnish baseball) is a fast-moving bat-and-ball sport that is often referred to as the national sport of Finland and has some presence in other countries including Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, and Canada's northern Ontario (the latter two countries have significant Nordic populations). The game is similar to brännboll, rounders, and lapta, as well as baseball. Pesäpallo is a combination of traditional ball-batting team games and North American baseball, invented by Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala in the 1920s. Pesäpallo has changed with the times and grown in popularity. On 14 November 1920, pesäpallo was played the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki. The basic idea of pesäpallo is similar to that of baseball: the offense tries to score by hitting the ball successfully and running through the bases, while the defense tries to put ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyvinkään Tahko
Hyvinkään Tahko is a Finnish sports club from Hyvinkää. It was founded in 1915. Hyvinkää Tahko has participated in many sports in Finland over the years, such as athletics, skiing and orienteering. Since 1980, the club's main successes have been in basketball and pesäpallo. Hyvinkää Tahko has won the men's Finnish Pesäpallo Championship, (Superpesis) four times, between 1979 and 1981, and in 2007. The Women's Championship Tahko has won twice in 1979 and 1983. Tahko's home ground is the Pihkala Pesäpallo stadium. Achievements Men's Pesäpallo ''Superpesis'' ''Finnish Cup'' Winners - 1976, 1987 Women's Pesäpallo ''Superpesis The Superpesis, known as SM-sarja from 1955 to 1989, is the top professional pesäpallo league in Finland. It was created in 1990 to replace the SM-sarja which was fundamentally an amateur league. The Superpesis is directly overseen by the Finnis ...'' Men's Basketball ''Finnish League'' Third Place - 1980, 1981 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hyv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurmon Jymy (pesäpallo)
Nurmon Jymy is a pesäpallo club in Seinäjoen Nurmossa. Nurmo is a former municipality of Finland and now part of Seinäjoki. Nurmon Jymy's primary team played in the professional division in Finland Superpesiksessä until 2012 and their secondary team played in the national league. After the 2011 season Nurmon Jymy came together with Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit and formed Jymy-Jussit this team then entered the professional baseball division Superpesis. The club plays its home games in Hyllykallio in their home field Skaala-areena. The club reached its audience record in 2005 in the final match against Kiteen Pallo -90. The estimated number of viewers is about 4290 people. In 2005 the team won silver in Superpesis, 2006 they achieved 5th and 4th in 2007. History Nurmon Jymy Nurmon Jymy is a Finnish sports club with several departments, located in Nurmo. History The club was founded in 5.5.1925. Today the most popular departments are pesäpallo, floorball, and volleyba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seinäjoen JymyJussit
Seinäjoen JymyJussit (Finnish for "Jymy and Jussit from Seinäjoki", sometimes referred to as Seinäjoki) is a Finnish professional pesäpallo team based in Seinäjoki and playing in the top-tier Superpesis, Finnish Superpesis. Seinäjoen JymyJussit has participated in Superpesis since 2012. The club is owned by two traditional pesäpalloteams from Seinäjoki; Nurmon Jymy and Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit. The name "JymyJussit" is the combination of these two owner clubs. Seinäjoen JymyJussit's home ground is the Seinäjoki Pesäpallo Stadium. The seating capacity of the ballpark is 4,500. The ballpark locates at the city center of Seinäjoki. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Seinäjoen JymyJussit Pesäpallo teams in Finland Seinäjoki Sports clubs and teams established in 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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