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. The league was founded in 1986 by the

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(SSBL). The league consists of 12 teams. The champion of the league is eligible to compete at the Champions Cup. 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

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, who claimed their sixth title.

Format

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.

Playoffs

The top eight teams from the regular season play for the

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ship, 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. Floorball game Classic - SPV

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.

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. 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.

Current teams

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Recent champions

List of champions

''Updated as of season .''

External links

Official website

Official website

Finnish Floorball Federation

References

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