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league based in

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.They welcome anyone regardless of age, gender or body type. Their fundamental value is to accept people exactly as they are and to celebrate the existence of every colour of the rainbow. Founded in 2010, the league consists of three teams. Kallio is a member of the

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(WFTDA).

International presence

Three skaters from Kallio (Misbitch, Pink Spanker and Udre) were selected to play for Team Finland at the

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, and a higher proportion of the squad for the 2014 Cup came from the league.Jouni Munukka,
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'', 4 November 2013 A number of skaters from the league joined Team Finland for the 2018 Cup with Kallio skater Sara Gilbert being awarded the title of Best Jammer. Several Kallio players are joining Team Finland for the 2025 Roller Derby World Cup in

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Finnish National Series

Kallio Rolling Rainbow holds the record for the most Finnish Championship wins. It has won the championship five times and currently holds the title of Finnish Champion in both the Finnish Championship Series and Finnish Division 1. In 2013 Kallio played in the first Suomi Cup of Roller Derby (Finnish Championship), winning the tournament by defeating

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in the final. Kallio has later won the national series also in 2015, 2016, 2024 and 2025. Kallio has won the Finnish Division 1 series twice, in 2024 and 2025.

WFTDA competition

In October 2013, Kallio was accepted as a member of the

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Programme, and became a full member in July 2014. In 2016, Kallio qualified for their first appearance at WFTDA

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Playoffs, entering the Montreal tournament as the seventh seed, ultimately going winless and finishing the weekend in tenth place. In 2017 Kallio was the ninth seed at the

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Division 1 Playoff but again went winless, losing 269–162 to

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and to

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, 184–166. In 2018, Kallio qualified for the WFTDA European Continental Cup held in

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, England as the first seed, and went unbeaten in capturing first place. In 2019, Kallio hosted the WFTDA European Continental Cup, and came in third place.

Rankings

* ''CR = consolation round''

References

{{WFTDA Division 1 Roller derby leagues in Finland Roller derby leagues established in 2010 Sports competitions in Helsinki Women's sport in Finland Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 2010 establishments in Finland Women's sports leagues in Finland