Finnish Cup (ice hockey)

{{Short description|Ice hockey competition in Finland}}{{Infobox sports league

| title = Finnish Cup of ice hockey

| last_season =

| logo = Finnish Cup hockey logo.png

| sport = Ice hockey

| founded = 1955

| inaugural =

| teams = 50 (2022)

| champion = Kiekko-Espoo

| champ_season = 2022

| most successful club = Ketterä (3)

| TV = Discovery+

| related_comps = Mestis
Suomi-sarja
2. Divisioona

}}

The Finnish Cup (Suomen Cup in Finnish) is the national ice hockey cup competition in Finland. It was played from 1955-1958 and from 1964-1971. The Finnish Cup returned to the competition program in autumn 2017.{{Cite web |title=Suomen Cupista tarjolla palkintorahoja |url=https://mestis.fi/fi/uutiset/2017/09/06/suomen-cupista-tarjolla-palkintorahoja |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=mestis.fi |language=fi}}{{Cite web |last=Kaunisto |first=Juha |date=2017-06-08 |title=Jääkiekon Suomen Cup tekee paluun |url=https://mesta.net/50155-2/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Mesta.net |language=fi}}

The 2022 Finnish Cup was attended by all Mestis and Suomi-sarja teams and 24 teams from the 2. Divisioona, for a total of 50 teams. The 2023 cup was cancelled due to lack of participants.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-02 |title=Suomen Cup jää pelaamatta – Liiton mielestä ei kiinnostanut seuroja, seurapomon mielestä vika on liiton |url=https://www.jatkoaika.com/Uutiset/Suomen-Cup-j%C3%A4%C3%A4-pelaamatta-%E2%80%93-Liiton-mielest%C3%A4-ei-kiinnostanut-seuroja-seurapomon-mielest%C3%A4-vika-on-liiton/250048 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Jatkoaika.com - Kaikki jääkiekosta |language=fi}}

Champions

File:Porin Ässät 1967 Cup.png won the Finnish Cup in 1967 beating SaPKo 7–0 in the final]]

File:Tappara 1957 Cup.jpg with the Finnish Cup trophy in 1957]]

{{cite book |title=Talviurheilun sankarit| last=Raatikainen| first=Voitto| year=1977|isbn=951-23-1179-8|pages=458 }}

class="wikitable"

! width="15%"| Year

! width="35%"| Champion

! width="35%"| Runner-up

! width="15%"| Score

1955

| TPS Turku

| Ilves

| 4:1

1956

| TPS Turku

| Tarmo Hämeenlinna

| 7:1

1957

| Tappara

| Pallo-Veikot

| 8:0

1958

| Ilves

| SaiPa

| 3:2

colspan="4" |1959–1963 not played
1964

| Lukko{{Cite web |title=Championnat de Finlande de hockey sur glace 1963/64 |url=https://www.hockeyarchives.info/Finlande1964.htm |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=www.hockeyarchives.info}}

| Tappara

| 3:2

1965

| RU-38{{Cite web |title=Championnat de Finlande de hockey sur glace 1964/65 |url=https://www.hockeyarchives.info/Finlande1965.htm |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=www.hockeyarchives.info}}

| SaiPa

| 3:2

1966

| Lahden Reipas

| Tappara

| 8:6

1967

| Ässät

| SaPKo

| 7:0

1968

| Koo-Vee

| SaPKo

| 10:2

1969

| Lukko

| Ilves

| 4:3

1970

| HJK Helsinki

| Jokerit

| 7:5

1971

| Ilves

| SaiPa

| 10:2

colspan="4" |1972–2016 not played
2017

| TUTO Hockey

| SaPKo

| 4:1

2018

| Ketterä

| KeuPa HT

| 5:2

2019

| Ketterä

| SaPKo

| 4:1

2020

|colspan=3|Cancelled due to COVID-19

2021

| Ketterä

| Kiekko-Espoo

| 2:1

2022

| Kiekko-Espoo

| IPK

| 3:2 SO

2023

| colspan="3" |Cancelled due to lack of participants

References