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| Nickname(s) |
Leijonat / Lejonen (The Lions) |
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| Association | Finnish Ice Hockey Association |
| Most games | Raimo Helminen (331) |
| Most points | Raimo Helminen (207) |
| IIHF code | FIN |
| IIHF ranking |
4  2 |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 2 (first in 2011) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 7 (2005) |
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| First international | |
 Sweden 8–1 Finland  (Helsinki, Finland; 29 January 1928) | |
| Biggest win | |
 Finland 20–1 Norway  (Hämeenlinna, Finland; 12 March 1947) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Canada 24–0 Finland (Oslo, Norway; 3 March 1958) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 56 (first in 1939) |
| Best result |
 Gold: 2 – 1995, 2011 |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 6 |
| Best result | Runner-up (2004) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1952) |
| Medals |
 Silver (1988, 2006) Bronze (1994, 1998, 2010, 2014) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 664–736–156 | |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1988 Calgary | Team |
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2006 Torino | Team |
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1994 Lillehammer | Team |
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1998 Nagano | Team |
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2010 Vancouver | Team |
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2014 Sochi | Team |
| World Championship | ||
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1995 Sweden | Team |
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2011 Slovakia | Team |
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1992 Czechoslovakia | Team |
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1994 Italy | Team |
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1998 Switzerland | Team |
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1999 Norway | Team |
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2001 Germany | Team |
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2007 Russia | Team |
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2014 Belarus | Team |
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2000 Russia | Team |
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2006 Latvia | Team |
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2008 Canada | Team |
The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, or Leijonat / Lejonen (The Lions in Finnish and Swedish), as it is called in Finland, is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland is considered a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Russia, Sweden and the United States.[1]
Tournament record[]
Olympic Games[]
| Year | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 7th place | |||
| 1960 | 7th place | |||
| 1964 | 6th place | |||
| 1968 | 5th place | |||
| 1972 | 5th place | |||
| 1976 | 4th place | |||
| 1980 | 4th place | |||
| 1984 | 6th place | |||
| 1988 |
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| 1992 | 7th place | |||
| 1994 |
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| 1998 |
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| 2002 | 6th place | |||
| 2006 |
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| 2010 |
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| 2014 |
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| Totals | ||||
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
World championship[]
| World championship record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Location | Result |
| 1939 | Zürich / Basel,  Switzerland |
13th place |
| 1949 | Stockholm, Sweden |
7th place |
| 1951 | Paris,  France |
7th place |
| 1954 | Stockholm, Sweden |
6th place |
| 1955 | Krefeld / Dortmund / Cologne, West Germany  |
9th place |
| 1957 | Moscow,  Soviet Union |
4th place |
| 1958 | Oslo,  Norway |
6th place |
| 1959 | Prague / Bratislava,  Czechoslovakia |
6th place |
| 1961 | Geneva / Lausanne, Switzerland |
7th place |
| 1962 | Colorado Springs / Denver,  United States |
4th place |
| 1963 | Stockholm, Sweden |
5th place |
| 1965 | Tampere, Finland |
7th place |
| 1966 | Ljubljana,  Yugoslavia |
7th place |
| 1967 | Vienna,  Austria |
6th place |
| 1969 | Stockholm, Sweden |
5th place |
| 1970 | Stockholm, Sweden |
4th place |
| 1971 | Bern / Geneva, Switzerland |
4th place |
| 1972 | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
4th place |
| 1973 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
4th place |
| 1974 | Helsinki, Finland |
4th place |
| 1975 | Munich / Düsseldorf,  West Germany |
4th place |
| 1976 | Katowice,  Poland |
5th place |
| 1977 | Vienna, Austria |
5th place |
| 1978 | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
7th place |
| 1979 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
5th place |
| 1981 | Gothenburg / Stockholm, Sweden |
6th place |
| 1982 | Helsinki / Tampere, Finland |
5th place |
| 1983 | Düsseldorf / Dortmund / Munich, West Germany |
7th place |
| 1985 | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
5th place |
| 1986 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
4th place |
| 1987 | Vienna, Austria |
5th place |
| 1989 | Stockholm / Södertälje, Sweden |
5th place |
| 1990 | Bern / Fribourg, Switzerland |
6th place |
| 1991 | Turku / Helsinki / Tampere, Finland |
5th place |
| 1992 | Prague / Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
Silver |
| 1993 | Dortmund / Munich, Germany |
7th place |
| 1994 | Bolzano / Canazei / Milano,  Italy |
Silver |
| 1995 | Stockholm / Gävle, Sweden |
Gold |
| 1996 | Vienna, Austria |
5th place |
| 1997 | Helsinki / Turku / Tampere, Finland |
5th place |
| 1998 | Zürich / Basel, Switzerland |
Silver |
| 1999 | Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway |
Silver |
| 2000 | Saint Petersburg,  Russia |
Bronze |
| 2001 | Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany |
Silver |
| 2002 | Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping, Sweden |
4th place |
| 2003 | Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland |
5th place |
| 2004 | Prague / Ostrava,  Czech Republic |
6th place |
| 2005 | Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria |
7th place |
| 2006 | Riga,  Latvia |
Bronze |
| 2007 | Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia |
Silver |
| 2008 | Quebec City / Halifax,  Canada |
Bronze |
| 2009 | Bern / Kloten, Switzerland |
5th place |
| 2010 | Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
6th place |
| 2011 | Bratislava / Košice,  Slovakia |
Gold |
| 2012 | Helsinki, Finland/ Stockholm, Sweden |
4th place |
| 2013 | Stockholm, Sweden / Helsinki, Finland |
4th place |
| 2014 | Minsk,  Belarus |
Silver |
| 2015 | Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic |
6th place |
Canada Cup[]
- 1976 – Finished in 6th place
- 1981 – Finished in 6th place
- 1987 – Finished in 6th place
- 1991 – Finished in 3rd place
World Cup[]
References[]
- ↑ "NHL announces World Cup of Hockey for 2016". The Canadian Press. 2015-01-24. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-announces-world-cup-of-hockey-for-2016-1.2930670/. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
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