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{{short description|Finnish ice hockey league}}{{about|men's second-tier ice hockey league in Finland|women's second-tier ice hockey league in Finland|Naisten Mestis}}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}{{expand Finnish|date=June 2023|topic=sport}}

factoids

Iisalmen Peli-Karhut>IPK| champ_season = 2023–24| most_champs = | most successful club = Jukurit (7)| qualification = | promotion = SM-liiga| relegation = Suomi-sarjaFinnish Cup (ice hockey)>Finnish Cup| folded = weblink|Mestis.fi}}| singles = | ceo = | director = | TV = C More| related_comps = Naisten Mestis| founder = Finnish Ice Hockey Association}}Mestis (from , meaning 'Championship series', stylized as MEST1S) is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division'). Being promoted to SM-liiga is possible if a Mestis team beats a SM-liiga club in the qualification series and matches all the criteria set by the SM-liiga. Mestis, however, is an open league where relegation and promotion are possible with the 3rd league, Suomi-sarja.Mestis is also the highest league governed by the FIHA.

History

In the years 2000–2008, it was not practically possible for Mestis teams to get promoted to the SM-liiga, which was closed in 2000, but it was possible to drop down to the Suomi-sarja instead. However, KalPa was promoted to the SM-liiga in the spring of 2005, when the number of teams in the league was increased from 13 to 14 teams. For the 2008–2009 season, the SM-liiga qualifiers were brought back for a few seasons, but in the 2013–2014 season, the qualifiers were removed again. After the elimination of the qualifiers, Sport, KooKoo and Jukurit have been promoted to the SM-liiga through the license system.WEB, 2022-09-22, Jääkiekko {{!, Jääkiekon Mestis levittäytyi jo Latviaan, mutta kustannusten kasvu hirvittää seuroja: ”Se huolestuttaa” |url=https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000009086619.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}} The promotion and relegation between the SM-liiga was brought back for the 2024–25 season.Mestis got a new team, HK Zemgale/LLU, from Latvia for the 2022–23 season. HK Zemgale had never played in a Finnish league before and was added to Mestis to bring more entertainment and internationalization to Finnish ice hockey.WEB, Latvian mestari HK Zemgale pelaa ensi kaudella Mestistä,weblink 2023-01-08, mestis.fi, fi, According to Mestis themselves, they are talking with other international clubs about joining the Mestis league.WEB, 2022-08-12, Mestis laajenee ulkomaille: latvialainen seura liittyy sarjaan,weblink 2023-01-08, mtvuutiset.fi, fi,

Clubs

{{Mestis labelled map}}The team names are usually the traditional name of the club. All clubs are commonly known by the name of their team. Oy and Ab are the abbreviations for limited company in Finnish and Swedish respectively.{| class="wikitable sortable"!Team name!Club's registered name!Location!Home venue,capacity!Titles MestisKokkolan Hermes>Hermes|Kokkolan Hermes Oy23x23px) KokkolaKokkolan jäähalli>Kokkola Ice Hall,4,200|0|Hokki|Hokki Kainuu Oy23x23px) KajaaniKajaanin jaahalli>Kajaani Ice Hall,2,372|1Iisalmen Peli-Karhut>IPK|IPK Hockey Oy23x23px) Iisalmi|Kankaan jäähalli,1,358|1|Jokerit|Jokerit Helsinki Oy23x23px) Helsinki|Helsinki Ice Hall,8,200|0Kiekko-Pojat>JoKP|Joensuun Kiekko-Pojat Oy23x23px) Joensuu|Turula Engineering Areena700|0Imatran Ketterä>Ketterä|Imatran Ketterä Oy23x23px) Imatra|OmaSp Areena,1,200|3|KeuPa HT|KeuPa Hockey Oy23x23px) Keuruu|Keuruu Ice Hall,1,100|1|Kiekko-Vantaa|Kiekko-Vantaa Hockey Oy23x23px) Vantaa|Tikkurila Ice Hall,2,004|0Rovaniemen Kiekko>RoKi|RoKi Hockey Oy23x23px) Rovaniemi|Lappi Areena,3,500|0|TUTO Hockey|TUTO Hockey Oy23x23px) TurkuKupittaan monitoimihalli>Kupittaa multipurpose hall,3,000|1

Past participants

(File:Sport-tuto-elo05.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Vaasan Sport vs TuTo in 2005)

• Jää-Kotkat, relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2003.
• Hyvinkään Ahmat, relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2004.
• KalPa, promoted to the SM-liiga in 2005.WEB, 2021-12-11, Hirmujälkeä tehneestä joukkueesta tuli hetkessä SM-liigan 2000-luvun naurunaihe – hekuma vaihtui helvetilliseksi taipaleeksi: "Ei se ollut herkkua kenellekään",weblink 2023-01-08, mtvuutiset.fi, fi,
• Haukat, resigned in 2006.
• HC Salamat relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2008.
• Kotkan Titaanit relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2009.
• Kiekko-Laser went bankrupt in 2011.
• Vaasan Sport, promoted to the SM-liiga in 2014.WEB, Lempinen, Marko, 2014-04-11, Tässä on liiganousija Sportin ensi kauden joukkue – pelaajabudjetti kasvaa dramaattisesti,weblink 2023-01-08, Ilta-Sanomat, fi,
• HC Keski-Uusimaa was abandoned serial place in 2014.
• KooKoo, promoted to the SM-liiga in 2015.WEB, MTV: Mikkelin Jukurit nousee SM-liigaan!,weblink 2023-01-08, www.iltalehti.fi, fi,
• Jukurit, promoted to the SM-liiga in 2016.WEB, Pärnänen, Antti, 2014-09-30, Nyt se on varmaa: SM-liiga laajenee ja KooKoo nousee,weblink 2023-01-08, Ilta-Sanomat, fi,
• JYP-Akatemia, relegated to the Suomi-sarja and folded in 2017.
• Espoo United, went bankrupt in 2018.
• LeKi, did not receive a license in 2019.
• SaPKo, went bankrupt in 2022.
• HK Zemgale/LBTU, will not play in Mestis for the season 2023-24.WEB, 2023-07-19, Zeltiņš: "Zemgale/LBTU" budžets bÅ«tiski mazāks nebÅ«s - Hokeja ziņas,weblink 2023-07-26, lv-LV, WEB, Mestiksen otteluohjelma kaudelle 2023–24 julkaistu – Kiekko-Espoo ja Jokerit kohtaavat avausottelussa,weblink 2023-07-26, mestis.fi, fi,
• Peliitat, went bankrupt in 2023 and did not receive a license to MestisWEB, 2023-05-10, Käräjäoikeus asetti Peliitat konkurssiin,weblink 2023-07-26, Itä-Häme, fi,
• FPS, relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2024.
• Kiekko-Espoo, promoted to the SM-liiga in 2024.
• KOOVEE, went bankrupt in 2024.

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Mestis timeline{| class"wikitable" style"font-size: 80%;" bgcolor"#f0f0f0"| 2023-24

bgcolor="#e0e0e0" K-Vantaa bgcolor="#e0e0e0" '''TuTo Hockey > TUTO Hockey bgcolor="#e0e0e0" '''Mikkelin Jukurit''' > bgcolor="#e0e0e0" '''KooKoo (Liiga)''' > bgcolor="#e0e0e0" '''Vaasan Sport''' > bgcolor="#e0e0e0" '''Forssan Palloseura''' > colspan="4" style="background-color: green" | bgcolor="#e0e0e0" '''Kokkolan Hermes''' > colspan=5 bgcolor="#e0e0e0" '''Jääurheiluseura Haukat''' > colspan="14" | bgcolor="#e0e0e0" '''Hyvinkään Ahmat''' > colspan="14" | bgcolor="#e0e0e0" '''Jää-Kotkat''' > colspan="14" | bgcolor="#e0e0e0" '''Diskos''' > colspan=3 style="color: white; background-color: #16286a" D Team>D Team colspan=6 style="color: white; background-color: black" JYP-Akatemia>JYP-Akatemia colspan="7" | bgcolor="#e0e0e0" '''Jokipojat''' > colspan=10 style="background-color: #dd2200" colspan="4" style="background-color: #dd2200" Jokipojat>JoKP bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=4 style="background-color: black" KalPa>KalPa colspan=5 bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=15 style="color:red; background-color: red" Kajaanin Hokki>Hokki colspan=2 Hokki bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=5 style="background-color: #0667ac" HCK Salamat>HCK Salamat colspan=2 bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=6 style="background-color: #be0027" Heinolan Peliitat>HeKi colspan="11" style="background-color: #be0027" Heinolan Peliitat>Peliitat| bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=15 style="background-color: #1e264e" Savonlinnan Pallokerho>SaPKo bgcolor="#e0e0e0" style="background-color: black" KOOVEE (ice hockey)>KOOVEE colspan=3 colspan="6" style="background-color: black" | bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=12 style="background-color: #07239e" Lempäälän Kisa (jääkiekko)>LeKi colspan="5" | bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=2 style="background-color: #dd2200" Kotkan Titaanit>Titaanit colspan="14" | bgcolor="#e0e0e0" style="background-color: #0444e4" Rovaniemen Kiekko>RoKi colspan=5 bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=2 style="background-color: purple" Kiekko-Laser>K-Laser colspan="12" | bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=2 '''HC Keski-Uusimaa''' > bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=4 KeuPa HT bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=6 IPK bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=6 '''Espoo United (ice hockey)''' > bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=7 Ketterä bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan=10 K-Espoo bgcolor="#e0e0e0" colspan="1" style="background-color: #0c78dd" HK Zemgale/LLU>HK Zemgale bgcolor="#e0e0e0"Jokerit

Winners{| class"wikitable"

! Year! Champion! Silver! Bronze! Regular SeasonWinner2000–01 Mestis season>2001|Jukurit|TuTo|Hermes|TuTo2001–02 Mestis season>2002|Jukurit|KooKoo|KalPa|Jukurit2002–03 Mestis season>2003|Jukurit|K-Vantaa|KooKoo|Jukurit2003–04 Mestis season>2004|KalPa|Jukurit|Hermes|Jukurit2004–05 Mestis season>2005|KalPa|Sport|TuTo|KalPa2005–06 Mestis season>2006|Jukurit|Sport|TuTo|Jukurit2006–07 Mestis season>2007|Hokki|Jukurit|Sport|Sport2007–08 Mestis season>2008|TuTo|Hokki|Jukurit|TuTo2008–09 Mestis season>2009|Sport|Jokipojat|Hokki|Jokipojat2009–10 Mestis season>2010|Jokipojat|D-Team|KooKoo|KooKoo2010–11 Mestis season>2011|Sport|Jukurit|D-Team|Jukurit2011–12 Mestis season>2012|Sport|Jokipojat|KooKoo|Jukurit2012–13 Mestis season>2013|Jukurit|KooKoo|TUTO Hockey|Jukurit2013–14 Mestis season>2014|KooKoo|Jukurit|TUTO Hockey|TUTO Hockey2014–2015 Mestis season>2015|Jukurit|KooKoo|Hokki|Jukurit2015–2016 Mestis season>2016|Jukurit|Hokki|Jokipojat|Jukurit2016–17 Mestis season>2017|SaPKo|K-Vantaa|Espoo-United|SaPKo2017–18 Mestis season>2018|KeuPa HT|TUTO Hockey|SaPKo|KeuPa HT2018–19 Mestis season>2019|Ketterä|KeuPa HT|TUTO Hockey|Hermes2019–20 Mestis season>2020Season did not finish due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No medals were awarded.|Ketterä2020–21 Mestis season>2021|Ketterä|Hermes|IPK|Kiekko-Espoo2021–22 Mestis season>2022|Ketterä|Kiekko-Espoo|RoKi|Ketterä2022–23 Mestis season>2023|Kiekko-Espoo|Ketterä|RoKi|Kiekko-Espoo2023–24 Mestis season>2024|IPK|Ketterä|Kiekko-Espoo|IPKMedaltable:{| class="wikitable"! team! Gold! Silver! Bronze|Jukurit|7|4|1|Sport|3|2|1|Ketterä|3|2|0|KalPa|2|0|1|KooKoo|1|3|3|TUTO Hockey|1|2|5|Hokki|1|2|2|Jokipojat|1|2|1|K-Espoo|1|1|1|KeuPa HT|1|1|0|IPK|1|0|1|SaPKo|1|0|1|K-Vantaa|0|2|0|Hermes|0|1|2|JYP-Akatemia|0|1|1|RoKi|0|0|2|Espoo United|0|0|1

References

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External links

• Official website (in Finnish)

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