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Sports season

The 2019–20 Liiga season is the 45th season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league’s formation in 1975. The last two game days (12 and 14 March 2020) of the regular season were scheduled to be played in front of an empty arena due to the Finnish government advising that all public events with more than 500 attendees will be cancelled or postponed.[1] On 13 March, the rest of the season, which included the final round of the regular season and all of playoffs, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

The Finnish championship was not awarded for the first time since 1944 when the 1943–44 SM-sarja season was cancelled due to the Continuation War.

Location of teams in 2019–2020 Liiga
Team City Head coach Arena Capacity Captain
HIFK Helsinki Jarno Pikkarainen[3] Helsingin jäähalli 8,200 Lennart Petrell14 Nov 2019[4]
Jere Sallinen
HPK Hämeenlinna Antti Pennanen[5] Patria-areena 5,360 Niklas Friman
Ilves Tampere Karri Kivi[6]30 Sep 2019[7]
Jouko Myrrä		 Tampereen jäähalli 7,300 Eemeli Suomi
Jukurit Mikkeli Pekka Kangasalusta[8]6 Jan 2020[9]
Marko Kauppinen		 Kalevankankaan jäähalli 4,200 Miika Roine
JYP Jyväskylä Pekka Tirkkonen[10] Synergia-areena 4,437 Juuso Vainio
KalPa Kuopio Tommi Miettinen[11] Niiralan monttu 5,300 Tommi Jokinen
KooKoo Kouvola Jussi Ahokas[12] Lumon arena 6,000 Alexander Bonsaksen
Kärpät Oulu Mikko Manner[13] Oulun Energia Areena 6,614 Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko Rauma Pekka Virta[14] Äijänsuo Arena 5,000 Tapio Laakso
Pelicans Lahti Ville Nieminen[15]30 Nov 2019[16]
Jesse Welling		 Isku Areena 5,371 Hannes Björninen
SaiPa Lappeenranta Tero Lehterä[17] Kisapuisto 4,820 Elmeri Kaksonen
Sport Vaasa Ari-Pekka Pajuluoma[18]23 Nov 2019[19]
Risto Dufva		 Vaasa Arena 4,164 Erik Riska
Tappara Tampere Jukka Rautakorpi[20] Tampereen jäähalli 7,300 Kristian Kuusela
TPS Turku Kalle Kaskinen[21]1 Nov 2019[22]
Marko Virtanen		 HK Arena 11,820 Lauri Korpikoski
Ässät Pori Ari-Pekka Selin[23] Porin jäähalli 6,350 Niklas Appelgren

Regular season[edit]

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Lukko – Ässät 30.11.2019

Usually the top six advance straight to quarter-finals, while teams between 7th and 10th positions play wild card round for the final two spots. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the last game day of the season was not played and no playoffs were held. The top 4 teams of the unfinished regular season qualified for the Champions Hockey League and the 5th team to the Spengler Cup.[2] The Liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Kärpät 59 36 7 5 11 185 114 +71 127 Qualify for 2020–21 Champions Hockey League
2 Lukko 59 32 8 6 13 190 121 +69 118[a]
3 Tappara 60 30 11 7 12 188 128 +60 119[a]
4 Ilves 59 32 6 6 15 182 133 +49 114
5 KooKoo 59 30 7 6 16 172 129 +43 110 Qualify for 2020 Spengler Cup
6 HIFK 59 26 8 9 16 174 143 +31 103
7 HPK 59 27 7 7 18 157 147 +10 102
8 JYP 59 25 6 4 24 177 159 +18 91
9 Ässät 59 20 4 8 27 141 170 −29 76
10 KalPa 59 19 5 8 27 156 186 −30 75
11 TPS 59 17 5 8 29 149 185 −36 69
12 SaiPa 59 18 4 4 33 123 185 −62 66
13 Jukurit 59 11 8 7 33 127 178 −51 56
14 Pelicans 59 12 7 4 36 120 201 −81 54
15 Sport 59 11 4 8 36 129 191 −62 49
  1. ^ a b Due to the regular season being cut short, the ranking of the regular season is based on point average.[24]

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.[25]

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