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The Finnish Ice Hockey Association (Шаблон:Lang-fi, Шаблон:Lang-sv) is the governing body of ice hockey in Finland.[1] Since the late 1980s, Finland has enjoyed a period of success on the international stage and, Шаблон:As of, the men's national team is ranked first in the world and the women's national team is ranked third in the world by the IIHF.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

The Finnish Ice Hockey Association has heavily invested in youth development to produce world class ice hockey players.[8][9][10]

History

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The former logo of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association.

In 1927, the Finnish Skating Association introduced ice hockey as part of its program and, through that organization, Finland joined the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1928. The Finnish Ice Hockey Association was formed on 20 January 1929 and featured seventeen clubs.

National teams

Presidents

References

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External links

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