2019–20 Liiga 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. 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.
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.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Head coach 	Arena 	Capacity	Captain
HIFK 	Helsinki 	Jarno Pikkarainen 	Helsingin jäähalli 	 	Lennart Petrell14 Nov 2019Jere Sallinen
HPK 	Hämeenlinna 	Antti Pennanen 	Patria-areena 	 	Niklas Friman
Ilves 	Tampere 	Karri Kivi30 Sep 2019Jouko Myrrä 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Eemeli Suomi
Jukurit 	Mikkeli 	Pekka Kangasalusta6 Jan 2020Marko Kauppinen	Kalevankankaan jäähalli	 	Miika Roine
JYP 	 	Pekka Tirkkonen 	Synergia-areena 	 	Juuso Vainio
KalPa 	Kuopio 	Tommi Miettinen 	Niiralan monttu 	 	Tommi Jokinen
KooKoo 	Kouvola 	Jussi Ahokas 	Lumon arena 	 	Alexander Bonsaksen
Kärpät 	Oulu 	Mikko Manner 	Oulun Energia Areena 	 	Lasse Kukkonen
Lukko 	Rauma 	Pekka Virta 	Äijänsuo Arena 	 	Tapio Laakso
Pelicans	Lahti 	Ville Nieminen30 Nov 2019Jesse Welling 	Isku Areena 	 	Hannes Björninen
SaiPa 	Lappeenranta	Tero Lehterä 	Kisapuisto 	 	Elmeri Kaksonen
Sport 	Vaasa 	Ari-Pekka Pajuluoma23 Nov 2019Risto Dufva 	Vaasa Arena 	 	Erik Riska
Tappara 	Tampere 	Jukka Rautakorpi 	Tampereen jäähalli 	 	Kristian Kuusela
TPS 	Turku 	Kalle Kaskinen1 Nov 2019Marko Virtanen 	HK Arena 	 	Lauri Korpikoski
 	Pori 	Ari-Pekka Selin 	Porin jäähalli 	 	Niklas Appelgren
==Regular season==
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. The Liiga is a closed series and thus there is no relegation.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) 3-point wins 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points.
==References==
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