Mestis

Mestis (from 'Mestaruussarja', 'Championship series'), is the second-highest ice hockey league in Finland.
The league was established in 2000 to replace the I-Divisioona. Since 2000, Mestis has been the highest hockey league in Finland that can be reached with playing merits only; the SM-liiga was closed (to teams being relegated or promoted) in 2000. After the 2004–05 season, KalPa was promoted to the SM-liiga, and the league was re-opened in the 2008–09 season.
==Clubs==
Team 	City 	Home arena, capacity 	Founded
KOOVEE 	Tampere 	Hakametsä 2 arena, 800 	1929
Hermes 	Kokkola 	Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 	1953
Iisalmen Peli-Karhut	Iisalmi 	Kankaan jäähalli, - 	1966
Jokipojat 	Joensuu 	LVI-Myller Areena, 4,800 	1953
JYP-Akatemia 	Jyväskylä 	Synergia-areena, 4,365 	1974
Kiekko-Vantaa 	Vantaa 	Trio Areena, 2,004 	1994
KeuPa HT 	Keuruu 	Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 	1995
LeKi 	Lempäälä 	Masku Areena, 800 	1904
Peliitat 	Heinola 	Versowood Areena, 2,975 	1984
Rovaniemen Kiekko 	Rovaniemi 	Lappi Areena, 3,500 	1979
SaPKo 	Savonlinna	Talvisalon jäähalli, 2,833	1929
TUTO Hockey 	Turku 	Kupittaan jäähalli, 3,000 	1929
==Winners==
Year	Champion 	Silver 	Bronze
2001	Jukurit 	TuTo 	Hermes
2002	Jukurit 	KooKoo 	KalPa
2003	Jukurit 	K-Vantaa 	KooKoo
2004	KalPa 	Jukurit 	Hermes
2005	KalPa 	Sport 	TuTo
2006	Jukurit 	Sport 	TuTo
2007	Hokki 	Jukurit 	Sport
2008	TuTo 	Hokki 	Jukurit
2009	Sport 	Jokipojat 	Hokki
2010	Jokipojat 	D-Team 	KooKoo
2011	Sport 	Jukurit 	D-Team
2012	Sport 	Jokipojat 	KooKoo
2013	Jukurit 	KooKoo 	TuTo
2014	KooKoo 	Jukurit 	TuTo
2015	Jukurit 	KooKoo 	Hokki
2016	Jukurit 	Hokki 	Jokipojat
2017	SaPKo 	K-Vantaa 	Espoo-United
2018	KeuPa HT 	TUTO Hockey 	SaPKo
2019	Ketterä 	KeuPa HT 	TUTO Hockey
2020	Season did not finish due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No medals were awarded.	Season did not finish due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No medals were awarded.	Season did not finish due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No medals were awarded.
2021	Ketterä 	Hermes 	IPK
2022	Ketterä 	Kiekko-Espoo 	RoKi
2023	Kiekko-Espoo 	Ketterä 	RoKi
2024	IPK 	Ketterä 	Kiekko-Espoo
Medaltable:
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
==Former teams==
* Jää-Kotkat fell into the Suomi-Sarja in 2003.
* Hyvinkään Ahmat fell into the Suomi-Sarja in 2004.
* KalPa was raised to the SM-Liiga in 2005.
* Haukat resigned from standings without qualifying in 2006.
* FPS and KOOVEE fell into the Suomi-Sarja in 2007.
* HC Salamat fell into the Suomi-Sarja in 2008.
* Kotkan Titaanit fell into the Suomi-Sarja in 2009.
* Kiekko-Laser went bankrupt in 2011.
* Vaasan Sport was raised to the SM-Liiga in 2014.
* HC Keski-Uusimaa was abandoned serial place in 2014.
* KooKoo was raised to the SM-Liiga in 2015.
* Jukurit was raised to the SM-Liiga in 2016.
* JYP-Akatemia fell into the Suomi-Sarja and was terminated in 2017.
* Hokki went bankrupt in 2017.
* Espoo United went bankrupt in 2018.
===Mestis timeline===
2000–01 	2001–02 	2002–03 	2003–04 	2004–05 	2005–06 	2006–07 	2007–08 	2008–09 	2009–10 	2010–11 	2011–12 	2012–13 	2013–14 	2014–15 	2015–16 	2016–17 	2017–18 	2018–19 	2019–20 	2020–21 	2021–22 	2022–23 	2023-24
K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa	K-Vantaa	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa	K-Vantaa	K-Vantaa	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa 	K-Vantaa
TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TuTo 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey 	TUTO Hockey	TUTO Hockey	TUTO Hockey	TUTO Hockey	TUTO Hockey	TUTO Hockey
Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	Jukurit 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	KooKoo 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	Sport 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
FPS 	FPS 	FPS 	FPS 	FPS 	FPS 	FPS 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Hermes 	Hermes 	Hermes 	Hermes 	Hermes 	Hermes 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Haukat 	Haukat 	Haukat 	Haukat 	Haukat 	Haukat 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ahmat 	Ahmat 	Ahmat 	Ahmat 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
UJK 	UJK 	UJK 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Diskos 	Diskos 	 	 	 	 	 	 	D Team 	D Team 	D Team 	JYP-Akatemia	JYP-Akatemia	JYP-Akatemia	JYP-Akatemia	JYP-Akatemia	JYP-Akatemia	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jokipojat	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	JoKP 	JoKP 	JoKP 	JoKP
 	KalPa 	KalPa 	KalPa 	KalPa 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	 	 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki 	Hokki
 	 	 	HCK Salamat	HCK Salamat	HCK Salamat	HCK Salamat	HCK Salamat	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	HeKi 	HeKi 	HeKi 	HeKi 	HeKi 	HeKi 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	Peliitat 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	SaPKo 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	KOOVEE 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	LeKi 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Titaanit 	Titaanit	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	RoKi 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	K-Laser 	K-Laser 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	HCK 	HCK 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT 	KeuPa HT
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	IPK 	IPK 	IPK 	IPK 	IPK 	IPK 	IPK 	IPK
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Espoo United	Espoo United	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Ketterä 	Ketterä 	Ketterä 	Ketterä 	Ketterä 	Ketterä 	Ketterä
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	K-Espoo 	K-Espoo 	K-Espoo 	K-Espoo
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	HK Zemgale 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Jokerit
== External links ==
*Mestis Official website, in Finnish
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