Ice hockey in Finland

Ice hockey in Finland
Ice hockey in Finland
	Esa Pirnes (Blues) and Michal Bros (Kärpät) in the faceoff circle during a decisive SM-liiga playoff game on 1 April 2006.
Country	Finland
Governing body	Finnish Ice Hockey Association
National team(s)	Men's national team; Women's national team; Men's national junior team; Men's national U18 team; Women's national U18 team;
Nickname(s)	Leijonat (men); Naisleijonat (women); Nuoret Leijonat (junior men); Pikkuleijonat (U18 men); Tyttöleijonat (U18 women);
Registered players	71,063
National competitions
	Men; SM-liiga / Mestis / Suomi-sarja; Women; Naisten Liiga / Naisten Mestis / N. Suomi-sarja; Junior; U20 SM-sarja / U20 Mestis / U20 Suomi-sarja; U18 SM-sarja / U18 Mestis / U18 Suomi-sarja; U16 SM-sarja / U16 Mestis / U16 Suomi-sarja;

Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Finland in terms of television viewership and game attendance figures. It is third most popular sport in participation amongst children. As of 2020, approximately 1.3% of the Finnish population was registered with the International Ice Hockey Federation, ranking Finland second in the world for percentage of population participating in ice hockey and the highest percentage of any country outside of North America.