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| Home Stadium      =
| Home Stadium      =
| IIHF code        = FIN
| IIHF code        = FIN
| IIHF Rank        = 4 {{decrease}}2
| IIHF Rank        = 3
| IIHF max          = 2
| IIHF max          = 1
| IIHF max date    = first in 2011
| IIHF max date    = 2022
| IIHF min          = 7
| IIHF min          = 7
| IIHF min date    = 2005
| IIHF min date    = 2005
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| Largest win      = {{ih|FIN}} 20–1 {{ih-rt|NOR}} <br> ([[Hämeenlinna]], [[Finland]]; 12 March 1947)
| Largest win      = {{ih|FIN}} 20–1 {{ih-rt|NOR}} <br> ([[Hämeenlinna]], [[Finland]]; 12 March 1947)
| Largest loss      = {{ih|CAN|1957}} 24–0 {{ih-rt|FIN}} <br> ([[Oslo]], [[Norway]]; 3 March 1958)
| Largest loss      = {{ih|CAN|1957}} 24–0 {{ih-rt|FIN}} <br> ([[Oslo]], [[Norway]]; 3 March 1958)
| World champ apps  = 56
| World champ apps  = 70
| World champ first = 1939
| World champ first = 1939
| World champ best  = [[File:Gold medal icon.png|16px]] ''Gold'': 2&nbsp;– [[1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1995]],  [[2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2011]]
| World champ best  = [[File:Gold medal icon.png|16px]] ''Gold'': [[1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1995]],  [[2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2011]], [[2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2019]], [[2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2022]])
| Regional name    = World Cup
| Regional name    = [[World Cup of Hockey|World Cup]] / [[Canada Cup]]
| Regional cup apps = 6
| Regional cup apps = 7 (first in [[1976 Canada Cup|1976]])
| Regional cup best = ''Runner-up'' ([[2004 World Cup of Hockey|2004]])
| Regional cup best = [[File:Silver medal icon.png|16px]] ''2nd:'' ([[2004 World Cup of Hockey|2004]])
| Olympic apps      = 14
| Olympic apps      = 18
| Olympic first    = 1952
| Olympic first    = [[Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]]
| Olympic medals    = [[File:Silver medal icon.png|16px]] ''Silver'' ([[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]], [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]])<br/>[[File:Bronze medal icon.png|16px]] ''Bronze'' ([[Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]], [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]], [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's tournament|2010]], [[Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]])
| Olympic medals    = [[File:Gold medal icon.png|16px]] ''Gold:'' ([[Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2022]])<br/>[[File:Silver medal icon.png|16px]] ''Silver:'' ([[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]], [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2006]])<br />[[File:Bronze medal icon.png|16px]] ''Bronze:'' ([[Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]], [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|1998]], [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics Men's tournament|2010]], [[Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2014]])
| Record            = 664–736–156
| Record            = 692–337–156
}}
}}
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{{Medal|Bronze|[[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Sochi]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Sochi]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[World Cup of Hockey|World Cup]] / [[Canada Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2004 World Cup of Hockey|2004 Toronto]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1991 Canada Cup|1991 Hamilton]]|}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1995 Sweden]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1995 Sweden]]|}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2011 Slovakia]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2011 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2011 Slovakia]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1992 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1992 Czechoslovakia]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2019 Slovakia]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1994 Italy]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2022 Finland]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1998 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1998 Switzerland]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1992 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1992 Czechoslovakia]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1999 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1999 Norway]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1994 Italy]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2001 Germany]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1998 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1998 Switzerland]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007 Russia]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1999 Norway]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2014 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2014 Belarus]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2001 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2001 Germany]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2000 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2000 Russia]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2007 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2007 Russia]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2006 Latvia]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2014 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2014 Belarus]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2008 Canada]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2016 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2016 Russia]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2021 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2021 Latvia]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2000 Russia]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2006 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2006 Latvia]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2008 Canada]]|}}
}}
}}
The '''Finnish men's national ice hockey team''', or '''''Leijonat / Lejonen''''' (The Lions in Finnish and Swedish), as it is called in [[Finland]], is governed by the [[Finnish Ice Hockey Association]]. Finland is considered a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Russia, Sweden and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-announces-world-cup-of-hockey-for-2016-1.2930670/|title=NHL announces World Cup of Hockey for 2016|publisher=The Canadian Press|date=2015-01-24|accessdate=January 29, 2015}}</ref>
The '''Finnish men's national ice hockey team''', nicknamed '''''Leijonat / Lejonen''''' ("The Lions" in Finnish and Swedish), is governed by the [[Finnish Ice Hockey Association]]. Finland is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "[[Big Six]]", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]], the [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]], [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team|Czechia]], [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russia]], and [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]].
 
Finland won the world championship in [[2022 IIHF World Championship|2022]], their fourth title after [[1995 IIHF World Championship|1995]], [[2011 IIHF World Championship|2011]] and [[2019 IIHF World Championship|2019]]. A duo of silver medals ([[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]], [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2006]]) remained the country's best Olympic results until [[Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2022]] when the Finns achieved a breakthrough by winning their first Olympic gold after defeating [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russia]]. At the Canada/World Cup, their best achievement is also a silver medal which they won in [[2004 World Cup of Hockey|2004]].
==History==
Finland's first appearance in an elite ice hockey competition was at the 1939 Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland. The result was a shared last place with Yugoslavia. 10 years later, Finland came to the 1949 Ice Hockey World Championships in Sweden. The Finns finished in 7th place by winning the consolation round. Finland's first appearance at the Winter Olympics occurred in 1952 in Oslo.
 
In the 1974 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships two players were suspended for doping. They were the Swede Ulf Nilsson and the Finn Stig Wetzell who failed a drug test for the forbidden substance ephedrine. Both players were suspended for the rest of the tournament. Nilsson failed the test after Sweden's game against Poland, which Sweden won 4–1. The game was awarded to Poland as a 5–0 forfeit. The Finn, Wetzell, failed the test after Finland's match against Czechoslovakia, which Finland won 5–2, meaning the game was awarded to Czechoslovakia as a 5–0 forfeit. The Finns were able to defeat Czechoslovakia again on the last day, which would have earned their first medal in history, if not for the points lost in the forfeited win.
 
Finland was close again to winning the first medal in its history at the 1986 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, when it led 4–2 in the final minute of the medal round match against Sweden. However, in the last minute of the match Anders "Masken" Carlsson first narrowed Finland's lead to one goal and then leveled the score with the help of the Finns' mistake. The match eventually ended in a 4–4 draw, meaning Finland's ranking in the tournament was fourth place.
 
At the 1992 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, Finland's success and silver medal came as a surprise to many Finns, as the team was not expected to much because of inexperience and the lack of success at the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics in the same year. The medal achieved in the tournament was the first World Championship medal and the second value medal after the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, where Finland clinched a surprise silver after defeating the USSR.
 
At the 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, Finland achieved its first gold in international ice hockey. The Finns reached the final with a 5–0 victory over France in the quarter-finals, and a 3–0 victory over the Czech Republic in the semi-finals. In the final, Finland faced off against their hockey rivals and host of the 1995 tournament, Sweden. In the first period of the final, left wing Ville Peltonen scored a natural hat-trick, and then assisted Timo Jutila's first period goal to give Finland a 4–0 lead, on the way to an eventual 4–1 victory.
 
At the 1998 Olympic men's ice hockey tournament, Team Finland came away with bronze, after defeating the Canadian national team 3–2. Teemu Selänne led the tournament in goals scored (4) and total points achieved (10). The tournament was the first in which players from the National Hockey League (NHL) were allowed to participate, allowing national teams to be constructed using the best possible talent from each country. The 1998 Olympic tournament therefore came to be known as the Tournament of the Century.
Finland in the 2006 Winter Olympics semi-final match against Russia
 
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Finland won a silver medal, coming close to winning in the final but losing 3–2 to Sweden. Finland's goaltender Antero Niittymäki was named the MVP of the tournament (with only eight goals conceded throughout the whole tournament) and Teemu Selänne was voted best forward. The format was changed from the 1998 and 2002 tournaments, to a format similar to the 1992 and 1994 tournaments. The number of teams was reduced from 14 to 12. The 12 teams were split into two groups in the preliminary stage, which followed a round robin format. Each team played the other teams in their group once. The top four teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
 
At the 2006 IIHF World Championship, Finland achieved third place after winning the bronze medal game against Canada. Petteri Nummelin was named to the Media All-Star Team.
 
At the 2007 IIHF World Championship, Finland lost the final to the Canadian team. The final marked the second time that Finland and Canada met in the gold medal game of a World Championship, the first time being in 1994. However, only a year before, in 2006 Finland had defeated Canada 5–0 in the bronze medal game. In 2007, Canada were looking on form, being undefeated coming into the playoff round, while Finland had registered two losses in the run-up to the finals. Rick Nash scored on the powerplay at 6:10 into the first period on a one-timer from the point from a pass by Cory Murphy off of Matthew Lombardi, to put Canada up 1–0. Near the middle of the period, Eric Staal scored in similar fashion also on the powerplay, assisted by Justin Williams, and Mike Cammalleri. 9:11 into the second period, Colby Armstrong scored to give the Canadians a 3–0 lead. This goal ended up as the game winner. Finland had some discipline difficulty in the first two periods, taking 6 minutes apiece in penalties in both periods. The Finns started to bring up the pressure in the last ten minutes, and Petri Kontiola scored a nice glove-side goal on Ward at 51:08 assisted by Ville Peltonen, to put the team on the board. With only 3 minutes left Antti Miettinen scored to bring Finland within one, 3–2. However, just one minute later Rick Nash scored on a skillful breakaway to put the game away, with Canada winning 4–2 and clinching the title. The Canadians were outshot 22–18, but their goaltender, Cam Ward, kept Canada in the game as he was solid between the pipes. They also were able to capitalize on the powerplay, which ended up being decisive in the Canadian win. Kari Lehtonen was voted Tournament's best goaltender.
 
At the 2008 IIHF World Championship, Finland achieved third place after winning the bronze medal game 4–0 against rivals Sweden.
 
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Finland again came away with the bronze, winning 5–3 against Slovakia. During the tournament, Teemu Selänne became the all-time leader for points scored in the Olympics.[2][3] He notched an assist in his second game of the tournament for 37 career points, surpassing Valeri Kharlamov of the Soviet Union, Vlastimil Bubník of Czechoslovakia, and Harry Watson of Canada.
 
At the 2011 IIHF World Championship, Finland won its second world title, beating the Swedish national team by a score of 6–1 in the final. As two highly ranked neighboring countries, Sweden and Finland have a long-running competitive tradition in ice hockey. Before the game, mainstream media in both countries titled the match "a dream final". After a goalless first period, Sweden opened the game with a 1–0 goal by Magnus Pääjärvi in the second period at 27:40. Seven seconds before the period's end, Finland's Jarkko Immonen scored to tie the game 1–1. Finland took the lead early in the third period, scoring two goals at 42:35 and 43:21 by Nokelainen and Kapanen. Sweden then took a time-out with ten minutes left to play but did not manage to regroup, and Finland scored a further three goals courtesy of Janne Pesonen, Mika Pyörälä and Antti Pihlström to clinch the title. Team Finland's Jarkko Immonen led the tournament in both goals and points scored, with 9 and 12 respectively.
 
The Finns won their third world title at the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia, and after the cancelled tournament of 2020, they reached the final in the 2021 tournament, losing to Canada in overtime.
 
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Finland won the gold medal for the first time, going undefeated and beating Russia in the final. This allowed them to rise to first place in the IIHF World Ranking for the first time ever. In May 2022, Finland won their fourth World Championship, beating Canada in overtime after a hard-fought game. This was the third Canada–Finland final in a row, and the first time the Finns won a medal on home ice.
==Tournament record==
==Tournament record==


===Olympic Games===
===Olympic Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Games !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! GF !! GA !! Coach !! Captain !! Round !! Finish
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] [[Antwerp]] ||  colspan=9 rowspan=6 align=center|''Did not participate''
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Chamonix]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[St. Moritz]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[St. Moritz]]
|-
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Oslo]] || 8 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 21 || 60 || [[Risto Lindroos]] || [[Aarne Honkavaara]] || Round-robin || 7th
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] || colspan="9" align="center"| ''Did not participate''
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] [[Squaw Valley Ski Resort|Squaw Valley]] || 6 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 55 || 23 || {{flagicon|CAN}} Joe Wirkkunen || [[Yrjö Hakala]] || Consolation Round || 7th
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964]] [[Innsbruck]] || 8 || 3 || 5 || 0 || 18 || 33 || {{flagicon|CAN}} Joe Wirkkunen || [[Raimo Kilpiö]] || Round-robin || 6th
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] [[Grenoble]] || 8 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 28 || 25 || {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Augustin Bubník|Gustav Bubník]] || [[Matti Reunamäki]] || Round-robin || 5th
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] [[Sapporo]] || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 27 || 25 || [[Seppo Liitsola]] || [[Lasse Oksanen]] || Final Round || 5th
|-
| style="background:#9acdff;"| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] [[Innsbruck]] || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 30 || 20 || [[Seppo Liitsola]] || [[Seppo Lindström]] || Final Round || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th
|-
|-
! Year !! colspan=4|Result
| style="background:#9acdff;"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]] || 7 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 31 || 25 || [[Kalevi Numminen]] || [[Tapio Levo]] || Final Round || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th
|-
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] || colspan=4|7th place
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] [[Sarajevo]] || 6 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 31 || 26 || [[Alpo Suhonen]] || [[Anssi Melametsä]] || Consolation Round || 6th
|-
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] || colspan=4|7th place
| style="background:silver;"| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] [[Calgary]] || 8 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 34 || 14 || [[Pentti Matikainen]] || [[Timo Blomqvist]] || Final Round || {{Silver medal}}
|-
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964]] || colspan=4|6th place
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] [[Albertville]] || 8 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 29 || 11 || [[Pentti Matikainen]] || [[Pekka Tuomisto]] || 7th place game || 7th
|-
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] || colspan=4|5th place
| style="background:#c96;"| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Lillehammer]] || 8 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 38 || 10 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Curt Lindström]] || [[Timo Jutila]] || 3th place game || {{Bronze medal}}
|-
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] || colspan=4|5th place
| style="background:#c96;"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|1998]] [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]] || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 20 || 19 || [[Hannu Aravirta]] || [[Saku Koivu]] || 3th place game || {{Bronze medal}}
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
| [[Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] || colspan=4|4th place
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
| [[Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] || colspan=4|4th place
|-
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] || colspan=4|6th place
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2002]] [[Salt Lake City]] || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 12 || 10 || [[Hannu Aravirta]] || [[Teemu Selänne]] || Quarter-finals || 6th
|-bgcolor=silver
| [[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] || colspan=4|{{Silver medal}}
|-
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] || colspan=4|7th place
| style="background:silver;"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2006]] [[Turin]] || 8 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 29 || 8 || [[Erkka Westerlund]] || [[Saku Koivu]] || Final || {{Silver medal}}
|-bgcolor=cc9966
| [[Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] || colspan=4|{{Bronze medal}}
|-bgcolor=cc9966
| [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] || colspan=4|{{Bronze medal}}
|-
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] || colspan=4|6th place
| style="background:#c96;"| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2010]] [[Vancouver]] || 6 || 4 || 2 || || 19 || 13 || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Saku Koivu]] || 3th place game || {{Bronze medal}}
|-bgcolor=silver
| [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] || colspan=4|{{Silver medal}}
|-bgcolor=cc9966
| [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] || colspan=4|{{Bronze medal}}
|-bgcolor=cc9966
| [[Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] || colspan=4|{{Bronze medal}}
|-
|-
! colspan=5|'''Totals'''
| style="background:#c96;"| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2014]] [[Sochi]] || 6 || 4 || 2 || – || 24 || 10 || [[Erkka Westerlund]] || [[Teemu Selänne]] || 3th place game || {{Bronze medal}}
|-
|-
! Games !! style="background:gold"|Gold !! style="background:silver"|Silver !! style="background:#c96"|Bronze !! Total
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2018]] [[Pyeongchang]] || 5 || 3 || 2 || – || 16 || 9 || [[Lauri Marjamäki]] || [[Lasse Kukkonen]] || Quarter-finals || 6th
|-
|-
| 16 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 6
| style="background:gold;"| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2022]] [[Beijing]] || 6 || 6 || 0 || – || 22 || 8 || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Valtteri Filppula]] || Final || {{Gold medal}}
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics|2026]] [[Milan]] / [[Cortina d'Ampezzo|Cortina]] || colspan="9" align=center| ''To be determined''
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Medals
|-
! Participations !! style="background:gold"|Gold !! style="background:silver"|Silver !! style="background:#c96"|Bronze !! Total
|-
| 18 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 7
|}
|}


===World championship===
===World championship===
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! World championship record
! Year !! Location !! Coach !! Captain  !! Finish !! Result
|-
| [[1939 Ice Hockey World Championships|1939]] || [[Zürich]] / [[Basel]], {{ih|SUI}} || [[Risto Tiitola]] || [[Erkki Saarinen]] || Consolation Round || 13th place
|-
| [[1949 Ice Hockey World Championships|1949]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || [[Risto Lindroos]] || [[Keijo Kuusela]] || Consolation Round || 7th place
|-
| [[1951 Ice Hockey World Championships|1951]] || [[Paris]], {{ih|FRA}} || [[Risto Lindroos]] || [[Keijo Kuusela]] || Group stage || 7th place
|-
| [[1954 Ice Hockey World Championships|1954]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || [[Risto Lindroos]] || [[Matti Rintakoski]] || Group stage || 6th place
|-
| [[1955 Ice Hockey World Championships|1955]] || [[Krefeld]] / [[Dortmund]] / [[Cologne]], [[Germany men's national ice hockey team#West Germany|West Germany]] {{Flagdeco|FRG}} || [[Aarne Honkavaara]] || [[Matti Rintakoski]] || Group stage || 9th place
|-
| [[1957 Ice Hockey World Championships|1957]] || [[Moscow]], {{ih|URS}} || [[Aarne Honkavaara]] || [[Yrjö Hakala]] || Group stage || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
| [[1958 Ice Hockey World Championships|1958]] || [[Oslo]], {{ih|NOR}} || [[Aarne Honkavaara]] || [[Yrjö Hakala]] || Group stage || 6th place
|-
| [[1959 Ice Hockey World Championships|1959]] || [[Prague]] / [[Bratislava]], {{Ih|TCH}} || {{flagicon|CAN}} Joe Wirkkunen || [[Yrjö Hakala]] || Final Round || 6th place
|-
| [[1961 Ice Hockey World Championships|1961]] || [[Geneva]] / [[Lausanne]], {{ih|SUI}} || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Derek Holmes (ice hockey)|Derek Holmes]] || [[Erkki Koiso]] || Group stage || 7th place
|-
| [[1962 Ice Hockey World Championships|1962]] || [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]] / [[Denver]], {{ih|USA}} || {{flagicon|CAN}} Joe Wirkkunen || [[Teppo Rastio]] || Group stage ||  style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
| [[1963 Ice Hockey World Championships|1963]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || {{flagicon|CAN}} Joe Wirkkunen || [[Esko Luostarinen]] || Group stage || 5th place
|-
| [[1965 Ice Hockey World Championships|1965]] || [[Tampere]], {{ih|FIN}} || {{flagicon|CAN}} Joe Wirkkunen || [[Raimo Kilpiö]] || Group stage || 7th place
|-
| [[1966 Ice Hockey World Championships|1966]] || [[Ljubljana]], {{ih|YUG}} || {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Augustin Bubník]] || [[Lalli Partinen]] || Group stage || 7th place
|-
| [[1967 Ice Hockey World Championships|1967]] || [[Vienna]], {{ih|AUT}} || {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Augustin Bubník]] || [[Matti Reunamäki]] || Group stage || 6th place
|-
| [[1969 Ice Hockey World Championships|1969]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Augustin Bubník]] || [[Juhani Wahlsten]] || Group stage || 5th place
|-
| [[1970 Ice Hockey World Championships|1970]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || [[Seppo Liitsola]] || [[Lasse Oksanen]] || Group stage || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
| [[1971 Ice Hockey World Championships|1971]] || [[Bern]] / [[Geneva]], {{ih|SUI}} || [[Seppo Liitsola]] || [[Lasse Oksanen]] || Group stage || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
| [[1972 Ice Hockey World Championships|1972]] || [[Prague]], {{Ih|TCH}} || [[Seppo Liitsola]] || [[Lasse Oksanen]] || Group stage || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
| [[1973 Ice Hockey World Championships|1973]] || [[Moscow]], {{ih|URS}} || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Len Lunde]] || [[Veli-Pekka Ketola]] || Group stage ||  style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
| [[1974 Ice Hockey World Championships|1974]] || [[Helsinki]], {{ih|FIN}} || [[Kalevi Numminen]] || [[Veli-Pekka Ketola]] || Group stage ||  style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
| [[1975 Ice Hockey World Championships|1975]] || [[Munich]] / [[Düsseldorf]], {{Flagdeco|FRG}} [[Germany men's national ice hockey team#West Germany|West Germany]] || [[Seppo Liitsola]] || [[Seppo Lindström]] || Group stage || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
| [[1976 Ice Hockey World Championships|1976]] || [[Katowice]], {{ih|POL}} || [[Seppo Liitsola]] || [[Lasse Oksanen]] || Consolation Round || 5th place
|-
|-
! Year !! Location !! Result
| [[1977 Ice Hockey World Championships|1977]] || [[Vienna]], {{ih|AUT}} || [[Lasse Heikkilä]] || [[Pertti Koivulahti]] || Consolation Round || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1939 World Ice Hockey Championships|1939]] || [[Zürich]] / [[Basel]], {{ih|SUI}} || 13th place
| [[1978 Ice Hockey World Championships|1978]] || [[Prague]], {{ih|TCH}} || [[Kalevi Numminen]] || [[Seppo Repo]] || Consolation Round || 7th place
|-
|-
| [[1949 World Ice Hockey Championships|1949]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || 7th place
| [[1979 Ice Hockey World Championships|1979]] || [[Moscow]], {{ih|URS}} || [[Kalevi Numminen]] || [[Juhani Tamminen]] || Consolation Round || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1951 World Ice Hockey Championships|1951]] || [[Paris]], {{ih|FRA}} || 7th place
| [[1981 Ice Hockey World Championships|1981]] || [[Gothenburg]] / [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || [[Kalevi Numminen]] || [[Juhani Tamminen]] || Consolation Round || 6th place
|-
|-
| [[1954 World Ice Hockey Championships|1954]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || 6th place
| [[1982 Ice Hockey World Championships|1982]] || [[Helsinki]] / [[Tampere]], {{ih|FIN}} || [[Alpo Suhonen]] || [[Juhani Tamminen]] || First Round || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1955 World Ice Hockey Championships|1955]] || [[Krefeld]] / [[Dortmund]] / [[Cologne]], {{ih-rt|FRG}} || 9th place
| [[1983 Ice Hockey World Championships|1983]] || [[Düsseldorf]] / [[Dortmund]] / [[Munich]], [[Germany men's national ice hockey team#West Germany|West Germany]] {{Flagdeco|FRG}} || [[Alpo Suhonen]] || [[Pekka Rautakallio]] || Consolation Round || 7th place
|-
|-
| [[1957 World Ice Hockey Championships|1957]] || [[Moscow]], {{ih|URS}} || 4th place
| [[1985 Ice Hockey World Championships|1985]] || [[Prague]], {{ih|TCH}} || [[Alpo Suhonen]] || [[Anssi Melametsä]] || Consolation Round || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1958 World Ice Hockey Championships|1958]] || [[Oslo]], {{ih|NOR}} || 6th place
| [[1986 Ice Hockey World Championships|1986]] || [[Moscow]], {{ih|URS}} || [[Rauno Korpi]] || [[Kari Makkonen]] || Final Round || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
|-
| [[1959 World Ice Hockey Championships|1959]] || [[Prague]] / [[Bratislava]], {{Ih|TCH}} || 6th place
| [[1987 Ice Hockey World Championships|1987]] || [[Vienna]], {{ih|AUT}} || [[Rauno Korpi]] || [[Pekka Järvelä]] || Consolation Round || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1961 World Ice Hockey Championships|1961]] || [[Geneva]] / [[Lausanne]], {{ih|SUI}} || 7th place
| [[1989 Ice Hockey World Championships|1989]] || [[Stockholm]] / [[Södertälje]], {{ih|SWE}} || [[Pentti Matikainen]] || [[Timo Blomqvist]] || Consolation Round || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1962 World Ice Hockey Championships|1962]] || [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]] / [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], {{ih|USA}} || 4th place
| [[1990 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1990]] || [[Bern]] / [[Fribourg]], {{ih|SUI}} || [[Pentti Matikainen]] || [[Arto Ruotanen]] || Consolation Round || 6th place
|-
|-
| [[1963 World Ice Hockey Championships|1963]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}}|| 5th place
| [[1991 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1991]] || [[Turku]] / [[Helsinki]] / [[Tampere]], {{ih|FIN}} || [[Pentti Matikainen]] || [[Hannu Virta]] || Consolation Round || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1965 World Ice Hockey Championships|1965]] || [[Tampere]], {{ih|FIN}} || 7th place
| [[1992 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1992]] || [[Prague]] / [[Bratislava]], {{ih|TCH}} || [[Pentti Matikainen]] || [[Pekka Tuomisto]] || Final ||bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
|-
|-
| [[1966 World Ice Hockey Championships|1966]] || [[Ljubljana]], {{ih|YUG}} || 7th place
| [[1993 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1993]] || [[Dortmund]] / [[Munich]], {{ih|GER}} || [[Pentti Matikainen]] || [[Timo Jutila]] || Quarter-finals || 7th place
|-
|-
| [[1967 World Ice Hockey Championships|1967]] || [[Vienna]], {{ih|AUT}} || 6th place
| [[1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1994]] || [[Bolzano]] / [[Canazei]] / [[Milan]]o, {{ih|ITA}} || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Curt Lindström]] || [[Timo Jutila]] || Final ||bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
|-
|-
| [[1969 World Ice Hockey Championships|1969]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || 5th place
| [[1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1995]] || [[Stockholm]] / [[Gävle]], {{ih|SWE}} || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Curt Lindström]] || [[Timo Jutila]] || Final || bgcolor=gold| '''Gold'''
|-
|-
| [[1970 World Ice Hockey Championships|1970]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || 4th place
| [[1996 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1996]] || [[Vienna]], {{ih|AUT}} || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Curt Lindström]] || [[Timo Jutila]] || Quarter-finals || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1971 World Ice Hockey Championships|1971]] || [[Bern]] / [[Geneva]], {{ih|SUI}} || 4th place
| [[1997 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1997]] || [[Helsinki]] / [[Turku]] / [[Tampere]], {{ih|FIN}} || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Curt Lindström]] || [[Timo Jutila]] || Second Round || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1972 World Ice Hockey Championships|1972]] || [[Prague]], {{Ih|TCH}} || 4th place
| [[1998 IIHF World Championship|1998]] || [[Zürich]] / [[Basel]], {{ih|SUI}} || [[Hannu Aravirta]] || [[Ville Peltonen]] || Final || bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
|-
|-
| [[1973 World Ice Hockey Championships|1973]] || [[Moscow]], {{ih|URS}} || 4th place
| [[1999 IIHF World Championship|1999]] || [[Oslo]] / [[Lillehammer]] / [[Hamar]], {{ih|NOR}} || [[Hannu Aravirta]] || [[Saku Koivu]] || Final ||bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
|-
|-
| [[1974 World Ice Hockey Championships|1974]] || [[Helsinki]], {{ih|FIN}} || 4th place
| [[2000 IIHF World Championship|2000]] || [[Saint Petersburg]], {{ih|RUS}} || [[Hannu Aravirta]] || [[Raimo Helminen]] || 3rd Place Game || bgcolor="#cc9966"| '''Bronze'''
|-
|-
| [[1975 World Ice Hockey Championships|1975]] || [[Munich]] / [[Düsseldorf]], {{ih|FRG}} || 4th place
| [[2001 IIHF World Championship|2001]] || [[Cologne]] / [[Hanover]] / [[Nuremberg]], {{ih|GER}} || [[Hannu Aravirta]] || [[Petteri Nummelin]] || Final || bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
|-
|-
| [[1976 World Ice Hockey Championships|1976]] || [[Katowice]], {{ih|POL}} || 5th place
| [[2002 IIHF World Championship|2002]] || [[Gothenburg]] / [[Karlstad]] / [[Jönköping]], {{ih|SWE}} || [[Hannu Aravirta]] || [[Raimo Helminen]] || 3rd Place Game || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
|-
| [[1977 World Ice Hockey Championships|1977]] || [[Vienna]], {{ih|AUT}} || 5th place
| [[2003 IIHF World Championship|2003]] || [[Helsinki]] / [[Tampere]] / [[Turku]], {{ih|FIN}} || [[Hannu Aravirta]] || [[Saku Koivu]] || Quarter-finals || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1978 World Ice Hockey Championships|1978]] || [[Prague]], {{ih|TCH}} || 7th place
| [[2004 IIHF World Championship|2004]] || [[Prague]] / [[Ostrava]], {{ih|CZE}} || [[Raimo Summanen]] || [[Olli Jokinen]] || Quarter-finals || 6th place
|-
|-
| [[1979 World Ice Hockey Championships|1979]] || [[Moscow]], {{ih|URS}} || 5th place
| [[2005 IIHF World Championship|2005]] || [[Innsbruck]] / [[Vienna]], {{ih|AUT}} || [[Erkka Westerlund]] || [[Ville Peltonen]] || Quarter-finals || 7th place
|-
|-
| [[1981 World Ice Hockey Championships|1981]] || [[Gothenburg]] / [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || 6th place
| [[2006 IIHF World Championship|2006]] || [[Riga]], {{ih|LAT}} || [[Erkka Westerlund]] || [[Ville Peltonen]] || 3rd Place Game || bgcolor="#cc9966"| '''Bronze'''
|-
|-
| [[1982 World Ice Hockey Championships|1982]] || [[Helsinki]] / [[Tampere]], {{ih|FIN}} || 5th place
| [[2007 IIHF World Championship|2007]] || [[Moscow]] / [[Mytishchi]], {{ih|RUS}} || [[Erkka Westerlund]] || [[Ville Peltonen]] || Final ||bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
|-
|-
| [[1983 World Ice Hockey Championships|1983]] || [[Düsseldorf]] / [[Dortmund]] / [[Munich]], {{ih-rt|FRG}} || 7th place
| [[2008 IIHF World Championship|2008]] || [[Quebec City]] / [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], {{ih|CAN}} || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Doug Shedden]] || [[Ville Peltonen]] || 3rd Place Game ||bgcolor="#cc9966"| '''Bronze'''
|-
|-
| [[1985 World Ice Hockey Championships|1985]] || [[Prague]], {{ih|TCH}} || 5th place
| [[2009 IIHF World Championship|2009]] || [[Bern]] / [[Kloten]], {{ih|SUI}} || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Sami Kapanen]] || Quarter-finals || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1986 World Ice Hockey Championships|1986]] || [[Moscow]], {{ih|URS}} || 4th place
| [[2010 IIHF World Championship|2010]] || [[Cologne]] / [[Mannheim]] / [[Gelsenkirchen]], {{ih|GER}} || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Sami Kapanen]] || Quarter-finals || 6th place
|-
|-
| [[1987 World Ice Hockey Championships|1987]] || [[Vienna]], {{ih|AUT}} || 5th place
| [[2011 IIHF World Championship|2011]] || [[Bratislava]] / [[Košice]], {{ih|SVK}} || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Mikko Koivu]] || Final || bgcolor=gold| '''Gold'''
|-
|-
| [[1989 World Ice Hockey Championships|1989]] || [[Stockholm]] / [[Södertälje]], {{ih|SWE}} || 5th place
| [[2012 IIHF World Championship|2012]] || [[Helsinki]], {{ih|FIN}} / [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Mikko Koivu]] || 3rd Place Game || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
|-
| [[1990 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1990]] || [[Bern]] / [[Fribourg]], {{ih|SUI}} || 6th place
| [[2013 IIHF World Championship|2013]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} / [[Helsinki]], {{ih|FIN}} || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Lasse Kukkonen]] || 3rd Place Game || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
|-
| [[1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1991]] || [[Turku]] / [[Helsinki]] / [[Tampere]], {{ih|FIN}} || 5th place
| [[2014 IIHF World Championship|2014]] || [[Minsk]], {{ih|BLR}}|| [[Erkka Westerlund]] || [[Olli Jokinen]] || Final || bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
|-
|-
| [[1992 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1992]] || [[Prague]] / [[Bratislava]], {{ih|TCH}} ||bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
| [[2015 IIHF World Championship|2015]] || [[Prague]] / [[Ostrava]], {{ih|CZE}} || [[Kari Jalonen]] || [[Jussi Jokinen]] || Quarter-finals || 6th place
|-
|-
| [[1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1993]] || [[Dortmund]] / [[Munich]], {{ih|GER}} || 7th place
| [[2016 IIHF World Championship|2016]] || [[Moscow]] / [[Saint Petersburg]], {{ih|RUS}} || [[Kari Jalonen]] || [[Mikko Koivu]] || Final || bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
|-
|-
| [[1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1994]] || [[Bolzano]] / [[Canazei]] / [[Milano]], {{ih|ITA}} ||bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
| [[2017 IIHF World Championship|2017]] || [[Cologne]], {{ih|GER}} / [[Paris]], {{ih|FRA}} || [[Lauri Marjamäki]] || [[Lasse Kukkonen]] || 3rd Place Game || style="background:#9acdff;"| 4th place
|-
|-
| [[1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1995]] || [[Stockholm]] / [[Gävle]], {{ih|SWE}} || bgcolor=gold| '''Gold'''
| [[2018 IIHF World Championship|2018]] || [[Copenhagen]] / [[Herning]], {{ih|DEN}} || [[Lauri Marjamäki]] || [[Mikael Granlund]] || Quarter-finals || 5th place
|-
|-
| [[1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1996]] || [[Vienna]], {{ih|AUT}} || 5th place
| [[2019 IIHF World Championship|2019]] || [[Bratislava]] / [[Košice]], {{ih|SVK}} || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Marko Anttila]] || Final || bgcolor=gold| '''Gold'''
|-
|-
| [[1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1997]] || [[Helsinki]] / [[Turku]] / [[Tampere]], {{ih|FIN}} || 5th place
| [[2021 IIHF World Championship|2021]] || [[Riga]], {{ih|LAT}} || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Marko Anttila]] || Final || bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
|-
|-
| [[1998 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1998]] || [[Zürich]] / [[Basel]], {{ih|SUI}} || bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
| [[2022 IIHF World Championship|2022]] || [[Tampere]] / [[Helsinki]], {{ih|FIN}} || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Valtteri Filppula]] || Final || bgcolor=gold| '''Gold'''
|-
| [[2023 IIHF World Championship|2023]] || [[Tampere]], {{ih|FIN}} / [[Riga]], {{ih|LAT}} || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Marko Anttila]] || Quarter-finals || 7th place
|-
| [[2024 IIHF World Championship|2024]] || [[Prague]] / [[Ostrava]], {{ih|CZE}} || [[Jukka Jalonen]] || [[Mikael Granlund]] || Quarter-finals || 8th place
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Medals
|-
! Participations !! style="background:gold"|Gold !! style="background:silver"|Silver !! style="background:#c96"|Bronze !! Total
|-
| 70 || 4 || 9 || 3 || 16
|}
 
===Canada Cup / World Cup===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
| [[1999 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1999]] || [[Oslo]] / [[Lillehammer]] / [[Hamar]], {{ih|NOR}} ||bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
!Year
! GP
! W
!OW
! T
!OL
! L
! GF
! GA
! Coach
! Captain
! Finish
! Rank
|-
|-
| [[2000 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2000]] || [[Saint Petersburg]], {{ih|RUS}} || bgcolor="#cc9966"| '''Bronze'''
| [[1976 Canada Cup|1976]]
| 5
| 1
| –
| 0
| –
| 4
| 16
| 42
| [[Lasse Heikkilä]]
| [[Veli-Pekka Ketola]]
| Round-robin
| 6th
|-
|-
| [[2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2001]] || [[Cologne]] / [[Hanover]] / [[Nuremberg]], {{ih|GER}} ||bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
| [[1981 Canada Cup|1981]]
| 5
| 0
| –
| 1
| –
| 4
| 6
| 31
| [[Kalevi Numminen]]
| [[Veli-Pekka Ketola]]
| Round-robin
| 6th
|-
|-
| [[2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2002]] || [[Gothenburg]] / [[Karlstad]] / [[Jönköping]], {{ih|SWE}} || 4th place
| [[1987 Canada Cup|1987]]
| 5
| 0
| –
| 0
| –
| 5
| 9
| 23
| [[Rauno Korpi]]
| [[Jari Kurri]]
| Round-robin
| 6th
|-
|-
| [[2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2003]] || [[Helsinki]] / [[Tampere]] / [[Turku]], {{ih|FIN}} || 5th place
| bgcolor="#cc9966"| [[1991 Canada Cup|1991]]
| 6
| 2
| –
| 1
| –
| 3
| 13
| 20
| [[Pentti Matikainen]]
| [[Jari Kurri]]
| Semi-final
| {{Bronze03}}
|}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
| [[2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2004]] || [[Prague]] / [[Ostrava]], {{ih|CZE}} || 6th place
!Year
! GP
! W
!OW
! T
!OL
! L
! GF
! GA
! Coach
! Captain
! Finish
! Rank
|-
|-
| [[2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2005]] || [[Innsbruck]] / [[Vienna]], {{ih|AUT}}|| 7th place
| [[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996]]
| 4
| 2
| –
| 0
| –
| 2
| 17
| 16
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Curt Lindström]]
| [[Jari Kurri]]
| Quarter-final
| 5th
|-
|-
| [[2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2006]] || [[Riga]], {{ih|LAT}} ||bgcolor="#cc9966"| '''Bronze'''
| style="background:silver;"| [[2004 World Cup of Hockey|2004]]
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 9
| [[Raimo Summanen]]
| [[Saku Koivu]]
| Final
| {{Silver02}}
|-
|-
| [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]] || [[Moscow]] / [[Mytishchi]], {{ih|RUS}} ||bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
| [[2016 World Cup of Hockey|2016]]
| 3
| 0
| 0
| –
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 9
| [[Lauri Marjamäki]]
| [[Mikko Koivu]]
| Group stage
| 8th
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Medals
|-
|-
| [[2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2008]] || [[Quebec City]] / [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], {{ih|CAN}} ||bgcolor="#cc9966"| '''Bronze'''
! Participations !! style="background:gold"|Gold !! style="background:silver"|Silver !! style="background:#c96"|Bronze !! Total
|-
|-
| [[2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2009]] || [[Bern]] / [[Kloten]], {{ih|SUI}} || 5th place
| 7 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|}
 
===Euro Hockey Tour===
{{main|Euro Hockey Tour}}
*[[1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour|1996–97]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{gold1}}
*[[1997–98 Euro Hockey Tour|1997–98]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{bronze3}}
*[[1998–99 Euro Hockey Tour|1998–99]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{silver2}}
*[[1999–2000 Euro Hockey Tour|1999–00]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{gold1}}
*[[2000–01 Euro Hockey Tour|2000–01]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{gold1}}
*[[2001–02 Euro Hockey Tour|2001–02]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{gold1}}
*[[2002–03 Euro Hockey Tour|2002–03]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{gold1}}
*[[2003–04 Euro Hockey Tour|2003–04]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{gold1}}
*[[2004–05 Euro Hockey Tour|2004–05]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{bronze3}}
*[[2005–06 Euro Hockey Tour|2005–06]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{bronze3}}
*[[2006–07 Euro Hockey Tour|2006–07]]&nbsp;– Finished in 4th place
*[[2007–08 Euro Hockey Tour|2007–08]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{silver2}}
*[[2008–09 Euro Hockey Tour|2008–09]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{silver2}}
*[[2009–10 Euro Hockey Tour|2009–10]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{gold1}}
*[[2010–11 Euro Hockey Tour|2010–11]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{bronze3}}
*[[2011–12 Euro Hockey Tour|2011–12]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{silver2}}
*[[2012–13 Euro Hockey Tour|2012–13]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{bronze3}}
*[[2013–14 Euro Hockey Tour|2013–14]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{gold1}}
*[[2014–15 Euro Hockey Tour|2014–15]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{silver2}}
*[[2015–16 Euro Hockey Tour|2015–16]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{silver2}}
*[[2016–17 Euro Hockey Tour|2016–17]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{bronze3}}
*[[2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour|2017–18]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{gold1}}
*[[2018–19 Euro Hockey Tour|2018–19]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{silver2}}
*[[2019–20 Euro Hockey Tour|2019–20]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{bronze3}}
*[[2020–21 Euro Hockey Tour|2020–21]]&nbsp;– Finished in 4th place
*[[2021–22 Euro Hockey Tour|2021–22]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{silver2}}
*[[2022–23 Euro Hockey Tour|2022–23]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{bronze3}}
*[[2023–24 Euro Hockey Tour|2023–24]]&nbsp;– Finished in {{silver2}}
===EHT Medal table===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!style="background-color: #F7F6A8;" | Gold
!style="background-color: #DCE5E5;" | Silver
!style="background-color: #FFDAB9;" | Bronze
!Medals
|- align=center
|9
|9
|8
|26
|}
 
====Tournament summary====
*[[Karjala Tournament]]:
**{{gold1}} '''Gold medal''' ([[1996 Karjala Tournament|1996]], [[1998 Karjala Tournament|1998]], [[1999 Karjala Tournament|1999]], [[2000 Karjala Tournament|2000]], [[2001 Karjala Tournament|2001]], [[2002 Karjala Tournament|2002]], [[2003 Karjala Tournament|2003]], [[2004 Karjala Tournament|2004]], [[2005 Karjala Tournament|2005]], [[2010 Karjala Tournament|2010]], [[2013 Karjala Tournament|2013]], [[2017 Karjala Tournament|2017]])
**{{silver2}} Silver medal ([[1995 Karjala Tournament|1995]], [[2009 Karjala Tournament|2009]], [[2011 Karjala Tournament|2011]], [[2012 Karjala Tournament|2012]], [[2014 Karjala Tournament|2014]], [[2015 Karjala Tournament|2015]], [[2018 Karjala Tournament|2018]], [[2019 Karjala Tournament|2019]], [[2021 Karjala Tournament|2021]])
**{{bronze3}} Bronze medal ([[2016 Karjala Tournament|2016]], [[2020 Karjala Tournament|2020]], [[2023 Karjala Tournament|2023]])
*[[Channel One Cup (ice hockey)|Channel One Cup / Izvestia Trophy]]:
**{{gold1}} '''Gold medal''' ([[2003 Baltika Cup|2003]], [[2009 Channel One Cup|2009]], [[2021 Channel One Cup|2021]])
**{{silver2}} Silver medal ([[1982 Izvestia Trophy|1982]], [[2002 Baltika Cup|2002]], [[2004 Rosno Cup|2004]], [[2005 Channel One Cup|2005]], [[2006 Channel One Cup|2006]], [[2007 Channel One Cup|2007]], [[2008 Channel One Cup|2008]], [[2013 Channel One Cup|2013]], [[2014 Channel One Cup|2014]], [[2018 Channel One Cup|2018]])
**{{bronze3}} Bronze medal ([[1968 International Moscow Tournament|1968]], [[1971 Izvestia Trophy|1971]], [[1973 Izvestia Trophy|1973]], [[1979 Izvestia Trophy|1979]], [[1980 Izvestia Trophy|1980]], [[1984 Izvestia Trophy|1984]], [[1989 Izvestia Trophy|1989]], [[1994 Izvestia Trophy|1994]], [[1996 Izvestia Trophy|1996]], [[1998 Baltika Cup|1998]], [[1999 Baltika Cup|1999]], [[2000 Baltika Cup|2000]], [[2012 Channel One Cup|2012]], [[2015 Channel One Cup|2015]], [[2016 Channel One Cup|2016]], [[2017 Channel One Cup|2017]], [[2019 Channel One Cup|2019]], [[2020 Channel One Cup|2020]])
*[[Sweden Hockey Games]]:
**{{gold1}} '''Gold medal''' ([[1997 Sweden Hockey Games|1997]], [[1999 Sweden Hockey Games|1999]], [[2000 Sweden Hockey Games|2000]], [[2010 LG Hockey Games|2010]], [[2013 Oddset Hockey Games|2013]], [[2014 Oddset Hockey Games|2014]], [[2018 Sweden Hockey Games|2018]], [[2024 Sweden Hockey Games|2024]])
**{{silver2}} Silver medal ([[2001 LG Hockey Games|2001]] (February), [[2006 LG Hockey Games|2006]], [[2008 LG Hockey Games|2008]], [[2023 Sweden Hockey Games|2023]])
**{{bronze3}} Bronze medal ([[1991 Sweden Hockey Games|1991]], [[1998 Sweden Hockey Games|1998]], [[2001 Sweden Hockey Games|2001]] (November), [[2009 LG Hockey Games|2009]], [[2011 LG Hockey Games|2011]], [[2020 Beijer Hockey Games|2020]], [[2021 Beijer Hockey Games|2021]])
*[[Czech Hockey Games]]:
**{{gold1}} '''Gold medal''' ([[1996 Pragobanka Cup|1996]], [[2000 Česká Pojišťovna Cup|2000]], [[2001 Česká Pojišťovna Cup|2001]], [[2003 Česká Pojišťovna Cup|2003]], [[2012 Kajotbet Hockey Games|2012]], [[2013 Kajotbet Hockey Games|2013]] (August), [[2024 Czech Hockey Games|2024]])
**{{silver2}} Silver medal ([[1997 Pragobanka Cup|1997]], [[1998 Česká Pojišťovna Cup|1998]], [[1999 Czech Hockey Games|1999]], [[2006 Česká Pojišťovna Cup|2006]], [[2017 Czech Hockey Games|2017]], [[2018 Carlson Hockey Games|2018]], [[2019 Carlson Hockey Games|2019]])
**{{bronze3}} Bronze medal ([[2008 Czech Hockey Games|2008]], [[2009 Czech Hockey Games (April)|2009]] (April), [[2009 Czech Hockey Games (September)|2009]] (September), [[2011 Czech Hockey Games|2011]], [[2021 Carlson Hockey Games|2021]], [[2022 Carlson Hockey Games|2022]])
*[[Swiss Ice Hockey Games]]:
**{{bronze3}} Bronze medal ([[2022 Swiss Ice Hockey Games|2022]], [[2023 Swiss Ice Hockey Games|2023]])
 
====Finland's Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) Cup medal table====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament
!style="background-color: #F7F6A8;" | Gold
!style="background-color: #DCE5E5;" | Silver
!style="background-color: #FFDAB9;" | Bronze
!Medals
|-
|-
| [[2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2010]] || [[Cologne]] / [[Mannheim]] / [[Gelsenkirchen]], {{ih|GER}} || 6th place
|align=left|[[Karjala Tournament]] || 12 || 9 || 2 || 23
|-
|-
| [[2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2011]] || [[Bratislava]] / [[Košice]], {{ih|SVK}} || bgcolor=gold| '''Gold'''
|align=left|[[Channel One Cup (ice hockey)|Channel One Cup]] || 3 || 10 || 17 || 30
|-
|-
| [[2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2012]] || [[Helsinki]], {{ih|FIN}}/ [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}}|| 4th place
|align=left|[[Sweden Hockey Games]] || 8 || 4 || 7 || 19
|-
|-
| [[2013 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2013]] || [[Stockholm]], {{ih|SWE}} / [[Helsinki]], {{ih|FIN}}|| 4th place
|align=left|[[Czech Hockey Games]] || 7 || 7 || 6 || 20
|-
|-
| [[2014 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2014]] || [[Minsk]], {{ih|BLR}}||bgcolor=silver| '''Silver'''
|align=left|[[Swiss Ice Hockey Games]] || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
|-
| [[2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2015]] || [[Prague]] / [[Ostrava]], {{ih|CZE}} || 6th place
!Total !! 30 !! 30 !! 34 !! 94
|}
|}


===Canada Cup===
===Euro Hockey Challenge===
*[[1976 Canada Cup|1976]]&nbsp;– Finished in 6th place
{{main|Euro Hockey Challenge}}
*[[1981 Canada Cup|1981]]&nbsp;– Finished in 6th place
*[[Euro Hockey Challenge 2011|2011]]&nbsp;– {{gold1}}
*[[1987 Canada Cup|1987]]&nbsp;– Finished in 6th place
*[[Euro Hockey Challenge 2012|2012]]&nbsp;– {{bronze3}}
*[[1991 Canada Cup|1991]]&nbsp;– Finished in 3rd place
*[[Euro Hockey Challenge 2013|2013]]&nbsp;– {{silver2}}
*[[Euro Hockey Challenge 2014|2014]]&nbsp;– {{silver2}}
*[[Euro Hockey Challenge 2015|2015]]&nbsp;– {{bronze3}}
*[[Euro Hockey Challenge 2016|2016]]&nbsp;– {{gold1}}
*[[Euro Hockey Challenge 2017|2017]]&nbsp;– {{silver2}}
*[[Euro Hockey Challenge 2018|2018]]&nbsp;– {{silver2}}
*[[Euro Hockey Challenge 2019|2019]]&nbsp;– {{silver2}} (Division Nord)


===World Cup===
===Other tournaments===
*[[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996]]&nbsp;– Quarterfinal
*[[Deutschland Cup]]: {{gold1}} '''Gold medal''' ([[1990 Deutschland Cup|1990]])
*[[2004 World Cup of Hockey|2004]]&nbsp;– '''Runner-up'''
*[[Nissan Cup]]: {{gold1}} '''Gold medal''' ([[1989 Nissan Cup|1989]], [[1994 Nissan Cup|1994]])
*[[Spengler Cup]]: {{silver2}} Silver medal ([[1975 Spengler Cup|1975]])


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:47, 6 August 2024

Finland men's national ice hockey team
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Leijonat / Lejonen
(The Lions)
Association Finnish Ice Hockey Association
Most games Raimo Helminen (331)
Most points Raimo Helminen (207)
IIHF code FIN
IIHF ranking 3
Highest IIHF ranking 1 (2022)
Lowest IIHF ranking 7 (2005)
Finland national hockey team jerseys - 2014 Winter Olympics.png
First international
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 8–1 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png
(Helsinki, Finland; 29 January 1928)
Biggest win
Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 20–1 Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png
(Hämeenlinna, Finland; 12 March 1947)
Biggest defeat
Canadian Red Ensign.svg.png Canada 24–0 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png
(Oslo, Norway; 3 March 1958)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 70 (first in 1939)
Best result Gold medal icon.png Gold: 1995, 2011, 2019, 2022)
World Cup / Canada Cup
Appearances 7 (first in 1976)
Best result Silver medal icon.png 2nd: (2004)
Olympics
Appearances 18 (first in 1952)
Medals Gold medal icon.png Gold: (2022)
Silver medal icon.png Silver: (1988, 2006)
Bronze medal icon.png Bronze: (1994, 1998, 2010, 2014)
International record (W–L–T)
692–337–156

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Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Calgary Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Torino Team
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Team
World Cup / Canada Cup
Silver medal – second place 2004 Toronto
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Hamilton
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1995 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2011 Slovakia
Gold medal – first place 2019 Slovakia
Gold medal – first place 2022 Finland
Silver medal – second place 1992 Czechoslovakia
Silver medal – second place 1994 Italy
Silver medal – second place 1998 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 1999 Norway
Silver medal – second place 2001 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2007 Russia
Silver medal – second place 2014 Belarus
Silver medal – second place 2016 Russia
Silver medal – second place 2021 Latvia
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Russia
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Latvia
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Canada

The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, nicknamed Leijonat / Lejonen ("The Lions" in Finnish and Swedish), is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the United States, Czechia, Russia, and Sweden.

Finland won the world championship in 2022, their fourth title after 1995, 2011 and 2019. A duo of silver medals (1988, 2006) remained the country's best Olympic results until 2022 when the Finns achieved a breakthrough by winning their first Olympic gold after defeating Russia. At the Canada/World Cup, their best achievement is also a silver medal which they won in 2004.

History

Finland's first appearance in an elite ice hockey competition was at the 1939 Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland. The result was a shared last place with Yugoslavia. 10 years later, Finland came to the 1949 Ice Hockey World Championships in Sweden. The Finns finished in 7th place by winning the consolation round. Finland's first appearance at the Winter Olympics occurred in 1952 in Oslo.

In the 1974 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships two players were suspended for doping. They were the Swede Ulf Nilsson and the Finn Stig Wetzell who failed a drug test for the forbidden substance ephedrine. Both players were suspended for the rest of the tournament. Nilsson failed the test after Sweden's game against Poland, which Sweden won 4–1. The game was awarded to Poland as a 5–0 forfeit. The Finn, Wetzell, failed the test after Finland's match against Czechoslovakia, which Finland won 5–2, meaning the game was awarded to Czechoslovakia as a 5–0 forfeit. The Finns were able to defeat Czechoslovakia again on the last day, which would have earned their first medal in history, if not for the points lost in the forfeited win.

Finland was close again to winning the first medal in its history at the 1986 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, when it led 4–2 in the final minute of the medal round match against Sweden. However, in the last minute of the match Anders "Masken" Carlsson first narrowed Finland's lead to one goal and then leveled the score with the help of the Finns' mistake. The match eventually ended in a 4–4 draw, meaning Finland's ranking in the tournament was fourth place.

At the 1992 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, Finland's success and silver medal came as a surprise to many Finns, as the team was not expected to much because of inexperience and the lack of success at the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics in the same year. The medal achieved in the tournament was the first World Championship medal and the second value medal after the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, where Finland clinched a surprise silver after defeating the USSR.

At the 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, Finland achieved its first gold in international ice hockey. The Finns reached the final with a 5–0 victory over France in the quarter-finals, and a 3–0 victory over the Czech Republic in the semi-finals. In the final, Finland faced off against their hockey rivals and host of the 1995 tournament, Sweden. In the first period of the final, left wing Ville Peltonen scored a natural hat-trick, and then assisted Timo Jutila's first period goal to give Finland a 4–0 lead, on the way to an eventual 4–1 victory.

At the 1998 Olympic men's ice hockey tournament, Team Finland came away with bronze, after defeating the Canadian national team 3–2. Teemu Selänne led the tournament in goals scored (4) and total points achieved (10). The tournament was the first in which players from the National Hockey League (NHL) were allowed to participate, allowing national teams to be constructed using the best possible talent from each country. The 1998 Olympic tournament therefore came to be known as the Tournament of the Century. Finland in the 2006 Winter Olympics semi-final match against Russia

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Finland won a silver medal, coming close to winning in the final but losing 3–2 to Sweden. Finland's goaltender Antero Niittymäki was named the MVP of the tournament (with only eight goals conceded throughout the whole tournament) and Teemu Selänne was voted best forward. The format was changed from the 1998 and 2002 tournaments, to a format similar to the 1992 and 1994 tournaments. The number of teams was reduced from 14 to 12. The 12 teams were split into two groups in the preliminary stage, which followed a round robin format. Each team played the other teams in their group once. The top four teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

At the 2006 IIHF World Championship, Finland achieved third place after winning the bronze medal game against Canada. Petteri Nummelin was named to the Media All-Star Team.

At the 2007 IIHF World Championship, Finland lost the final to the Canadian team. The final marked the second time that Finland and Canada met in the gold medal game of a World Championship, the first time being in 1994. However, only a year before, in 2006 Finland had defeated Canada 5–0 in the bronze medal game. In 2007, Canada were looking on form, being undefeated coming into the playoff round, while Finland had registered two losses in the run-up to the finals. Rick Nash scored on the powerplay at 6:10 into the first period on a one-timer from the point from a pass by Cory Murphy off of Matthew Lombardi, to put Canada up 1–0. Near the middle of the period, Eric Staal scored in similar fashion also on the powerplay, assisted by Justin Williams, and Mike Cammalleri. 9:11 into the second period, Colby Armstrong scored to give the Canadians a 3–0 lead. This goal ended up as the game winner. Finland had some discipline difficulty in the first two periods, taking 6 minutes apiece in penalties in both periods. The Finns started to bring up the pressure in the last ten minutes, and Petri Kontiola scored a nice glove-side goal on Ward at 51:08 assisted by Ville Peltonen, to put the team on the board. With only 3 minutes left Antti Miettinen scored to bring Finland within one, 3–2. However, just one minute later Rick Nash scored on a skillful breakaway to put the game away, with Canada winning 4–2 and clinching the title. The Canadians were outshot 22–18, but their goaltender, Cam Ward, kept Canada in the game as he was solid between the pipes. They also were able to capitalize on the powerplay, which ended up being decisive in the Canadian win. Kari Lehtonen was voted Tournament's best goaltender.

At the 2008 IIHF World Championship, Finland achieved third place after winning the bronze medal game 4–0 against rivals Sweden.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Finland again came away with the bronze, winning 5–3 against Slovakia. During the tournament, Teemu Selänne became the all-time leader for points scored in the Olympics.[2][3] He notched an assist in his second game of the tournament for 37 career points, surpassing Valeri Kharlamov of the Soviet Union, Vlastimil Bubník of Czechoslovakia, and Harry Watson of Canada.

At the 2011 IIHF World Championship, Finland won its second world title, beating the Swedish national team by a score of 6–1 in the final. As two highly ranked neighboring countries, Sweden and Finland have a long-running competitive tradition in ice hockey. Before the game, mainstream media in both countries titled the match "a dream final". After a goalless first period, Sweden opened the game with a 1–0 goal by Magnus Pääjärvi in the second period at 27:40. Seven seconds before the period's end, Finland's Jarkko Immonen scored to tie the game 1–1. Finland took the lead early in the third period, scoring two goals at 42:35 and 43:21 by Nokelainen and Kapanen. Sweden then took a time-out with ten minutes left to play but did not manage to regroup, and Finland scored a further three goals courtesy of Janne Pesonen, Mika Pyörälä and Antti Pihlström to clinch the title. Team Finland's Jarkko Immonen led the tournament in both goals and points scored, with 9 and 12 respectively.

The Finns won their third world title at the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia, and after the cancelled tournament of 2020, they reached the final in the 2021 tournament, losing to Canada in overtime.

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Finland won the gold medal for the first time, going undefeated and beating Russia in the final. This allowed them to rise to first place in the IIHF World Ranking for the first time ever. In May 2022, Finland won their fourth World Championship, beating Canada in overtime after a hard-fought game. This was the third Canada–Finland final in a row, and the first time the Finns won a medal on home ice.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Games GP W L T GF GA Coach Captain Round Finish
Flag of Belgium 1920 Antwerp Did not participate
Flag of France 1924 Chamonix
Flag of Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz
Flag of United States 1932 Lake Placid
Flag of Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Flag of Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz
Flag of Norway 1952 Oslo 8 2 6 0 21 60 Risto Lindroos Aarne Honkavaara Round-robin 7th
Flag of Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Did not participate
Flag of United States 1960 Squaw Valley 6 3 2 1 55 23 Flag of Canada Joe Wirkkunen Yrjö Hakala Consolation Round 7th
Flag of Austria 1964 Innsbruck 8 3 5 0 18 33 Flag of Canada Joe Wirkkunen Raimo Kilpiö Round-robin 6th
Flag of France 1968 Grenoble 8 4 3 1 28 25 Flag of Czechoslovakia Gustav Bubník Matti Reunamäki Round-robin 5th
Flag of Japan 1972 Sapporo 6 3 3 0 27 25 Seppo Liitsola Lasse Oksanen Final Round 5th
Flag of Austria 1976 Innsbruck 6 3 3 0 30 20 Seppo Liitsola Seppo Lindström Final Round 4th
Flag of United States 1980 Lake Placid 7 3 3 1 31 25 Kalevi Numminen Tapio Levo Final Round 4th
Flag of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo 6 2 3 1 31 26 Alpo Suhonen Anssi Melametsä Consolation Round 6th
Flag of Canada 1988 Calgary 8 5 2 1 34 14 Pentti Matikainen Timo Blomqvist Final Round Silver medal icon.png
Flag of France 1992 Albertville 8 4 3 1 29 11 Pentti Matikainen Pekka Tuomisto 7th place game 7th
Flag of Norway 1994 Lillehammer 8 7 1 0 38 10 Flag of Sweden Curt Lindström Timo Jutila 3th place game Bronze medal icon.png
Flag of Japan 1998 Nagano 6 3 3 0 20 19 Hannu Aravirta Saku Koivu 3th place game Bronze medal icon.png
Flag of United States 2002 Salt Lake City 4 2 2 0 12 10 Hannu Aravirta Teemu Selänne Quarter-finals 6th
Flag of Italy 2006 Turin 8 7 1 0 29 8 Erkka Westerlund Saku Koivu Final Silver medal icon.png
Flag of Canada 2010 Vancouver 6 4 2 19 13 Jukka Jalonen Saku Koivu 3th place game Bronze medal icon.png
Flag of Russia 2014 Sochi 6 4 2 24 10 Erkka Westerlund Teemu Selänne 3th place game Bronze medal icon.png
Flag of South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 5 3 2 16 9 Lauri Marjamäki Lasse Kukkonen Quarter-finals 6th
Flag of China 2022 Beijing 6 6 0 22 8 Jukka Jalonen Valtteri Filppula Final Gold medal icon.png
Flag of Italy 2026 Milan / Cortina To be determined
Medals
Participations Gold Silver Bronze Total
18 1 2 4 7

World championship

Year Location Coach Captain Finish Result
1939 Zürich / Basel, Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Risto Tiitola Erkki Saarinen Consolation Round 13th place
1949 Stockholm, Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Risto Lindroos Keijo Kuusela Consolation Round 7th place
1951 Paris, Flag of France.svg.png France Risto Lindroos Keijo Kuusela Group stage 7th place
1954 Stockholm, Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Risto Lindroos Matti Rintakoski Group stage 6th place
1955 Krefeld / Dortmund / Cologne, West Germany Flag of West Germany Aarne Honkavaara Matti Rintakoski Group stage 9th place
1957 Moscow, Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union Aarne Honkavaara Yrjö Hakala Group stage 4th place
1958 Oslo, Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway Aarne Honkavaara Yrjö Hakala Group stage 6th place
1959 Prague / Bratislava, Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia Flag of Canada Joe Wirkkunen Yrjö Hakala Final Round 6th place
1961 Geneva / Lausanne, Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Flag of Canada Derek Holmes Erkki Koiso Group stage 7th place
1962 Colorado Springs / Denver, Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Flag of Canada Joe Wirkkunen Teppo Rastio Group stage 4th place
1963 Stockholm, Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Flag of Canada Joe Wirkkunen Esko Luostarinen Group stage 5th place
1965 Tampere, Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Flag of Canada Joe Wirkkunen Raimo Kilpiö Group stage 7th place
1966 Ljubljana, Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia Flag of Czechoslovakia Augustin Bubník Lalli Partinen Group stage 7th place
1967 Vienna, Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria Flag of Czechoslovakia Augustin Bubník Matti Reunamäki Group stage 6th place
1969 Stockholm, Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Flag of Czechoslovakia Augustin Bubník Juhani Wahlsten Group stage 5th place
1970 Stockholm, Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Seppo Liitsola Lasse Oksanen Group stage 4th place
1971 Bern / Geneva, Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Seppo Liitsola Lasse Oksanen Group stage 4th place
1972 Prague, Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia Seppo Liitsola Lasse Oksanen Group stage 4th place
1973 Moscow, Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union Flag of Canada Len Lunde Veli-Pekka Ketola Group stage 4th place
1974 Helsinki, Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Kalevi Numminen Veli-Pekka Ketola Group stage 4th place
1975 Munich / Düsseldorf, Flag of West Germany West Germany Seppo Liitsola Seppo Lindström Group stage 4th place
1976 Katowice, Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland Seppo Liitsola Lasse Oksanen Consolation Round 5th place
1977 Vienna, Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria Lasse Heikkilä Pertti Koivulahti Consolation Round 5th place
1978 Prague, Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia Kalevi Numminen Seppo Repo Consolation Round 7th place
1979 Moscow, Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union Kalevi Numminen Juhani Tamminen Consolation Round 5th place
1981 Gothenburg / Stockholm, Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Kalevi Numminen Juhani Tamminen Consolation Round 6th place
1982 Helsinki / Tampere, Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Alpo Suhonen Juhani Tamminen First Round 5th place
1983 Düsseldorf / Dortmund / Munich, West Germany Flag of West Germany Alpo Suhonen Pekka Rautakallio Consolation Round 7th place
1985 Prague, Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia Alpo Suhonen Anssi Melametsä Consolation Round 5th place
1986 Moscow, Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union Rauno Korpi Kari Makkonen Final Round 4th place
1987 Vienna, Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria Rauno Korpi Pekka Järvelä Consolation Round 5th place
1989 Stockholm / Södertälje, Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Pentti Matikainen Timo Blomqvist Consolation Round 5th place
1990 Bern / Fribourg, Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Pentti Matikainen Arto Ruotanen Consolation Round 6th place
1991 Turku / Helsinki / Tampere, Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Pentti Matikainen Hannu Virta Consolation Round 5th place
1992 Prague / Bratislava, Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia Pentti Matikainen Pekka Tuomisto Final Silver
1993 Dortmund / Munich, Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Pentti Matikainen Timo Jutila Quarter-finals 7th place
1994 Bolzano / Canazei / Milano, Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy Flag of Sweden Curt Lindström Timo Jutila Final Silver
1995 Stockholm / Gävle, Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Flag of Sweden Curt Lindström Timo Jutila Final Gold
1996 Vienna, Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria Flag of Sweden Curt Lindström Timo Jutila Quarter-finals 5th place
1997 Helsinki / Turku / Tampere, Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Flag of Sweden Curt Lindström Timo Jutila Second Round 5th place
1998 Zürich / Basel, Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Hannu Aravirta Ville Peltonen Final Silver
1999 Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway Hannu Aravirta Saku Koivu Final Silver
2000 Saint Petersburg, Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Hannu Aravirta Raimo Helminen 3rd Place Game Bronze
2001 Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Hannu Aravirta Petteri Nummelin Final Silver
2002 Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping, Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Hannu Aravirta Raimo Helminen 3rd Place Game 4th place
2003 Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Hannu Aravirta Saku Koivu Quarter-finals 5th place
2004 Prague / Ostrava, Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Raimo Summanen Olli Jokinen Quarter-finals 6th place
2005 Innsbruck / Vienna, Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria Erkka Westerlund Ville Peltonen Quarter-finals 7th place
2006 Riga, Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia Erkka Westerlund Ville Peltonen 3rd Place Game Bronze
2007 Moscow / Mytishchi, Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Erkka Westerlund Ville Peltonen Final Silver
2008 Quebec City / Halifax, Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada Flag of Canada Doug Shedden Ville Peltonen 3rd Place Game Bronze
2009 Bern / Kloten, Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Jukka Jalonen Sami Kapanen Quarter-finals 5th place
2010 Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Jukka Jalonen Sami Kapanen Quarter-finals 6th place
2011 Bratislava / Košice, Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Jukka Jalonen Mikko Koivu Final Gold
2012 Helsinki, Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland / Stockholm, Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Jukka Jalonen Mikko Koivu 3rd Place Game 4th place
2013 Stockholm, Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden / Helsinki, Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Jukka Jalonen Lasse Kukkonen 3rd Place Game 4th place
2014 Minsk, Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus Erkka Westerlund Olli Jokinen Final Silver
2015 Prague / Ostrava, Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Kari Jalonen Jussi Jokinen Quarter-finals 6th place
2016 Moscow / Saint Petersburg, Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Kari Jalonen Mikko Koivu Final Silver
2017 Cologne, Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany / Paris, Flag of France.svg.png France Lauri Marjamäki Lasse Kukkonen 3rd Place Game 4th place
2018 Copenhagen / Herning, Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark Lauri Marjamäki Mikael Granlund Quarter-finals 5th place
2019 Bratislava / Košice, Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Jukka Jalonen Marko Anttila Final Gold
2021 Riga, Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia Jukka Jalonen Marko Anttila Final Silver
2022 Tampere / Helsinki, Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Jukka Jalonen Valtteri Filppula Final Gold
2023 Tampere, Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland / Riga, Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia Jukka Jalonen Marko Anttila Quarter-finals 7th place
2024 Prague / Ostrava, Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Jukka Jalonen Mikael Granlund Quarter-finals 8th place
Medals
Participations Gold Silver Bronze Total
70 4 9 3 16

Canada Cup / World Cup

Year GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
1976 5 1 0 4 16 42 Lasse Heikkilä Veli-Pekka Ketola Round-robin 6th
1981 5 0 1 4 6 31 Kalevi Numminen Veli-Pekka Ketola Round-robin 6th
1987 5 0 0 5 9 23 Rauno Korpi Jari Kurri Round-robin 6th
1991 6 2 1 3 13 20 Pentti Matikainen Jari Kurri Semi-final 1
Year GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
1996 4 2 0 2 17 16 Flag of Sweden Curt Lindström Jari Kurri Quarter-final 5th
2004 6 4 0 1 0 1 17 9 Raimo Summanen Saku Koivu Final 1
2016 3 0 0 0 3 1 9 Lauri Marjamäki Mikko Koivu Group stage 8th
Medals
Participations Gold Silver Bronze Total
7 0 1 1 2

Euro Hockey Tour

Main article: Euro Hockey Tour

EHT Medal table

Gold Silver Bronze Medals
9 9 8 26

Tournament summary

Finland's Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) Cup medal table

Tournament Gold Silver Bronze Medals
Karjala Tournament 12 9 2 23
Channel One Cup 3 10 17 30
Sweden Hockey Games 8 4 7 19
Czech Hockey Games 7 7 6 20
Swiss Ice Hockey Games 0 0 2 2
Total 30 30 34 94

Euro Hockey Challenge

Main article: Euro Hockey Challenge

Other tournaments

References

External links


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