Finnish Workers' Sports Federation

The Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (Finnish: Suomen Työväen Urheiluliitto, TUL, Swedish: Arbetarnas Idrottsförbund i Finland, AIF) is a Finnish amateur sports organization, with a strong labour union background. TUL was founded in 1919. Nowadays, TUL concentrates on easily accessible exercise, not competitive sports.

It formerly organized an ice hockey championship between 1947 and 1984.

Ice hockey champions

1947 Turun Voima 1948 Turun Weikot 1949 Tampereen Pallo-Veikot 1950 Tampereen Pallo-Veikot 1951 Porin Pallo-Toverit 1952 KyPa 1953 KyPa 1954 Kotkan Reipas 1955 KyPa 1956 Not played 1957 Joensuun Pallo-Toverit 1958 Not played 1959 Tampereen Kilpa-Veljet 1960 Tampereen Kisatoverit 1961 Tampereen Kisatoverit 1962 Tampereen Kisatoverit 1963 Vehmaisten Urheilijat, Tampere 1964 Vehmaisten Urheilijat 1965 Raholan Pyrkivä 1966 Mäntän Valo

1967 Varkauden TP 1968 Vehmaisten Urheilijat 1969 Vehmaisten Urheilijat 1970 Turun Weikot 1971 Turun Weikot 1972 Ikurin Vire, Tampere 1973 Ikurin Vire 1974 Forssan Alku 1975 Ikurin Vire 1976 Ikurin Vire 1977 Varkauden TP 1978 Tampereen Weikot 1979 Not played 1980 Turun Kisa-Veikot 1981 Tampereen Weikot 1982 Turun Toverit 1983 Not played 1984 Kangasalan Voitto

Results

1951-52

Finnish Workers Championship

• Helsingin Ponnistus - Vesa Helsinki 8:8 OT (2:2, 2:1, 1:2, 3:3)
• 2/21: Helsingin Ponnistus - Vesa Helsinki 6:5 OT (3:3, 1:1, 1:1, 1:0)

Incomplete

Helsinki Workers Championship

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Vesa Helsinki	7	7	0	0	51	12	14
2	Visa	7	5	0	2	44	38	10
3	PoV	7	4	0	3	43	34	8
4	Käpylän Kunto	7	3	1	3	37	25	7
5	Kullervo	7	3	1	3	42	37	7
6	Jyry	7	2	0	5	27	43	4
7	Vesa II	7	2	0	5	20	49	4
8	Kullervo II	7	1	0	6	20	46	2

1952-53

Finnish Workers Championship

14 teams participated, and KyPa won.

• 2/22: Vesa Helsinki - Kunto 7:4 (1:2, 3:0, 3:2)
• 2/24: Vesa Helsinki - Helsingin Ponnistus 13:2 (7:0, 1:1, 5:1)
• 3/1: KyPa - Vesa Helsinki 6:0 (4:0, 1:0, 1:0)

Incomplete

Helsinki Workers Championship

Vesa won the championship, with the final match being played in December 1953.

• 12/30: Vesa Helsinki - Helsingin Kullervo 10:2 (2:1, 3:0, 5:1)

1953-54

Finnish Workers Championship

12 teams participated, and Kotkan Reipas won.

• 2/10: Vesa Helsinki - Helsingin Kullervo 7:5 (2:0, 4:2, 1:3)
• 2/16: Vesa Helsinki - Helsingin Ponnistus 8:6 (2:4, 5:1, 1:1)
• 3/3: Kotkan Reipas - Vesa Helsinki 4:2 (1:1, 2:0, 1:1)

Incomplete

Helsinki Workers Championship

Standings as of 1/31:

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Vesa Helsinki	6	5	0	1	45	22	10
2	Kullervo	5	3	0	2	31	12	6
3	Ponnistus	4	3	0	1	24	17	6
4	Jyry	5	3	0	2	23	24	6
5	PoV	5	3	0	2	27	28	6
6	Visa	6	1	0	5	18	38	2
7	PiTa	5	0	0	5	13	41	0

• 2/18: Vesa Helsinki - Helsingin Ponnistus 10:3 (2:0, 2:2, 6:1) - extra final

1954-55

Finnish Workers Championship

Nine teams participated, and KyPa won.

• 1/23: KyPa - Vesa Helsinki 8:5 (1:2, 5:2, 2:1)

Incomplete

Helsinki Workers Championship

Class I:

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Vesa Helsinki	3	3	0	0	17	4	6
2	Helsingin Kullervo	3	2	0	1	14	11	4
3	Helsingin Ponnistus	3	1	0	2	7	10	2
4	Porvoon Veikot	3	0	0	3	7	20	0

Class II:

		GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	PiTa	6	5	1	0	52	16	11
2	Vesa Helsinki	6	4	2	0	54	18	10
3	HaagH	6	4	0	2	42	38	8
4	HKu	6	3	1	2	40	27	7
5	Porvoon Veikot	6	1	1	4	13	39	3
6	FrihT	6	1	1	4	14	49	3
7	HVi	6	0	0	6	22	50	0