What league does Finland U20 play in?

Finland U20 play in the WJC-20.

When was Finland U20 founded?

Finland U20 was founded in 1928.

Who is the head coach of Finland U20?

The head coach of Finland U20 is Jukka Rautakorpi.

Who is the captain of Finland U20?

The captain of Finland U20 is Olli Ahonen.

What are the team colors of Finland U20?

The team colors of Finland U20 are White + Blue.

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1998-1999

1998-1999 Finland U20 Club Stats

Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Tommi Santala (C)	totals		60	20	24	44	34	-1
	Jokerit	SM-liiga	30	0	0	0	14	-1
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	30	20	24	44	20	-
Jani Väänänen (RW)	totals		48	18	11	29	10	-1
	TPS	SM-liiga	21	2	0	2	2	-1
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	27	16	11	27	8	-
Jani Rita (LW/RW)	totals		61	12	15	27	47	-4
	Jokerit	SM-liiga	41	3	2	5	39	-4
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	20	9	13	22	8	-
Tomek Valtonen (LW)	Plymouth Whalers	OHL	43	8	16	24	53	7
Teemu Virkkunen (LW)	totals		36	8	12	20	26	20
	Kärpät	I-divisioona	29	5	9	14	24	20
	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	7	3	3	6	2	-
Miikka Männikkö (RW)	totals		49	11	7	18	26	-11
	JYP	SM-liiga	30	5	4	9	12	-7
	Tappara	SM-liiga	5	0	0	0	0	-2
	Diskos	I-divisioona	9	2	2	4	4	-2
	Tappara U20	U20 SM-liiga	5	4	1	5	10	-
Eero Somervuori (RW)	totals		54	8	9	17	26	-7
	Jokerit	SM-liiga	50	7	8	15	24	-7
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	4	1	1	2	2	-
Niklas Hagman (LW)	totals		45	6	11	17	59	-4
	HIFK	SM-liiga	17	1	1	2	14	0
	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	14	4	9	13	43	-3
	Blues	SM-liiga	14	1	1	2	2	-1
Teemu Elomo (W/C)	totals		36	5	11	16	20	9
	TPS	SM-liiga	34	4	8	12	16	9
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	2	1	3	4	4	-
Marko Kauppinen (D)	totals		52	7	8	15	62	-8
	JYP	SM-liiga	49	5	7	12	56	-8
	JYP U20	U20 SM-liiga	3	2	1	3	6	-
Timo Koskela (RW)	totals		33	3	11	14	10	-1
	HPK	SM-liiga	14	0	0	0	0	0
	Ahmat Hyvinkää	I-divisioona	10	1	5	6	0	-1
	Hermes	I-divisioona	4	0	4	4	2	-
	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	5	2	2	4	8	-
Olli Ahonen (C)	totals		51	4	8	12	8	5
	HIFK	SM-liiga	48	4	6	10	6	5
	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	3	0	2	2	2	-
Juha Gustafsson (D)	totals		41	3	8	11	38	-17
	Ahmat Hyvinkää	I-divisioona	37	3	7	10	36	-17
	Blues	SM-liiga	4	0	1	1	2	0
Marco Tuokko (LW)	totals		49	5	4	9	24	6
	TPS	SM-liiga	48	5	4	9	24	6
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	1	0	0	0	0	-
Ossi Väänänen (D)	totals		60	1	7	8	58	0
	Jokerit	SM-liiga	48	0	1	1	42	0
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	12	1	6	7	16	-
Arto Laatikainen (D)	totals		51	0	7	7	18	3
	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	3	0	1	1	4	-
	Blues	SM-liiga	48	0	6	6	14	3
Mikko Jokela (D)	totals		46	2	2	4	22	0
	KalPa	SM-liiga	42	1	2	3	18	-
	HIFK	SM-liiga	3	0	0	0	2	0
	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	1	1	0	1	2	-
Ilkka Mikkola (D)	TPS	SM-liiga	42	1	3	4	41	11
Riku Hahl (C)	totals		34	0	3	3	6	1
	HPK	SM-liiga	28	0	1	1	0	1
	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	6	0	2	2	6	-
Markus Kankaanperä (D)	totals		51	0	2	2	89	-3
	JYP	SM-liiga	50	0	2	2	85	-3
	JYP U20	U20 SM-liiga	1	0	0	0	4	-

Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Mika Noronen (G)	Tappara	SM-liiga	42	3.23	.893	2	18-19-5	2432:49
Mika Lehto (G)	totals		35	-	-	1	4-6-1	772:20
	Ässät	SM-liiga	15	2.95	.902	1	4-6-1	772:20
	Ässät U20	U20 SM-liiga	20	3.39	.896	-	-	-

1998-1999 Finland U20 Staff

Head CoachJukka Rautakorpi
Asst. CoachJukka Holtari
Asst. CoachKari Makkonen
Goaltending CoachKalle Kettukangas
Team ManagerHannu Soro

Team Staff History

1998-1999 Finland U20 Captains

"C"

Olli Ahonen

Team Captaincy History

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Finland U20 Facts

Plays in: U20 World Junior Championship
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2024: WJC-20 Bronze game loss
2023: WJC-20 Quarterfinal loss

1998-1999 Finland U20 Roster Facts

Nationalities

22 players

Experience

Finland U20: 194 GP
Liiga: 982 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Finland (WC)
Finland Olympics (OG)
Finland U16 (all) (International-Jr)
Finland U18 (all) (International-Jr)
Finland U20 (all) (International-Jr)

Finland U20 Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
01/05/2026 09:30 PM UTC	Canada U20	Finland U20	6 - 3	World Juniors
01/04/2026 09:30 PM UTC	Sweden U20	Finland U20	4 - 3 (SO)	World Juniors
01/02/2026 11:00 PM UTC	USA U20	Finland U20	3 - 4 (OT 62:11)	World Juniors
01/01/2026 01:30 AM UTC	Canada U20	Finland U20	7 - 4	World Juniors
12/29/2025 08:30 PM UTC	Finland U20	Czechia U20	1 - 2 (OT 63:39)	World Juniors

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Finland U20 History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2025-2026	WJC-20	4	2	1	-	0	1	19	11	7	1.75	3	Bronze game loss
2024-2025	WJC-20	4	2	1	-	1	0	10	8	8	2	2	Final loss
2023-2024	WJC-20	4	1	2	-	1	0	14	13	5	1.25	3	Bronze game loss
2022-2023	WJC-20	4	2	1	-	0	1	12	11	7	1.75	2	Quarterfinal loss
2021-2022	WJC-20	4	2	1	-	1	0	22	13	8	2	2	Final loss
2020-2021	WJC-20	4	3	1	-	0	0	16	8	9	2.25	2	Bronze game win
2019-2020	WJC-20	4	2	1	-	0	1	19	10	7	1.75	3	Bronze game loss
2018-2019	WJC-20	4	2	2	-	0	0	12	7	6	1.5		Champion
2017-2018	WJC-20	4	2	2	-	0	0	15	12	6	1.5	3	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	WJC-20	2	2	0	-	0	0	6	2	6	3	1	Saved in relegation
	WJC-20	4	1	3	-	0	0	6	8	3	0.75	5	Saved in relegation
2015-2016	WJC-20	4	3	1	-	0	0	23	13	9	2.25		Champion
2014-2015	WJC-20	4	1	2	-	0	1	5	8	4	1	4	Quarterfinal loss
2013-2014	WJC-20	4	2	1	-	0	1	14	10	7	1.75		Champion
2012-2013	WJC-20	6	3	2	-	1	0	34	19	11	1.83	7	Saved in relegation
2011-2012	WJC-20	7	4	2	-	0	1	29	22	13	1.86	4	Bronze game loss
2010-2011	WJC-20	6	3	0	-	0	3	22	11	12	2	6	Placement game loss
2009-2010	WJC-20	6	3	3	-	0	0	21	22	9	1.5	5	Placement game win
2008-2009	WJC-20	7	4	2	-	0	1	25	15	13	1.86	7	Saved in relegation
2007-2008	WJC-20	6	1	4	-	1	0	19	24	5	0.83	6	Placement game loss
2006-2007	WJC-20	6	2	4	-	0	0	18	23	6	1	6	Placement game loss
2005-2006	WJC-20	7	4	3	0	-	-	24	19	8	1.14		Bronze game win
2004-2005	WJC-20	6	3	3	0	-	-	14	21	6	1	5	Placement game win
2003-2004	WJC-20	7	5	2	0	-	-	26	12	10	1.43		Bronze game win
2002-2003	WJC-20	7	4	2	1	-	-	22	15	9	1.29		Bronze game win
2001-2002	WJC-20	7	5	2	0	-	-	23	9	10	1.43		Bronze game win
2000-2001	WJC-20	7	5	1	1	-	-	22	10	11	1.57		Final loss
1999-2000	WJC-20	7	2	4	1	-	-	19	19	5	0.71	7	Placement game win
1998-1999	WJC-20	6	3	3	0	-	-	25	20	6	1	5	Placement game win
1997-1998	WJC-20	7	6	0	1	-	-	35	13	13	1.86		Champion

Finland U20 Tournament Statistics

season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2021-2022	WJC-20 Cancelled	3	3	0	-	0	0	11	2	9	3	1	Tournament Cancelled

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Sami Päivärinta (F)	2026-2027	HPK	Liiga	3	4	2	6	0
2.	Aapeli Räsänen (F)	2026-2027	Tappara	Champions HL	2	3	1	4	0
3.	Markus Granlund (F)	2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	Champions HL	2	3	1	4	2
4.	Benjamin Korhonen (F)	2026-2027	Ilves	Liiga	3	3	1	4	0
5.	Benjamin Rautiainen (F)	2026-2027	Tappara	Champions HL	2	1	3	4	0
6.	Jesse Puljujärvi (F)	2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	Champions HL	2	0	4	4	0
7.	Kristian Näkyvä (D)	2026-2027	Kiekko-Espoo	Liiga	3	0	4	4	2
8.	Henri Nikkanen (F)	2026-2027	Jokerit	Liiga	3	3	0	3	2
9.	Janne Naukkarinen (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa	Champions HL	2	2	1	3	4
10.	Roni Karvinen (F)	2026-2027	Pelicans	Liiga	3	2	1	3	2

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	190 lbs	19.48
2024-2025	View Roster	6'1"	187 lbs	19.44
2023-2024	View Roster	6'2"	192 lbs	19.39
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	19.57
2021-2022	View Roster	6'1"	190 lbs	19.40

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Esa Tikkanen (F)	21	17	19	36
2.	Esa Keskinen (F)	14	10	22	32
3.	Raimo Helminen (F)	14	11	18	29
4.	Teuvo Teräväinen (F)	13	7	19	26
5.	Janne Ojanen (F)	14	9	14	23

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Esa Tikkanen (F)	21	17	19	36
2.	Jarkko Varvio (F)	14	13	5	18
3.	Vesa Viitakoski (F)	14	12	6	18
4.	Mikko Mäkelä (F)	14	12	4	16
5.	Raimo Helminen (F)	14	11	18	29

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Esa Keskinen (F)	14	10	22	32
2.	Esa Tikkanen (F)	21	17	19	36
3.	Teuvo Teräväinen (F)	13	7	19	26
4.	Raimo Helminen (F)	14	11	18	29
5.	Mikael Granlund (F)	19	5	16	21

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Teemu Laakso (D)	18	6	10	74
2.	Timo Salonen (F)	13	6	7	51
3.	Antti-Jussi Niemi (D)	12	3	6	51
4.	Leo Komarov (F)	13	2	6	48
5.	Jonni Vauhkonen (F)	14	2	6	47

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Reijo Ruotsalainen (D)	24	9	12	21
2.	Esa Tikkanen (F)	21	17	19	36
3.	Tuomo Ruutu (F)	21	7	12	19
4.	Marko Kiuru (F)	21	7	10	17
5.	Kimmo Timonen (D)	21	7	9	16

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Esa Keskinen (F)	14	10	32	2.29
2.	Raimo Summanen (F)	7	7	16	2.29
3.	Raimo Helminen (F)	14	11	29	2.07
4.	Teuvo Teräväinen (F)	13	7	26	2.00
5.	Jorma Sevon (F)	6	7	12	2.00

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Raimo Helminen (F)	1983-1984	7	11	24
2.	Esa Keskinen (F)	1984-1985	7	6	20
3.	Esa Tikkanen (F)	1984-1985	7	7	19
4.	Jesse Puljujärvi (F)	2015-2016	7	5	17
5.	Raimo Summanen (F)	1981-1982	7	7	16

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Raimo Helminen (F)	1983-1984	7	11	24
2.	Mikko Mäkelä (F)	1984-1985	7	11	13
3.	Petri Skriko (F)	1981-1982	7	8	15
4.	Esa Tikkanen (F)	1983-1984	7	8	12
5.	Jani Rita (F)	2000-2001	7	8	9

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Esa Keskinen (F)	1984-1985	7	14	20
2.	Raimo Helminen (F)	1983-1984	7	13	24
3.	Teuvo Teräväinen (F)	2013-2014	7	13	15
4.	Esa Tikkanen (F)	1984-1985	7	12	19
5.	Jesse Puljujärvi (F)	2015-2016	7	12	17

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Teemu Laakso (D)	2006-2007	6	5	52
2.	Antti-Jussi Niemi (D)	1995-1996	6	4	43
3.	Timo Salonen (F)	1995-1996	6	3	41
4.	Tommi Rajamäki (D)	1995-1996	6	1	39
5.	Jonni Vauhkonen (F)	1992-1993	7	3	37