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 Tomi Sallinen.

What are the team colors of Finland U20?

The team colors of Finland U20 are White + Blue.

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2008-2009

2008-2009 Season

Finland U20 were 4-2-1 in the 2008-09 WJC-20 season with 13 points, 4th overall.

2008-2009 Finland U20 Club Stats

Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Mikael Granlund (C/LW)	totals		43	25	39	64	55	9
	Kärpät	SM-liiga	2	0	0	0	0	0
	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	35	21	36	57	45	7
	Suomi U20	Mestis	6	4	3	7	10	2
	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja	0	0	0	0	0	-
Joonas Nättinen (C)	totals		49	11	31	42	10	19
	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	30	9	29	38	6	20
	Suomi U20	Mestis	5	2	2	4	0	2
	Blues	SM-liiga	14	0	0	0	4	-3
Toni Rajala (LW/RW)	totals		56	17	22	39	20	17
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	31	14	17	31	18	15
	Ilves	SM-liiga	21	2	3	5	0	0
	Suomi U20	Mestis	4	1	2	3	2	2
Jesse Jyrkkiö (D)	totals		55	8	28	36	58	10
	Ässät	SM-liiga	20	0	0	0	12	-7
	Ässät U20	U20 SM-liiga	26	8	21	29	42	14
	Suomi U20	Mestis	9	0	7	7	4	3
Jani Lajunen (C)	totals		52	19	13	32	28	16
	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	25	16	10	26	24	18
	Suomi U20	Mestis	2	2	2	4	0	2
	Blues	SM-liiga	25	1	1	2	4	-4
Antti Roppo (RW)	totals		66	18	14	32	6	2
	Ilves	SM-liiga	33	0	1	1	2	-1
	LeKi	Mestis	9	3	2	5	2	-1
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	18	13	7	20	2	3
	Suomi U20	Mestis	6	2	4	6	0	1
Jyri Niemi (D)	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	60	7	25	32	74	19
Joonas Rask (RW)	totals		58	10	19	29	18	5
	Ilves	SM-liiga	24	1	0	1	8	-2
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	25	8	11	19	8	1
	LeKi	Mestis	1	1	2	3	2	3
	Suomi U20	Mestis	8	0	6	6	0	3
Nestori Lähde (LW/RW)	totals		53	16	12	28	81	-3
	Tappara U20	U20 SM-liiga	28	11	9	20	65	-1
	Tappara	SM-liiga	11	1	0	1	6	-2
	Hokki	Mestis	3	0	1	1	0	1
	Suomi U20	Mestis	11	4	2	6	10	-1
Ari Gröndahl (D)	totals		43	11	17	28	44	30
	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	29	8	13	21	16	29
	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	4	1	1	2	10	-1
	KooKoo	Mestis	3	1	0	1	0	1
	Suomi U20	Mestis	6	1	2	3	16	2
	Blues	SM-liiga	1	0	1	1	2	-1
Teemu Hartikainen (C/W)	totals		54	17	8	25	20	-5
	KalPa	SM-liiga	51	17	6	23	12	-8
	Suomi U20	Mestis	3	0	2	2	8	3
Sami Lähteenmäki (C/W)	totals		46	12	10	22	39	0
	TuTo Hockey	Mestis	4	2	1	3	0	3
	HPK	SM-liiga	9	0	1	1	0	0
	LeKi	Mestis	16	5	4	9	8	-5
	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	6	3	2	5	29	-1
	Suomi U20	Mestis	11	2	2	4	2	3
Tommi Kivistö (D)	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	65	1	21	22	49	-9
Niclas Lucenius (LW/C)	totals		55	8	9	17	36	6
	Tappara U20	U20 SM-liiga	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Tappara	SM-liiga	46	6	5	11	34	-3
	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	2	0	0	0	2	0
	Suomi U20	Mestis	6	2	4	6	0	9
Eetu Pöysti (RW)	totals		47	4	13	17	6	5
	HIFK	SM-liiga	34	0	2	2	6	-2
	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	8	3	9	12	0	6
	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Suomi U20	Mestis	4	1	2	3	0	1
Tomi Sallinen (C/W)	totals		52	5	10	15	18	-4
	Suomi U20	Mestis	1	1	1	2	0	1
	Blues	SM-liiga	51	4	9	13	18	-5
Veli-Matti Vittasmäki (D)	totals		64	4	11	15	62	1
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	26	4	10	14	52	6
	TPS	SM-liiga	32	0	1	1	4	-6
	Suomi U20	Mestis	6	0	0	0	6	1
Jani-Petteri Helenius (C)	totals		53	5	7	12	49	2
	Jokerit	SM-liiga	28	1	1	2	8	-2
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	22	3	6	9	41	5
	Suomi U20	Mestis	3	1	0	1	0	-1
Ilari Melart (D)	totals		45	5	4	9	119	-9
	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	8	2	3	5	47	-3
	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	6	0	0	0	4	-4
	HIFK	SM-liiga	27	1	1	2	62	-5
	Suomi U20	Mestis	4	2	0	2	6	3
Joonas Järvinen (D)	totals		59	3	1	4	30	4
	TPS	SM-liiga	53	1	0	1	16	1
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	3	1	1	2	4	0
	Suomi U20	Mestis	3	1	0	1	10	3

Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Juha Metsola (G)	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL	53	2.80	.907	5	25-21-5	3086:03
Harri Säteri (G)	totals		26	-	-	2	6-12-3	1253:01
	Tappara	SM-liiga	22	2.30	.921	2	6-12-3	1253:01
	Suomi U20	Mestis	4	2.91	.912	-	-	-

2008-2009 Finland U20 Staff

Head CoachJukka Rautakorpi
Asst. CoachHarri Laurila
Asst. CoachMika Saarinen
Team ManagerTimo Backman
Equipment ManagerEsa Maunula

Team Staff History

2008-2009 Finland U20 Captains

"C"

Tomi Sallinen

"A"

Team Captaincy History

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Finland U20 Facts

Plays in: U20 World Junior Championship
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2025: WJC-20 Silver
2024: WJC-20 Bronze game loss
2023: WJC-20 Quarterfinal loss

2008-2009 Finland U20 Roster Facts

Nationalities

22 players

Experience

Finland U20: 158 GP
Liiga: 684 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.	Kristian Tanus (F)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie	NL	7	5	7	12	4
2.	Jesse Puljujärvi (F)	2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	NL	8	6	5	11	29
3.	Roby Järventie (F)	2026-2027	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NL	7	5	5	10	4
4.	Sami Päivärinta (F)	2026-2027	HPK	Liiga	7	4	5	9	2
5.	Jere Lassila (F)	2026-2027	JYP	Liiga	6	3	4	7	8
6.	Anttoni Honka (D)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie	NL	7	3	4	7	2
7.	Henrik Haapala (F)	2026-2027	Tappara	Liiga	7	2	5	7	2
8.	Joona Koppanen (F)	2026-2027	Luleå HF	SHL	5	4	2	6	0
9.	Arttu Ruotsalainen (F)	2026-2027	EHC Kloten	NL	7	3	3	6	0
10.	Julius Nättinen (F)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie	NL	7	3	3	6	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	190 lbs	19.52
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	19.61
2021-2022	View Roster	6'1"	190 lbs	19.52

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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