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 Lauri Marjamäki.

Who is the captain of Finland U20?

The captain of Finland U20 is Sami Vatanen.

Who is the general manager of Finland U20?

The general manager of Finland U20 is Timo Backman.

What are the team colors of Finland U20?

The team colors of Finland U20 are White + Blue.

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2010-2011

2010-2011 Season

Finland U20 were 3-0-3 in the 2010-11 WJC-20 season with 12 points, 4th overall.

2010-2011 Finland U20 Club Stats

Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Teemu Pulkkinen (RW)	totals		56	19	36	55	32	24
	Jokerit	SM-liiga	55	18	36	54	32	23
	Suomi U20	Mestis	1	1	0	1	0	1
Joel Armia (RW/LW)	totals		52	18	14	32	30	9
	Ässät	SM-liiga	48	18	11	29	24	9
	Suomi U20	Mestis	4	0	3	3	6	0
Sami Vatanen (D)	totals		53	11	20	31	30	29
	JYP	SM-liiga	52	11	20	31	30	30
	Suomi U20	Mestis	1	0	0	0	0	-1
Teemu Tallberg (LW/RW)	totals		49	10	21	31	6	5
	HIFK	SM-liiga	10	0	2	2	0	2
	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	21	3	10	13	2	-3
	Suomi U20	Mestis	6	1	2	3	2	0
	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	12	6	7	13	2	6
Joonas Donskoi (RW/LW)	totals		54	17	11	28	10	7
	Kärpät	SM-liiga	52	16	11	27	10	7
	Suomi U20	Mestis	2	1	0	1	0	0
Jesse Virtanen (D)	totals		43	4	23	27	34	33
	Lukko	SM-liiga	2	0	0	0	2	1
	Lukko U20	U20 SM-liiga	24	2	15	17	18	23
	Suomi U20	Mestis	4	2	0	2	6	3
	Hokki	Mestis	13	0	8	8	8	6
Erik Haula (LW/C)	Univ. of Minnesota	NCAA	34	6	18	24	22	10
Toni Rajala (LW/RW)	totals		47	9	14	23	4	-8
	Ilves	SM-liiga	44	9	13	22	4	-3
	Suomi U20	Mestis	2	0	1	1	0	-1
	LeKi	Mestis	1	0	0	0	0	-4
Julius Junttila (LW/RW)	totals		43	9	12	21	14	-3
	Kärpät	SM-liiga	29	4	4	8	6	0
	Suomi U20	Mestis	3	1	0	1	0	2
	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	6	2	4	6	6	-5
	Kiekko-Laser	Mestis	5	2	4	6	2	0
Olli Määttä (D)	totals		45	3	13	16	16	20
	JYP U20	U20 SM-liiga	19	2	6	8	8	3
	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	1	0	0	0	0	-
	D Team	Mestis	23	1	5	6	6	14
	Suomi U20	Mestis	2	0	2	2	2	3
Iiro Pakarinen (RW/LW)	totals		53	10	5	15	40	2
	KalPa	SM-liiga	46	7	3	10	34	0
	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	4	3	2	5	6	5
	Suomi U20	Mestis	3	0	0	0	0	-3
Tommi Kivistö (D)	totals		52	1	14	15	30	9
	Jokerit	SM-liiga	38	0	5	5	22	4
	Suomi U20	Mestis	4	0	1	1	0	2
	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	5	1	2	3	0	0
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	5	0	6	6	8	3
Henri Tuominen (C)	totals		53	6	6	12	12	-4
	Ilves	SM-liiga	47	4	5	9	6	-9
	Suomi U20	Mestis	4	1	1	2	2	4
	LeKi	Mestis	2	1	0	1	4	1
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	0	0	0	0	0	-
Miikka Salomäki (W/C)	totals		43	5	7	12	80	2
	Kärpät	SM-liiga	40	4	6	10	53	2
	Suomi U20	Mestis	3	1	1	2	27	0
Valtteri Virkkunen (C/LW)	totals		42	4	8	12	16	-2
	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	2	1	2	3	0	0
	Suomi U20	Mestis	2	0	0	0	2	-1
	Blues	SM-liiga	38	3	6	9	14	-1
Jyrki Jokipakka (D)	totals		58	1	11	12	26	2
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	3	0	0	0	6	-2
	Ilves	SM-liiga	48	1	8	9	18	5
	LeKi	Mestis	1	0	0	0	0	-2
	Suomi U20	Mestis	6	0	3	3	2	1
Rasmus Rissanen (D)	totals		69	1	11	12	89	-16
	Everett Silvertips	WHL	68	1	11	12	89	-17
	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jaakko Turtiainen (RW/LW)	totals		44	4	7	11	55	-4
	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	2	0	2	2	27	0
	HPK	SM-liiga	39	4	5	9	28	-3
	Suomi U20	Mestis	3	0	0	0	0	-1
Nico Manelius (D)	totals		47	1	6	7	14	-4
	Jokerit	SM-liiga	13	0	0	0	8	-1
	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	25	1	5	6	2	0
	Suomi U20	Mestis	6	0	1	1	4	-3
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joonas Nättinen (C)	totals		25	0	4	4	12	-12
	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	2	0	2	2	0	0
	Suomi U20	Mestis	2	0	0	0	0	-4
	HPK	SM-liiga	10	0	2	2	6	-2
	Blues	SM-liiga	11	0	0	0	6	-6

Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Sami Aittokallio (G)	totals		32	3.02	.905	1	15-14-0	1668:00
	Ilves	SM-liiga	16	2.73	.909	0	6-7-0	791:00
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	6	2.34	.923	1	4-2-0	359:00
	Suomi U20	Mestis	4	4.29	.867	0	2-2-0	196:00
	LeKi	Mestis	6	3.73	.900	0	3-3-0	322:00
Joni Ortio (G)	totals		29	-	-	1	2-7-3	789:32
	TPS	SM-liiga	15	3.12	.911	1	2-6-3	729:51
	Suomi U20	Mestis	4	4.56	.857	-	-	-
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	3	3.61	.919	-	-	-
	KooKoo	Mestis	1	1.94	.943	-	-	-
	TuTo Hockey	Mestis	5	2.45	.923	-	-	-
	Abbotsford Heat	AHL	1	6.03	.800	0	0-1-0	59:41

2010-2011 Finland U20 Staff

Head CoachLauri Marjamäki
Asst. CoachRaimo Helminen
Asst. CoachKarri Kivi
General ManagerTimo Backman
Team ManagerHannu Soro
Equipment ManagerJanne Jansson

Team Staff History

2010-2011 Finland U20 Captains

"C"

Sami Vatanen

"A"

Team Captaincy History

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

2010-2011 Finland U20 Roster Facts

Nationalities

22 players

Experience

Finland U20: 180 GP
WC: 7 GP
Liiga: 890 GP
AHL: 2 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
2026-2027	WJC-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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	8	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.	Juuso Riikola (D)	2026-2027	SCL Tigers	NL	8	3	4	7	4
8.	Henrik Haapala (F)	2026-2027	Tappara	Liiga	7	2	5	7	2
9.	Joona Koppanen (F)	2026-2027	Luleå HF	SHL	5	4	2	6	0
10.	Arttu Ruotsalainen (F)	2026-2027	EHC Kloten	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