Superpesis

Superpesis

Superpesis

Professional pesäpallo league in Finland

The Superpesis, known as SM-sarja from 1955 to 1989, is the top professional pesäpallo league in Finland. It was created in 1990 to replace the SM-sarja which was fundamentally an amateur league. The Superpesis is directly overseen by the Finnish Pesäpallo Association.

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Both the men's and women's top division is called Superpesis. Comprising 13 teams in the men's league and 12 teams in the women's league, one team faces relegation to Ykköspesis [fi] at the end of the season. Superpesis was founded in 1990; before that the top division was called SM-sarja (Finnish Championship).

Most popular in semi-urban and rural municipalities, along with some notability in larger cities like Tampere and Oulu, the pesäpallo matches gain a significant number of attendances compared to the population in the area.[1]

Superpesis match: Vimpeli versus Koskenkorva.
Superpesis match: Alajärvi versus Vimpeli.

Clubs

The Superpesis clubs in the 2024 season are (with their home towns in brackets):

Men

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Alajärven Ankkurit
Alajärven Ankkurit
Manse PP
Manse PP
Hyvinkään Tahko
Imatran Pallo-Veikot
Imatran Pallo-Veikot
Joensuun Maila
Joensuun Maila
Kempeleen Kiri
Kempeleen Kiri
Kiteen Pallo -90
Kiteen Pallo -90
Koskenkorvan Urheilijat
Kouvolan Pallonlyöjät
Kouvolan Pallonlyöjät
Pattijoen Urheilijat
Pattijoen Urheilijat
Seinäjoen JymyJussit
Sotkamon Jymy
Sotkamon Jymy
Vimpelin Veto
Vimpelin Veto
Location of teams of the 2022 men's Superpesis season.

Past participants

Relegated

Teams relegated were relegated to second-tier Ykköspesis in the year shown, and are there today unless noted otherwise.

  • Vaasan Maila (relegated 1992)
  • Muhoksen Pallo-Salamat (relegated 1994,)
  • Riihimäen Pallonlyöjät (relegated 1995)
  • Haapajärven Pesä-Kiilat (relegated 1998)
  • Juvan Pallo (relegated 1998, now Juvan Nuorisopesis)
  • Loimaan Palloilijat (relegated 2001)
  • Kinnarin Pesis (relegated 2004, now Kinnarin Pesis 2006)
  • Puijon Pesis (relegated 2009
  • Ulvilan Pesä-Veikot (relegated 2010)
  • Jyväskylän Kiri (relegated 2016)
  • Oulun Lippo (relegated 2018)
  • Kankaanpään Maila (relegated 2022)
  • Koskenkorvan Urheilijat (relegated 2023)

Withdrew from league

  • Kaisaniemen Tiikerit (went bankrupt at the end of 1998)
  • Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit (left after 2008)
  • Nurmon Jymy (left after 2012)
  • Siilinjärven pesis (left after 2021)

Women

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Past participants

Relegated

Teams relegated were relegated to second-tier Ykköspesis [fi] in the year shown, and are there today unless noted otherwise.

  • Kokemäen Kova-Väki (relegated 1991)
  • Ikaalisten Tarmo (relegated 1996)
  • Vähänkyrön Viesti (relegated 1997)
  • Tyrnävän Tempaus (relegated 2009)
  • Jyväskylän Valo (relegated 2010)
  • Lappajärven Veikot (relegated 2019)
  • Mynämäen Vesa (relegated 2021)
  • Pesä Ysit (relegated 2021)
  • Siilinjärven Pesis (relegated 2021)
  • Kempeleen Kiri (relegated 2023)

Withdrew from league

  • Kajaanin Hymy (left after 2001)
  • Vimpelin Veto (left after 2002)
  • Hämeenlinnan Paukku (left after 2003)
  • Pattijoen Urheilijat (left after 2003)
  • Peräseinäjoen Toive (left after 2004)
  • Sotkamon Jymy (left after 2006)
  • Ylihärmän Pesis-Junkkarit (left after 2012)
  • PeTo-Jussit (left after 2012)
  • Turku-Pesis (left after 2013)
  • Vuokatin Veto (left after 2014)
  • Kankaanpään Maila (left after 2015)
  • Vihdin Pallo (left after 2016)
  • Viinijärven Urheilijat (left after 2016)
  • Kajaanin Pallokerho (left after 2017)
  • Oulun Lipottaret (left after 2018)

Alternate stadiums

In addition to the team's ordinary stadiums, regular season matches have also been played at Bolt Arena, Helsinki,[2] at Hiiu Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia,[3] and at Complejo Deportivo Municipal Elola in Fuengirola, Spain.[4]

The selected stadiums for such events have usually been association football pitches with artificial grass. In comparison, plans to play the 2022 Superpesis finals at Helsinki Olympic Stadium as best-of-1 series were scrapped in part due to teams' opposition to playing on natural grass (though with sand drizzled on)[5] and large portions of track and field surfacing.

List of champions

Finnish Baseball has been a tight twist even since wartime. The picture was taken from the match between Kiri in Jyväskylä and Mailaveikko in Lahti in 1953.
Finnish Champion team, Vimpelin Veto in 1965
Picture from the men's Finnish Championship series match SMJ - Tahko in 1981.
Joensuu Joma (Kerubi_Stadion)
Sotkamon Jymy - Kouvolan Pallonlyöjät in 2020 finals

Championship Series 1922–1989

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Superpesis

Toni Kohonen is one of Finland's most successful pesäpallo player of all time.
Player of the Year 2012 and Hyvinkää Tahko franchise's player Juha Korhonen
Decisive promotion qualifying match to Superpesis, Oulu Lippo against SiiPe in the 2020-21 season
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Talvisuper

Talvisuper is the main winter competition in pesäpallo. Although treated as a separate competition from Superpesis, it features many of the same teams, along with a few teams from Ykköspesis. The competition runs from December through April.

In contrast to the main Superpesis, where matches are generally held at stadiums dedicated solely to pesäpallo, Talvisuper is mostly held in indoor halls with artificial grass, with the halls being designed primarily for association football and occasionally track and field.[6]

The finals of Talvisuper are known as Halli-SM (Hall Finnish Championship).[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/pesapallo/2008/08/pesiskatsomoihin_virtaa_entista_enemman_yleisoa_115399.doc (in Finnish)
  2. [2]
    "Reissu päättyi voitonjuhliin" (in Finnish). Superjymy. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Tahkon vahva vire jatkui Tallinnassa – Eestipesis-yleisö nautti upeasta tapahtumasta!" (in Finnish). Superpesis. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Huikea yleisömäärä Espanjan pesishuumassa – myös NHL-veteraani ihasteli karnevaalimeininkiä". Ilta-Sanomat. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Pesisfinaalia puuhataan Olympiastadionille, nurmelle kipattaisiin hiekkaa – idealle täystyrmäys" (in Finnish). Iltalehti. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  6. [6]
    "HALLIKAUSI HUIPENTUU JOENSUUSSA – LUE LOPPUTURNAUKSEN INFOPAKETTI TÄSTÄ!" (in Finnish). Joensuun Maila. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Superpesis Halli-SM, Naiset" (in Finnish). Ruutu. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
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