🇫🇮 FINLAND (FIN) Women’s National Ice Hockey Team (1988-)
4 wins, 4 reigns, 4 games with IHLC – ranked 4th
IHLC last held 09 November 2011

The Finnish squad has been on the world stage since the beginning of international women’s hockey, first competing at the 1990 World Championship. While the Finns are one of the five nations to ever hold the women’s IHLC, and are a mainstay of the annual Four Nations Cup, they have only won four IHLC games, holding the title for a single game in each reign. However, with women’s hockey getting more competitive every day, look for the Naisleijonat to become a more dominant player on the world stage.
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🇫🇮 FINLAND (FIN) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1928-)
151 wins, 64 reigns, 166 games with IHLC – ranked 5th
current IHLC title holders (since 31 May 2026)

While the Finns have always been a major contender on the world hockey stage, they remarkably did not play for the IHLC until 1949, winning their first title in 1951. Since then, however, the Leijonat have been a consistent threat in the hockey world, amassing over 100 IHLC wins and nearly 50 reigns. Finland has finally begun to break through at major world tournaments, winning five World Championships after 50+ appearances, and their first Olympic Gold medal in 2022.
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🇫🇮 FINLAND (FIN) Men’s Junior National Ice Hockey Team (1973-)
97 wins, 37 reigns, 104 games with IHLC – ranked 4th
IHLC last held 16 April 2026

The Leijonat, who have participated in every World Junior Championship and only once have ever faced relegation, have been five-time World Champions, in 1987, 1998, 2014, 2016 and 2019, with another ten-plus Silver and Bronze victories. The team has flip flopped between perennial medal contenders and sitting near the bottom of the Top Division, but are always a continual thorn in the sides of the tournament heavy hitters, and are always looking to play spoiler.
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