Superpesis

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Superpesis
Sport
Pesäpallo
Founded
1990
Nation
 Finland
Number of Teams
12
Relegation To
Ykköspesis
Current Champions
Sotkamon Jymy, Sotkamo/ Lapuan Virkiä, Lapua
Website
superpesis.fi

Superpesis is the top division of the Finnish native sport pesäpallo in Finland. Both men's and women's top division is called Superpesis. Comprising 11 teams in men's league and 10 teams in women's league, one team faces relegation to Ykköspesis at the end of the season. Superpesis was founded in 1990; before that the top division was called SM-sarja (Finnish championship series).

Most popular in semi-urban and rural municipalities, the pesäpallo matches gain a significant number of attendances compared to the population in the area.[1]

Clubs

The Superpesis clubs in the 2012 season are (with their home towns in brackets):

Men

Hyvinkään Tahko (Hyvinkää) Joensuun Maila (Joensuu)
Jyväskylän Kiri (Jyväskylä) Kiteen Pallo -90 (Kitee)
Koskenkorvan Urheilijat (Ilmajoki) Kouvolan Pallonlyöjät (Kouvola)
Pattijoen Urheilijat (Raahe) Sotkamon Jymy (Sotkamo)
Vimpelin Veto (Vimpeli) Kankaanpään Maila (Kankaanpää)
Nurmon Jymy (Seinäjoki) Alajärven Ankkurit (Alajärvi)

Women

Rauman Lukko (Rauma) Kirittäret (Jyväskylä)
Ylihärmän Pesis-Junkkarit (Kauhava) Lapuan Virkiä (Lapua)
Viinijärven Urheilijat (Liperi) Porin Pesäkarhut (Pori)
Pesä Ysit (Lappeenranta) PeTo-Jussit (Seinäjoki)
Siilinjärven Pesis (Siilinjärvi) Turku-Pesis (Turku)
Vihdin Pallo (Vihti)

See also

References

  1. http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/pesapallo/2008/08/pesiskatsomoihin_virtaa_entista_enemman_yleisoa_115399.html (Finnish)

External links

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