Mestis
Mestis (from , meaning 'Championship series') is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division'). It had initially been the highest hockey league in Finland that could be reached through playing merits alone; the SM-liiga was closed (to teams being relegated or promoted) in 2000. After the 2004–05 season, KalPa was promoted to the SM-liiga, and the Liiga was re-opened in the 2008–09 season. Vaasan Sport was promoted in 2014–15, KooKoo was promoted in 2015–16, and Jukurit was promoted in 2016–17. Mestis, however, is an open league, with promotion and relegation between it and Suomi-sarja. However there will be no relegation during the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ice hockey
Concept
Q33
Finland
LOC
Q1854702
Finnish Ice Hockey Association
MEDIA
Q607924
2000
Concept
Q1652861
I-divisioona
ORG
Q456107
SM-liiga
ORG
Q778665
relegated or promoted
UNK
Q1240213
2004–05 season
EVE
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KalPa
ORG
Q1340133
2008–09 season
EVE
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Vaasan Sport
ORG
Q16246317
2014–15
EVE
Q1420372
KooKoo
ORG
Q20164614
2015–16
EVE
Q1933716
Jukurit
ORG
Q23045120
2016–17
Concept
Q568853
Suomi-sarja
ORG
Q93287833
2020-21
UNK
Q81068910
COVID-19 pandemic
Concept
Q750918
Mestis
ORG
Q750918
Mestis
ORG
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2000
DATE
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2000
DATE
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2004
DATE
2008-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2008
DATE
2014-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2014
DATE
2015-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2015
DATE
2016-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2016
DATE
2020-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2020
DATE
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05
NUMBER
+09^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
09
NUMBER
+15^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
15
NUMBER
+16^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
16
NUMBER
+17^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
17
NUMBER
-21^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-21
NUMBER
-19^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-19
NUMBER
sport
country
replaces
inception
league level above
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