Regular season In the regular season, which takes place approximately from September to March, starting with the 2025–26 season, all teams play each other twice, and additionally, each team plays twice against every team from one of two six-team groups. In total, each team plays 32 games. and Happee in the 2015–16 season.
Playoffs The top eight teams from the regular season play for the
Finnish Championship, in playoffs that starts around March and culminates in April. The first placed team from the regular season picks their opponent from the teams that placed fifth through eighth. The second placed team picks their opponent from the remaining three and after that the third placed team makes its pick of the two remaining teams. The last playoff pair is made of two remaining team. The semifinal pairings are determined by the regular season standings. The playoffs are played in
best-of-seven format. and
SPV in the 2009–10 season.
Playout Starting with the 2025–26 season, the last-place team is automatically relegated and replaced by the winner of the lower competition final (called
Division,
Divari in Finnish, or
Inssi-Divari for sponsorship reasons). The second-to-last team plays a relegation playoff against the runner-up of the Divari final. == History ==