Ice hockey in Finland | |
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Country | Finland |
Governing body | Finnish Ice Hockey Association |
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Registered players | 71,063[1] |
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Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Finland in terms of television viewership and game attendance figures.[2][3][4] It is third most popular sport in participation amongst children.[5] As of 2020, approximately 1.3% of the Finnish population was registered with the International Ice Hockey Federation, ranking Finland second in the world for percentage of population participating in ice hockey[a] and the highest percentage of any country outside of North America.[1]
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