SM-sarja

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SM-Sarja

Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Ceased	1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Replaced by	SM-Liiga
No. of teams	3-12
Country	Finland
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Relegation to	Suomensarja (1936-1974) I-Divisioona (1974-75)

SM-Sarja was the top level of ice hockey in Finland from 1928 to 1975. SM-sarja is a common abbreviation for Suomen mestaruussarja, "Finnish Championship Series".

There was variable number of teams playing for the Finnish championship during the time of SM-sarja. The lowest number of participating teams was during the 1935 SM-sarja season when there was 3 teams. The most common number of participating teams was 12.

Since 1944-45 SM-sarja season there was relegations for lowest-ranking teams of each season. In the relegations the lowest-ranking teams either faced the winner of the 1. Divisioona (1st Division) or was straightly relegated from SM-sarja.