Mestis
Mestis 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. It had initially been the highest hockey league in Finland that could be reached through playing merits alone; the SM-liiga was closed 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.
Clubs
| Team | City | Home arena, capacity | Founded | Head coach |
| KOOVEE | Tampere | Hakametsä 2 arena, 800 | 1929 |  Juha Pajuoja |
| Hermes | Kokkola | Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 | 1953 | Antti Karhula |
| Hokki | Kajaani | Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 | 1968 | Niko Eronen |
| IPK | Iisalmi | Kankaan jäähalli, - | 1966 | Jukka Niiranen |
| JoKP | Joensuu | Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 | 1953 | Ari Aaltonen |
| Ketterä | Imatra | Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 | 1957 | Maso Lehtonen |
| Kiekko-Vantaa | Vantaa | Trio Areena, 3,700 | 1994 | Simo Mälkiä |
| Kiekko-Espoo | Espoo | Espoo Metro Areena, 6,982 | 2018 | Mikko Heiskanen |
| KeuPa HT | Keuruu | Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 | 1995 | Mikko Heiskanen |
| FPS | Forssa | Forssa Ice Hall, 3,000 | 1931 | Asko Rantanen |
| Peliitat | Heinola | Versowood Areena, 2,975 | 1984 | Marko Tuomainen |
| RoKi | Rovaniemi | Lappi Areena, 3,500 | 1979 | Petteri Hirvonen |
| SaPKo | Savonlinna | Winter Salon rink, 2,833 | 1929 | Pasi Räsänen |
| TUTO Hockey | Turku | Marli Areena, 3,000 | 1929 | Miika Elomo |
Winners
Medaltable:| team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jukurit | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Sport | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| KalPa | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| KooKoo | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| TUTO Hockey | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Hokki | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jokipojat | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| KeuPa HT | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SaPKo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ketterä | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K-Vantaa | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| JYP-Akatemia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hermes | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Espoo United | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Past participants
- Jää-Kotkat, relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2003.
- Hyvinkään Ahmat, relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2004.
- KalPa, promoted to the SM-liiga in 2005.
- Haukat, resigned in 2006.
- FPS and KOOVEE, relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2007.
- HC Salamat relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2008.
- Kotkan Titaanit relegated to the Suomi-sarja in 2009.
- Kiekko-Laser went bankrupt in 2011.
- Vaasan Sport, promoted to the Liiga in 2014.
- HC Keski-Uusimaa was abandoned serial place in 2014.
- KooKoo, promoted to the Liiga in 2015.
- Jukurit, promoted to the Liiga in 2016.
- JYP-Akatemia, relegated to the Suomi-sarja and folded in 2017.
- Hokki, went bankrupt in 2017.
- Espoo United, went bankrupt in 2018.
Mestis timeline