1979–80 SM-liiga season

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The 1979–80 SM-liiga season was the fifth season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participated in the league, and HIFK Helsinki won the championship.

Standings

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	TPS Turku	36	26	4	6	209	122	56
2.	HIFK Helsinki	36	24	5	7	238	144	53
3.	Kärpät Oulu	36	18	6	12	193	154	42
4.	Ässät Pori	36	18	5	13	189	167	41
5.	Tappara Tampere	36	15	6	15	170	169	36
6.	Lukko Rauma	36	15	4	17	184	190	34
7	Kiekko-Reipas Lahti	36	14	4	18	151	153	32
8.	Ilves Tampere	36	11	8	17	151	189	30
9.	Jokerit Helsinki	36	11	4	21	151	199	26
10.	KooVee Tampere	36	4	2	30	153	302	10

Playoffs

Semifinal

TPS - Ässät
1:3 (6:1, 3:6, 3:4 P, 2:9)

Kärpät
3:1 (4:3 P, 1:3, 6:3, 4:2)

3rd place

Kärpät
0:2 (2:12, 7:8)

Final

HIFK - Ässät 3:0 (7:5, 4:2, 6:5)

Relegation

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SaiPa Lappeenranta	6	4	1	1	45	27	9
2.	Jokerit Helsinki	6	4	1	1	49	34	9
3.	HPK Hämeenlinna	6	1	2	3	30	38	4
4.	KooVee Tampere	6	1	0	5	22	47	2

External links

SM-liiga official website

v t e Liiga
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Current teams (2023–24)	HIFK HPK Ilves Mikkelin Jukurit JYP Jyväskylä KalPa KooKoo Oulun Kärpät Lukko Lahti Pelicans SaiPa Vaasan Sport Tappara HC TPS Porin Ässät
Former teams	Espoo Blues FPS Jokerit Jokipojat Koovee TUTO Hockey
Trophies and awards	Kanada-malja Kultainen kypärä Kalevi Numminen Jarmo Wasama memorial Matti Keinonen Raimo Kilpiö Urpo Ylönen Pekka Rautakallio Aarne Honkavaara Veli-Pekka Ketola Lasse Oksanen Jari Kurri Unto Wiitala
Other	Mestis Suomi-sarja 2. Divisioona 3. Divisioona Finland men's national ice hockey team SM-sarja (defunct) Naisten Liiga Naisten Mestis Finland women's national ice hockey team U20 SM-sarja Finland men's national junior ice hockey team
IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup