Finland Ice Hockey Olympics

Host country united states.

Finland ice hockey olympics. A pair of silver medals remain the country s best olympic. Finland competed at the 2014 winter olympics in sochi russia from 7 to 23 february 2014. Olympic games 2014 2018. Olympic games 2010 2014 2018.

Ice hockey at the 2006 winter olympics was held at the torino palasport olimpico and the torino esposizioni in turin italy the men s competition held from 15 to 26 february was won by sweden and the women s competition held from 11 to 20 february was won by canada. Finland competed at the 2018 winter olympics in pyeongchang south korea from 9 to 25 february 2018 with 100 competitors in 11 sports. They won six medals in total one gold one silver and four bronze ranking 18th in the medal table. Iivo niskanen of finland leads the field during the men s 50km mass start classic on day 15 of the pyeongchang 2018 winter olympic games at alpensia cross country centre on february 24 2018 in pyeongchang gun republic of korea.

First round red division. Matti nurminen of the finnish ice hockey association argued that it was the responsibility of the event s organizer to cover costs and that in our opinion the same party should pay the bills and that s not us. Born 26 jun 1990. The finnish men s national ice hockey team or leijonat lejonen as it is called in finland is governed by the finnish ice hockey association.

Finland is considered a member of the so called big six the unofficial group of the six strongest men s ice hockey nations along with canada united states the czech republic russia and sweden. Born 03 feb 1989. Team advanced to the final round team advanced to consolation round team gp w l t gf ga pts soviet union. In april 2016 the ioc announced that beginning in 2018 it would no longer cover accommodations insurance or travel for nhl players in the olympics prompting the iihf to ask for support from national ice hockey associations and national olympic committees to help cover costs.

Venue s olympic fieldhouse olympic arena lake placid new york. Finland won the world championship title in 2019 which became their third after 1995 and 2011. Ice hockey at the 1980 winter olympics. Champions united states 2nd title runner up soviet union.