1980–81 SM-liiga season

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The 1980–81 SM-liiga season was the sixth season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participated in the league, and Kärpät Oulu won the championship.

Standings

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Tappara Tampere	36	26	2	8	184	115	54
2.	TPS Turku	36	22	5	9	213	141	49
3.	Kärpät Oulu	36	23	3	10	196	129	49
4.	Ässät Pori	36	20	2	14	178	158	42
5.	HIFK Helsinki	36	17	4	15	166	158	38
6.	Ilves Tampere	36	18	2	16	152	152	38
7	Kiekko-Reipas Lahti	36	15	4	17	161	147	34
8.	SaiPa Lappeenranta	36	11	4	21	128	187	26
9.	Jokerit Helsinki	36	6	3	27	114	188	15
10.	Lukko Rauma	36	7	1	28	135	252	15

Playoffs

Quarterfinal

Kärpät - Ilves 2:0 (5:1, 5:2)
Ässät - HIFK 0:2 (2:6, 4:7)

Semifinal

Tappara - HIFK 3:0 (4:2, 9:3, 11:0)
TPS - Kärpät 2:3 (2:4, 9:5, 6:2, 0:6, 2:3 P)

3rd place

TPS - HIFK 2:0 (4:3 P, 7:6)

Final

Tappara - Kärpät 2:3 (5:2, 1:6, 13:2, 1:6, 2:5)

Relegation

	Club	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Jokerit Helsinki	6	5	1	48	13	10
2.	Lukko Rauma	6	5	1	27	27	10
3.	HPK Hämeenlinna	6	2	4	22	29	4
4.	KooVee Tampere	6	0	6	15	43	0

External links

SM-liiga official website

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Former teams	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
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