SM-liiga 1983/84

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Master:	Tappara Tampere
Relegated:	HPK Hämeenlinna
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The SM-liiga season 1983/84 was the ninth season of the Finnish SM-liiga . Finnish champion was for the eighth time and for the fourth time since the introduction of the SM-liiga Tappara Tampere , while last year's climber HPK Hämeenlinna was relegated to the second division.

Regular season

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The ten teams of the SM-liiga initially played against each other in 37 season games. While the first six teams qualified for the play-offs, the last two had to play against the two best second division teams to stay in the league. Each team received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.

Main round

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	T	GT	Points
1.	Tappara Tampere	37	24	4th	10	175	117	51
2.	Ässät Pori	37	23	3	11	171	135	49
3.	Kärpät Oulu	37	21st	6th	10	175	134	48
4th	HIFK Helsinki	37	21st	5	11	209	151	47
5.	TPS Turku	37	23	1	13	150	117	47
6th	Ilves Tampere	37	16	8th	13	152	147	40
7th	Jokerit Helsinki	37	17th	3	17th	191	162	37
8th.	SaiPa	37	11	4th	22nd	121	184	26th
9.	Kiekko-Reipas	37	6th	7th	24	113	191	19th
10.	HPK Hämeenlinna	37	3	0	34	112	234	6th

Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = losses, OTS = overtime wins, OTN = overtime losses, SOS = penalty wins, SON = penalty losses

Note: Finland's Olympic team played a game against every team in the SM-liiga in preparation for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . In ten games, the selection had four wins, two draws and four defeats with a goal difference of 41:38.

Play-offs

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Places 1 and 2 were qualified for the semi-finals and places 3-6 for the quarter-finals of the play-offs. The winners of the semi-finals made it to the final while the losers played for third place in the small final.

The quarter-finals and the game for third place were played in “best-of-three” mode, the semi-finals and the final in “best-of-five” mode .

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
						1	Tappara Tampere	3
	4th	HIFK Helsinki	0			5	TPS Turku	2
	5	TPS Turku	2								1	Tappara Tampere	3
											2	Ässät Pori	1
						2	Ässät Pori	3
	3	Kärpät Oulu	2			3	Kärpät Oulu	2			3rd place match
	6th	Ilves Tampere	0								3	Kärpät Oulu	2
											5	TPS Turku	1

Finnish champion

Finnish champion Tappara Tampere

Goalkeeper: Hannu Kamppuri Defenders: Jari Grönstrand , Hannu Haapalainen , Timo Jutila , Pekka Laksola , Harri Laurila , Lasse Litma , Pekka Marjamäki , Pertti Valkeapää Attackers: Seppo Ahokainen , Kari Heikkinen , Pertti Koivulahti , Vesa Launis , Erkki Lehtonen , Reijo Mikkolainen , Harri Niukkanen , Petri Niukkanen , Oiva Oijennus , Matti Penttilä , Timo Penttilä , Jukka Piirinen , Tommi Pohja , Jorma Sevon , Timo Susi Head coach: Olli Hietanen

SM liiga relegation

The last two placed in the SM-liiga main round and the two best second division teams played in the "best-of-five" mode for promotion or relegation. In the relegation Kiekko-Reipas secured relegation, while HPK Hämeenlinna could not prevent the direct relegation.

• Lukko Rauma - HPK Hämeenlinna 3: 2 (8: 2, 4: 6, 7: 2, 4: 5 n.V., 3: 1)
• Kiekko-Reipas - JYP HT 3: 1 (4: 7, 5: 4 a.d., 4: 3, 5: 3)

Web links

• Official website of the SM-liiga