Warkauden Pallo -35
Warkauden Pallo -35 ( WP-35 for short ) is a bandy club from the eastern Finnish city of Varkaus .
With 16 national championship titles, WP-35 is the most successful bandy club in Finland after Helsingfors IFK . In 1938 the team was in the final of the Finnish championship for the first time, but lost against Helsingfors IFK with 1: 2. Varkaus won the first championship in 1943 with a 3-2 win over Helsingfors. Another seven championships were won between 1945 and 1954. This was followed by three championships in a row from 1965 to 1967 and another title in 1971. In 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 WP-35 won its last championships. In 1993 the team was in the final of the European Cup, but lost to Västerås SK from Sweden.
In 2013/14 the club was last in the Bandyliiga without winning points . The home venue is the Kämäri in the eponymous district southeast of the city center.
successes
- European Cup:
- 2nd place: 1993
- Finnish Championship:
- 1st place: 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 (16 ×)
- 2nd place: 1938, 1944, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1992 (7 ×)
- 3rd place: 1939, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2008 (14 ×)