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Gender:Male

Est:1955

Players:22

Tappara

📍 Tampere, Finland, Finland•Finnish Liiga

ID: team_140926

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About

Tappara (Finnish for "Battle axe", Finnish pronunciation: ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga. They play at Tampereen jäähalli in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 14 Finnish league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2016, 2017). The team continued the traditions of TBK, who won three national championships in a row in 1953, 1954 and 1955. Tappara was established in 1955 in Tampere and a major part of the players came to the newly founded team from local team Tammerfors Bollklubb, when Tappara inherited their place in the national top league. Tappara also borrowed TBK's colors for themselves and got their place in the top league. Tappara played its first official game in the same year, 1955.

City:Tampere, Finland

Country:Finland

Stadium:Nokia Arena

Capacity:13,455

Stadium

Nokia Arena

Capacity:13,455

Location:Tampere, Finland

Nokia Arena (originally Tampere Deck Arena, Finnish: Tampereen Kannen areena) is an indoor arena in Tampere, Finland. It hosts ice hockey games and large cultural events, including the 2022 Men's World Championship. It is also the home arena of Ilves and Tappara of the SM-liiga. Its construction was approved by the City Council of Tampere on May 19, 2010. The arena was officially opened on December 3, 2021. The NHL teams Columbus Blue Jackets and Colorado Avalanche have games at Nokia Arena in the 2022 NHL Global Series.