Tappara ( pronounced [ˈtɑpːɑrɑ] ; Finnish for " Battle axe ") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the SM-liiga . They play at Nokia Arena in Tampere , Finland . The team has won 20 Finnish league championships, which makes them the most successful club in Finland. The team continued the traditions of the Tammerfors Bollklub .
48-569: The predecessor of Tappara TBK (Tammerfors Bollklubb) was established in 1932 by the Tampere Swedish School (Tampereen Ruotsalainen Yhteiskoulu) as its own sports club. After winning the Finnish championship in 1953, 1954 and 1955. In 1955, the TBK Ice-hockey department founded Tappara as its new club to make it more accessible to non-Swedish locals and give it opportunity to grow as a club, at
96-529: A consolation bracket, or consolation games. Currently, the tournament features a single consolation game between the United States runner-up and the International runner-up. Like the championship, the game allows an American team to compete against an International team. All other games are played within their respective American or International pool of eight teams each, except two exhibition games which match
144-452: A record-breaking sixth year in a row, but lost to Kärpät in 6 games. The great streak of final appearances came to an end in 2019 when HPK defeated Tappara in the semi-finals in six games. The medal streak continued however, as Tappara won the bronze medal game against HIFK. Tappara used to play their home games in Tampereen jäähalli since it was built in 1965. The local rival Ilves used
192-425: A spectacle as there is often a gap of a few days between the semi-finals and the final. The third place playoff is considered a lower-priority match to organizers, as it is frequently scheduled in one of the smaller stadia; the largest stadium (usually located in the host nation's capital city) is reserved for the final, while the semi-finals occupy the second and third-largest stadia. However, the third place match in
240-469: A third place consolation game may also be mixed: a heavily favoured team that lost in an upset in the semi-final round may not have as much incentive to win as would a "Cinderella" team who was not expected to advance that far. Most sports using a knockout format in the Olympic Games have a third place playoff to determine who wins the bronze medal . As the difference between a bronze medal and no medal
288-449: A third place playoff were significantly happier than silver medalists who had lost a championship final. In tournaments that do not award medals or have the third place finisher advance to something else, a third place playoff is a classification match that serves little more than as a consolation to the losing semi-finalists. A consolation game also allows teams to play more than one game after having invested time, effort and money in
336-465: A third place playoff, and Michel Vorm came on during injury time of the 3–0 third place play-off win against Brazil in Brasília thus ensuring that all 23 Dutch squad members played at the tournament. By contrast, teams that are not expected to get this far usually take this match seriously, as third place can be a historical achievement. In Sweden "third place playoff" is called "bronze game" and in
384-648: A third-place game, and an eight-team playoff field arriving with the AFL–NFL merger in 1970 , the Playoff Bowl was abandoned with minimal objection. One vestige of the Playoff Bowl survived into the 21st century: the losing coaches in each conference championship game coached the respective Pro Bowl squads from 1970-1978, and again from 1982-2008. The Philippine Basketball Association , from its inception in 1975 , also had third place playoffs, billed as "Battle for Third", preceding its conferences' playoff finals until this
432-574: Is Nokia Arena . This new arena was built in the city center of Tampere on a covered rail yard and opened in December 2021. The arena has a capacity of 13,455 in hockey games. The arena was the main stage of Ice Hockey World Championships in both 2022 and 2023. Like the old arena, the new arena is also shared with local rivals Ilves . The arena is also a major venue for concerts. Updated 6 August 2024. Harry Lindblad Harry Gustaf Lindblad (30 July 1912 – 2 February 1984)
480-468: Is a great opportunity to win the Golden Shoe, with players such as Salvatore Schillaci (1990) and Davor Šuker (1998) getting the goal they needed to take sole possession of the lead. The FIFA Women's World Cup has had only eight editions to date, therefore creating less opportunity for a pattern to form. However, two of the third-place games in that competition have seen fewer than three goals. In 1995,
528-480: Is quite significant, competitors still take this seriously. The martial arts and combat sports events instead award two bronze medals. Since the 1952 Summer Olympics , boxing has automatically awarded bronze medals to both losing semi-finalists, on the grounds that there was not enough time to recover between the semi-final bouts and a third place bout. Judo , taekwondo , and wrestling also award two bronze medals, but these feature two bronze medal matches between
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#1732873374332576-432: Is typically competed by the competitors or teams that lost in the semi-finals of the tournament that they competed in. Some tournaments may use the third place playoff to determine who wins the bronze medal , while other tournaments need to hold a third place playoff for seeding purposes if three or all four semi-finalists advance to another tournament. Social psychology studies have found that bronze medalists who had won
624-625: The 1965 World Ice Hockey Championships awarded by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to Tampere, and served as chairman of its planning committee. The 1965 event was the first time Finland hosted the Ice Hockey World Championships . This led to an era of growth, with more indoor rinks being built in Finland. Finland later hosted the 1974 Ice Hockey World Championships , with Lindblad helping coordinate
672-400: The 2010–11 season. Third place playoffs are especially controversial when they are used in tournaments that use a Page playoff system since there is only one semi-final game in this format. Critics argue that in such a formula, the loser of the semi-final should simply be awarded third place, while proponents of the third place game argue that without it, the importance of the medal round
720-625: The Finland national team gained its first success by winning the Olympic silver medal in Calgary, and Tappara players formed a substantial part of the Finnish team. Tappara players, Erkki Lehtonen and Janne Ojanen, were the goal scorers for Finland in the decisive win against the Soviet Union. During the 1990s, Tappara did not gain any notable success besides finishing third in the league in spring 1990. In 1992,
768-668: The Finnish Elite League . He was posthumously recognized for his contributions by induction into both the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame and the IIHF Hall of Fame . Lindblad was born on 30 July 1912 in Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland . He was baptised Harry Gustaf Lindblad on 25 October 1912, to parents Gustaf Edvard Lindblad, and Margaretha Elisabeth Henriksson. The young Lindblad played ice hockey with Tammerfors Bollklubb (TBK) in
816-597: The UEFA European Championships (1960-1980). The game was usually played immediately preceding the championship game, but was not nationally televised. For most of its years, the NCAA featured consolation games in both regional play and within the Final Four. However, as the field expanded beyond 32 teams, the game lost significance. Eliminating the game also allowed the losing teams to return home rather than remaining in
864-539: The USA defeated China 2–0. In 1999, the third-place match between Brazil and Norway ended in a scoreless draw and penalty shootout (won by Brazil), as did the final between the USA and China (won by the USA). In 2015, the third place match between Germany and England was the first to go to extra time, and in the second period of extra time, England scored a single penalty and held on to
912-690: The 1940s and later coached the team. He became president of TBK in 1945, and remained with the club when it transitioned into Tappara in 1955. Lindblad served as vice-president of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association from 1952 to 1957. During this time, the Finland men's national ice hockey team participated in its first Winter Olympic Games and placed seventh in ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo . In 1956, Finland opened its first artificial ice hockey rink , located in Tampere . He
960-569: The 1994 World Cup did use the Rose Bowl stadium, the same venue that would later host the tournament final, setting a record attendance of 91,500 for a third place playoff in FIFA World Cup history. The UEFA Nations League also has a third place playoff; this game is played prior to the final on the same day. The third-place match in the FIFA Women's World Cup has been somewhat more important to
1008-520: The 1994 World Cup, the Sweden national team, after the victory in the "bronze game", landed at Arlanda with a fighter escort and were then paraded through the streets of Stockholm to millions live on national TV. Another example of a high-profile third place match was in 1998 , when the recently established Croatian football team upset the Netherlands. If the host nation is involved in the third place match,
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#17328733743321056-529: The Final Four city for an additional two days to play a game holding less interest than the championship. The National Football League had a consolation game, the Playoff Bowl , from 1960 to 1969 , which pitted the second-place team in each of the two conferences (based on regular season record from 1960 to 1966 ) against each other in Miami , Florida . Through the 1966 season, the only scheduled NFL playoff game
1104-577: The IIHF in 1975. When the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame was established June 14, 1979, Lindblad was one of its founding members, and served as chairperson from 1979 to 1983. Lindblad died on 2 February 1984, in Tampere. As a result of his contributions to the sport of hockey, he posthumously joined the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985, and into the builder category of the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999. He
1152-412: The United States teams and International teams which were doubly eliminated , and winless, in their respective brackets (these were eliminated following the 2019 LLWS). Third place games (and consolation games for lower placings) are common in early season college basketball tournaments, as it gives each team an opportunity to play more games before the conference games start in earnest. It also provides
1200-569: The event as well. Also in 1974, Finland won a silver medal at the 1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships . In his last year as president, the Finnish Elite League was founded, which later became known as Liiga . Lindblad was a member of the Finnish Olympic Committee from 1961 to 1976. He later served as a council member of the IIHF from 1967 to 1976, and was one of the first three people to be made an honorary member of
1248-554: The lead to upset Germany. How seriously the competing teams take this match is subject to debate. Certain teams, especially ones which had been expected to reach the final, will rest some of their starters to allow some of their reserve team players to participate in a World Cup game. For instance French team captain Michel Platini did not play in either the 1982 or 1986 third place matches, while German goalkeeper Hans-Jörg Butt received his only competitive international appearance in
1296-500: The long streak ended by winning three consecutive championships in 1986–1988. Many fans regard the Tappara team of the late 1980s – coached by Rauno Korpi – as their strongest of all time. Behind the senior players such as Timo Susi and Erkki Lehtonen , the likes of Teppo Numminen (a long-term defender in NHL) and Janne Ojanen (Tappara icon) led the way as new talented youngsters. In 1988,
1344-450: The losing semi-finalists and the winners of the repechage . The Rugby World Cup used to give automatic qualification to all teams in the top three of the ongoing tournament to the one that would follow it four years later thus making the third place playoff game important, but this was later scrapped after the 1999 edition of the tournament allowing teams outside the top three to automatically qualify depending on their IRB co-efficient in
1392-447: The mid-seventies until Tappara started to be successful again, thanks to some legendary players such as the goalkeeper Antti Leppänen and the defender Pekka Marjamäki . The bronze medals in 1973 and silver medals in 1974 were followed by Finnish championship in 1975. This successful period was even longer than the first period of glory in the 1950s and early sixties. Tappara also won the Finnish championships in 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, and
1440-532: The most third-place finishes in the Women's World Cup, with four. The Big3 professional 3-on-3 basketball league features a post-season game for third place; the game is played directly before the league's championship and features the teams who were eliminated in the semifinals. The FIBA World Cup has a third-place game. For most of its history, the Little League World Series has featured either
1488-482: The most-attended women's sporting event in history, the 1999 final also held in the Rose Bowl. The third place match is generally a high-scoring affair, as no men's match has seen fewer than two goals scored since Poland's 1-0 win over Brazil in 1974, with four out of the last seven bronze-medal games, since 1994, seeing four goals or more. For tournament top scorers, the third place match's tendency of attacking football
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1536-419: The once so mighty team even had to fight for its place at the top level in relegation playoffs against Oulun Kärpät . A glimpse of glory was, however, achieved on the international level, as Tappara player Timo Jutila captained the Finnish national team to win the ice hockey world championship in 1995. In the early 2000s, Tappara played some good seasons, winning silver medals in both 2001 and 2002. In 2003 – to
1584-418: The organizers – the 1999 , 2003 , and 2007 matches were all held in the same stadium as the final. In fact, the 1999 and 2007 third-place matches were both held as the first half of a doubleheader that culminated in the final. The 2011 third-place match returned to the more traditional scheduling of the day before the final in a different stadium. Notably, the 1999 third-place match was the curtain-raiser to
1632-404: The quest for a championship. Third place playoffs held as such consolation games are subject to debate. Many sports tournaments do not have a third place playoff due to a lack of interest. It has been criticised by some who feel that the match serves little purpose, but others see this game as an occasion for the losing semi-finalists to salvage some pride. How seriously the competitors or teams take
1680-408: The rankings. The 1980 edition was the last UEFA European Championship to have a third place match. That was the only third place match in the tournament's history to be decided by a penalty shootout, where Czechoslovakia defeated hosts Italy 9–8 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. The FIFA World Cup features a third place playoff, usually on the day before the final. It is often there to provide
1728-482: The same arena. The arena was the first indoor arena in Finland and it is located in the neighborhood of Hakametsä. Originally the capacity was 10,200 spectators, but it has declined in various renovations over the years. In its current form, the arena accommodates 7,300 spectators. The old rink continues as a venue for indoor sports. The ice-hockey club KooVee and the junior teams of Tappara and Ilves will use this location for official games. Currently, Tappara's home arena
1776-601: The same time the Ice-Hockey division of TBK stopped as an ice hockey club at the highest competitive level. Most of the players transferred from TBK to Tappara. Tappara used TBK's colors and got their place in the top league. Tappara played its first official game in the same year, 1955. The transition was led by team president Harry Lindblad . Tappara went on to win three championships (1959, 1961, and 1964), three second places (1958, 1960, and 1963), and three third places (1956, 1957, and 1962) in just nine years. Their winning streak
1824-470: The surprise of many – Tappara won the Finnish championship, coached by Jukka Rautakorpi . After that, Tappara reached third place in the top league in 2008 but that achievement was followed by some difficult seasons. Tappara qualified only once to the playoffs between 2009 and 2012. All changed in the 2012–13 season when Tappara made it to the finals for the first time since the 2003 championship, but lost to Ässät . In 2014 and 2015 Tappara came even closer to
1872-644: The team generally uses the match to thank the support of their fans (such as the South Korean football team in 2002 , and the German football team in 2006 ). German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn , who had been a reserve to Jens Lehmann during the 2006 tournament, was allowed to retire in the third place playoff by then manager Jürgen Klinsmann . Germany and Portugal fielded strong lineups in that match, after both were narrowly eliminated in their respective semi-finals (Germany and Italy nearly went to penalties, while Portugal
1920-408: The title. Both final series were decided in a decisive seventh game and both of the games Kärpät won in overtime . In 2016, Tappara finally won the championship after beating HIFK in the finals. In 2017, Tappara won the regular season for the first time since 2002, advanced to the finals for the fifth time in a row and won another championship against KalPa . In 2018, Tappara reached the finals for
1968-546: The tournament venue with additional games. Many sports tournaments do not have a third place playoff, mostly due to a lack of interest from the competitors and also from the fans. Several of the most celebrated knockout tournaments did feature the third place game for a period of time, but later abandoned it – for example, the FA Cup third-fourth place matches (1970–1974), the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (1946–1981) and
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2016-464: Was a Finnish ice hockey administrator, coach and player. He served as the Finnish Ice Hockey Association president for 18 years, after five years as its vice-president. During this time, Finland participated in its first ice hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics, won its first medal in international hockey, began to build indoor ice rinks, hosted two Ice Hockey World Championships , and founded
2064-465: Was defeated by France ). For Brazil , the dismal 3–0 loss to the Netherlands in the 2014 third place match, along with the 7–1 semi-final defeat to Germany , led to coach Luiz Felipe Scolari being dismissed. For the Dutch, this was their first bronze medal in the FIFA World Cup. Germany currently holds the most third-place finishes in the men's World Cup, with four, their most recent in 2010. Sweden has
2112-537: Was elected president of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 1957, and served in that role for 18 years until 1975. During this time, the national team placed fourth in the 1962 Ice Hockey World Championships which also determined the 1962 European Ice Hockey Championship. Finland completed the event as the second-best European team overall, earning the European silver medal. He was successful in having
2160-471: Was followed by a more silent period, with Tappara even playing one season (1965–1966) at the second highest level, gaining immediate promotion back to the top flight. In 1965, an indoor arena Tampereen jäähalli was built in Hakametsä to be the home arena of Tappara and their local rivals, Ilves and Koo-Vee . 1965 World Ice Hockey Championships were also held there in the same year. Tappara fans waited until
2208-552: Was later inducted into the Tappara Hall of Fame, and became the namesake of the Harry Lindblad memorial trophy , awarded to the regular season champion of Liiga. Third place playoff Many sports playoffs and knockout tournaments include a third place playoff , third place match , bronze medal game , or consolation game to decide which competitor or team will be credited with finishing third and fourth. This game
2256-411: Was removed the end of the 2009–10 season. These were originally as long as the finals series itself until 1988 , when it was shortened to one win less than the finals (so if the finals was a best-of-seven playoff, the third place playoffs is best-of-five). In 1995 , it was shortened further to a best-of-three series. From 1996 to 2010, it was a single-game playoff, until it was abandoned starting from
2304-511: Was the Championship Game (with unscheduled conference tie-breaker games as necessary; only once during the 1960s, in 1965 , was this required. In 1967 , the NFL playoff field expanded to four to include a division championship, with its first-round losers going to the Playoff Bowl, which had become increasingly unpopular with participating players, fans and officials. With interest declining for
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