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Australian rules football in Finland is controlled by the Finland AFL, who formed in 2006 after the creation of Finland's first Australian football club around a year earlier. Domestic matches began in 2007 with two teams, the Helsinki Heatseekers and Salo Juggernauts. A third team, the Espoo Roos was created in 2008 but only lasted one season due to lack of numbers and the remaining players joined the Helsinki team, but there are plans to revive Espoo in the future. A third stand alone club, the Turku Dockers, was formed in late 2008 by Australian Ex-pats Craig Primmer and Grant Siermans. During the 2010 season, Helsinki players Mika Kupila and Kaj Karlsson who study in Vaasa decided to create a team in the city, the Vaasa Wombats, and they are hoping to join the league in 2011. The FAFL plays the European style Australian football which is played on soccer or American football fields and consists of 15 players on each team, with nine on the field and six on the interchange. The FAFL plays 15-minute quarters and also has a 40-metre scoring zone where all scores must be made from. The first full domestic season was played with three stand-alone teams in 2009. The Turku Dockers defeated Helsinki for the inaugural Finnish premiership.〔(Turku Dockers take out inaugural Finnish premiership )〕 2010 saw the Turku Dockers go back to back, but this time defeating the Salo Juggernauts. The Dockers completed the 'perfect season' by not losing a game for the entire year, with an average winning margin of 73 points. After the 2010 home and away season the first ever FAFL cup was held in Tali, Helisnki. Four teams competed on the day in a round robin style tournament that consisted of 12-minute halves. The Vaasa Wombats made their Australian Football debut against the Helsinki Heatseekers, losing by just 11 points. The Wombats scored their first win against the Salo Juggernauts in their second game of the day. The Turku Dockers won the tournament after defeating Helsinki in the final by 10 points. The Dockers were undefeated for the day, with close wins over Salo (6 points) and Helsinki (3 points) but more comfortably over Vaasa (27 points). Premiers: 2009: Turku Dockers 11.13:79 dft Helsinki Heaseekers 8.7:55 2010: Turku Dockers 19.17:131 dft Salo Juggernauts 8.5:53 FAFL Tournament winners 2010: Turku Dockers 7.9:51 dft Helsinki Heatseekers 6.5:41 League Best and Fairest 2009: Mika Kupila (Helsinki Heatseekers) and Juuso Timosaari (Turku Dockers) 2010: Ville Koivunen (Salo Juggernauts) Leagues leading goal kicker 2009: Juuso Timosaari, 29 goals (Turku Dockers) 2010: Juha Leino, 20 goals (Turku Dockers) League Records: Highest score: 24.12: 156, Turku Dockers vs Helsinki Heatseekers. (2010) Most goals in a game: 10, Carl Steinfort (Helsinki Heatseekers, 2009) and Juha Leino (Turku Dockers, 2010) Career goals: Juuso Timosaari, 47 goals (Turku Dockers) ==International matches== The Finland Icebreakers are the representative Australian rules football team of Finland, formerly known as the Finnish Lions. They have twice won the Central European AFL Championships, going back-to-back in 2006 and 2007. While the team was started by Australian expatriates, it has been captained by a Finn ever since the 2nd match. Captains have included Kimmo Heikkilä, Jani Saarinen, Fredrik Romar and Ville Koivunen. The Icebreakers are now almost exclusively Finns. The old Finnish jumper was primarily blue, with a white rectangle in the centre with the blue cross of the Finnish flag through it, and the coat of arms immediately below it. The current national jumper still has the flag as the predominant feature, but instead of the coat of arms, includes a stylized iceberg graphic. The Lions' first home game on 13 May 2006 was claimed as the northernmost international game of Australian rules ever played, being hosted in Helsinki, the northernmost capital of Europe, although this was later overtaken by the club in Falun, Sweden. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australian rules football in Finland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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