Popular sports for betting in Finland include cross-country skiing, ski jumping, track and field, ice hockey, football and motorsports, such as Formula 1 and world championship rallies.

Finland is one of the few countries in Europe where football is not the most popular sport. Make football bets on all the football competitions that are available at bwin.

Betting on Finnish football

The Veikkausliiga is the top level of the Finnish football league, currently ranked the thirtieth-best league in the UEFA league coefficient rankings. This places the Finnish league just behind the Northern Macedonian Premier League, but ahead of the League of Ireland on coefficient ranking points.

As a result of the league ranking, the Veikkausliiga has obtained several European qualification places. The league champions qualify for the Champions League, while the finalists, the winners of the Finnish Cup and the teams that complete the podium, qualify for the first round of the Conference League, a competition sponsored by bwin. Place your bets on the Finnish Cup on our online sports betting platform.

Bet on the Veikkausliiga

The top Finnish football league comprises twelve teams that play each other in the first half of the season.

Then the league is divided into two parts, with five final games between the top six teams to determine who will be the champions. The remaining six bottom teams play each other to avoid relegation to the Ykkönen, the second level of the Finnish football system. Place your bets on the Ykkonen with bwin.

The first two leagues are single national leagues, while the third-tier Kakkonen league is divided into three groups of twelve teams, resulting in 36 teams in the third tier of the Finnish football system.

As with other Nordic countries, Finland has adopted a summer season schedule, with the majority of its league matches taking place between April and November.

Recommended bets on HJK Helsinki

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply HJK, is the undisputed king of Finnish football, with a string of league titles season after season. They are far above rivals, FC Haka and HPS Helsinki. Therefore, we recommend betting on HJK winning with a handicap. bet

HJK has had some success in European competitions, being the first and only Finnish team to date to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.

HJK has rivalries with several clubs in the capital, as mentioned above, but their main historical and trans-urban rivals are HIFK in the Stadin Derby.