Porin Kärpät

Porin Kärpät was a multi-sport club based in Pori, Finland.

Not to be confused with Oulun Kärpät.
Porin Kärpät
Sportice hockey, football, bandy, rinkball, handball, basketball
Founded1932
Disbanded2011
Based inPori, Finland
Porin Kärpät playing ice hockey against Porin Pallo-Toverit (FC Jazz) in the 1950s

History

The club was founded in 1932 and folded in 2011. Kärpät had sections in ice hockey, football, bandy, rinkball, handball, and basketball.

Porin Kärpät and Porin Palloilijat merged their operations in 1960 and formed Porin Karhut, which later merged with RU-38 to form Porin Ässät that still plays ice hockey at the top level of Finland. Kärpät still never stopped existing as a registered club, so they made a comeback in 1990 when rinkball players from Pori joined the I-division with Kärpät's name. Kärpät were promoted to the Kaukalopalloliiga in 1998 and it won the Finnish rinkball championship 4 times (2004, 2005, 2006, 2009).[1][2]

Kärpät's ice hockey team was lost in 1960 after the merger with PoPa, but a women's team was established in 2007 but the team was disestablished in 2010.[3]

Honors

Finnish rinkball championships
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champion (4): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up: (4): 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011
    • First in the regular season (4): 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011

Notable players and coaches
Porin Kärpät football team in 1936

Football

Rinkball

Ice hockey

References
  1. "Porin Kärpät lähellä neljättä mestaruuttaan". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  2. UrheiluSuomi.com. "Porin Kärpät - Miesten edustusjoukkue - 2010-2011 - Otteluohjelma - UrheiluSuomi.com". www.urheilupori.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  3. "Porin Kärpät at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2023-04-14.


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