Finland

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Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Finland. The Finnish main league Liiga has an attendance average of 4,850 people

Pesäpallo, also referred to as “Finnish baseball” is a fast moving bat-and-ball sport. It was created in the 1920s by Lauri “Tahko” Pihkala, a right-wing activist, who supported eugenics as a means to improve the military prowess of the Finnish people.

Pesäpallo is the national game of Finland. It is a combination of traditional ball-batting team games and American baseball. The game was first developed by Lauri “Tahko” Pihkala in the 1920´s, and in the summer of 2002 pesäpallo celebrated its 80th anniversary.