Team information
- Abbr
- TAP
- Sport
- Hockey
- League
- Finnish Liiga
- Founded
- 1955
- Home market
- Tampere, FI
- Championships
- 14
Tappara (Finnish for "Battle axe", Finnish pronunciation: ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga. They play at Tampereen jäähalli in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 14 Finnish league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2016, 2017). The team continued the traditions of TBK, who won three national championships in a row in 1953, 1954 and 1955. Tappara was established in 1955 in Tampere and a major part of the players
Championship years
- 1975
- 1977
- 1979
- 1982
- 1984
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 2003
- 2016
- 2017
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024