Finland Cricket Competition- FCA Official Deuce Ball Cricket League

Finland Cricket Association also known as FCA governs all official cricketing activities in Finland. FCA organizes over 300 official matches throughout the year.  FCA co-ordinates competitive cricket  in 3 different formats . SM 40 Division(1,2,3) : Twenty20  and Indoor (10 Overs- Winter League).

SM-40 Division(1,2,3)League and Twenty20 is played outdoor during summer between May-September , whilst Winter indoor league runs throughout the winter December-April. Not to forget FCA also introduced  Hard-Tennis Ball cricket league throughout year 2014.

The Finland Cricket Competition or official FCA league is briefly explained below:

Finland First Division Cricket: SM-40 DIV1:
Format: 40 Overs , League, Play each other home & away.
Players: 11
Ground: Outdoor
DressCode: White
Teams: Espoo-FinnAsia-FPC-Helsinki-Skk-Vantaa

Finland Second Division Cricket: SM-40 DIV2:
Format: 40 Overs , League, Play each other home & away.
Players: 11
Ground: Outdoor
DressCode: White
Teams: BengalTigers-Empire-Keravaa-Shaurya-Tampere-Turku

Finland Third Division Cricket: SM-40 DIV3:
Format: 30 Overs , Yet to conform league structure.
Players: 11
Ground: Outdoor
DressCode: White
Teams: Empire2-Everest-HelsinkiMetropolitans-Skk2-Vantaa2

Finland Twenty20 Cricket: SM-T20:
Format: 20 Overs , Yet to conform league structure.
Players: 11
Ground: Outdoor
DressCode: White
Teams: Yet to conform

Finland Winter Indoor League Cricket: SM-Indoor:
Format: 10 Overs , League, Play each others once.
Players: 6
Ground: Indoor
DressCode: Coloured
Teams: BengalTigers-Ekenäs-Empire-Everest-Helsinki-
HelsinkiMetopolitan -Keravaa-Shaurya-Stadin

Finland Hobby Series Cricket:
 Friendly/tennisball/others:
To get FCA tagged with your informal cricket events in Finland, all players in a team should register for a Hobby Valo License which costs Appx €15 annually per player per team.
This hobby series can be played in any format at any time.

Note: Players are not eligible to play above mentioned FCA League without a valid VALO LICENSE. For FCA League a valid A license is mandatory .Clcik here to choose right type of VALO LICENSE for you. 

Click here for winter indoor league fixtures and point tables. 

Player exchanges Rules  FCA  :Players may play for different clubs in different competitions but players may not play for different clubs within a competition (i.e. 2 different clubs in SM40, or within T20) under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES (including juniors). We therefore strongly recommend that clubs carefully consider their ability to field more than one team for a whole season before committing to such an undertaking. Forfeited matches will be dealt with as per the penalty matrix.Source:CricketFinland