Category: Finnish Pesapallo

Pesapallo on Independence Day at the Finnish Embassy in Ireland 6 December

Pesapallo World Cup 2019 Logo
Pesapallo World Cup 2019 Logo [Reference: 1]

About

Pesapallo is the Finnish version of Baseball and is their National Sport. It has an unusual form of pitching and players run zig-zags through bases. There is a game played on their National Holiday every year at the Finnish Embassy in Ireland.

Here is a Video of the sport from the New York Times, as shared by the Irish-Finnish Society on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IrishFinnishSociety/posts/1326676680678956 [Accessed 27 June 2019]

References

Logos

[1] Sponsor my Event (2020) LOGO World-Cup-Pesäpallo-Pune-2019 – Copy [Internet] Available from: https://cdn.filepicker.io/api/file/YAItHNJTLKnALYELy7Qu [Accessed 13 November 2020]

Social Media

[2] Irish-Finnish Society Facebook (2019) Video [Internet] Available from:  https://www.facebook.com/IrishFinnishSociety/posts/1326676680678956 [Accessed 27 June 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Howard.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 13 November 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019-2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

Pesapallo (Finland) Men’s 2019

Standings

TeamPPts
Top Half
Vimpelin Veto2971
Sotkamon Jymy2967
Kouvolan Pallonlyoyat2961
Joensuun Maila2959
Hyvinkaan Tahko2946
Seinajoen JymyJussit2944
Pattijoen Urheiljat Rashe2942
Imatran Pallo-Veikot2935
Bottom Half
Kiteen Pallo-902935
Kankaanpaan Urheilijat2933
Kampeleen Kiri2926
Koskenkorvan Urheilijat2924
Siilinjarven Pesis2922
Alajarven Ankkurit2916

Reference: [1]

About

Pesapallo is Finland’s National Sport and is a form of Baseball where players run in zig-zags through the bases.

References:

Websites

[1] Pesis (2019) Superpesis | Meihet [Internet] Available from: https://www.superpesis.fi/ [Accessed 12 August 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Howard.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 12 August 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.