{"id":24658,"date":"2026-04-27T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finbandy.fi\/fi\/?p=24658"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:05:18","slug":"ari-holopainens-era-over-landslaget-soker-ny-forbundskapten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finbandy.fi\/fi\/ari-holopainens-era-over-landslaget-soker-ny-forbundskapten\/","title":{"rendered":"Ari Holopainens era \u00f6ver \u2013 landslaget s\u00f6ker ny f\u00f6rbundskapten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:50px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.finbandy.fi\/fi\/ari-holopainens-era-over-landslaget-soker-ny-forbundskapten\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" width=\"400\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>\n<p>Ari Holopainen, som varit f\u00f6rbundskapten f\u00f6r Finlands herrlandslag i bandy i n\u00e4stan sju \u00e5rs tid, l\u00e4mnade sin post efter VM-turneringen i Bj\u00f6rneborg. Han hoppade av efter en h\u00e4ndelserik period med olika utmaningar, men ocks\u00e5 utvecklingsarbete och framg\u00e5ngar i m\u00e4sterskap.<\/p>\n<p>Den gyllene kronan \u2013 ett VM-guld \u2013 uteblev dock.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Mitt m\u00e5l var hela tiden att ta Finland tillbaka till toppen, men det lyckades jag inte med. Det k\u00e4nns f\u00f6rst\u00e5s lite bittert, men jag hoppas att n\u00e5gon annan kan slutf\u00f6ra det arbete jag p\u00e5b\u00f6rjade, s\u00e4ger Holopainen.<\/p>\n<p>Ari Holopainen har en l\u00e5ng bakgrund inom bandyn, b\u00e5de som spelare och tr\u00e4nare. Som aktiv, fostrad i WP 35 fr\u00e5n Varkaus, representerade han flera svenska klubbar. Efter spelarkarri\u00e4ren gick han \u00f6ver till tr\u00e4naryrket inom samma kretsar.<\/p>\n<p>Han uts\u00e5gs till f\u00f6rbundskapten f\u00f6r Finlands A-landslag sommaren 2019, efter att tidigare ha varit assisterande tr\u00e4nare \u00e5t Antti Parviainen under VM i V\u00e4nersborg samma \u00e5r.<\/p>\n<p>Inledningen p\u00e5 Holopainens tid som f\u00f6rbundskapten var utmanande. De f\u00f6rsta \u00e5ren saknade helt m\u00e4sterskap, d\u00e5 VM i Irkutsk st\u00e4lldes in p\u00e5 grund av coronapandemin och turneringen i Syktyvkar 2022 inte kunde genomf\u00f6ras efter Rysslands invasion av Ukraina.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Det var f\u00f6rst\u00e5s en sv\u00e5r och frustrerande tid n\u00e4r landskamperna var f\u00e5. Samtidigt k\u00e4nde vi hela tiden att vi byggde n\u00e5got och f\u00f6rberedde oss f\u00f6r framtida m\u00e4sterskap. Under den perioden k\u00f6rde vi in ett spelsystem och formade tydliga roller f\u00f6r v\u00e5ra nyckelspelare.<\/p>\n<p>Till slut ledde Holopainen Finland i tre VM-turneringar: V\u00e4xj\u00f6 2023, Lidk\u00f6ping 2025 och Pori 2026. I samtliga var medaljf\u00f6rdelningen densamma: Sverige tog guld, Finland silver och Norge brons.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 I V\u00e4xj\u00f6 och Lidk\u00f6ping var vi v\u00e4ldigt n\u00e4ra att sl\u00e5 Sverige. Spelm\u00e4ssigt var vi inte s\u00e4mre, men sm\u00e5 marginaler avgjorde i de avg\u00f6rande l\u00e4gena.<\/p>\n<p>VM p\u00e5 hemmaplan i Bj\u00f6rneborg 2026 bj\u00f6d p\u00e5 utm\u00e4rkta f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar, men slutresultatet l\u00e4mnade blandade k\u00e4nslor och v\u00e4ckte ocks\u00e5 fr\u00e5gor.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Vi kunde f\u00f6rbereda oss b\u00e4ttre \u00e4n n\u00e5gonsin och efter segern mot Sverige i grundseriens sista match fick vi en enklare v\u00e4g till finalen. Allt gick i princip enligt plan, men i finalen brast det mentalt och vi fick inte alls i g\u00e5ng v\u00e5rt spel. Den insatsen l\u00e4mnade en bitter eftersmak, s\u00e4ger Holopainen.<\/p>\n<p>Under Holopainens l\u00e5nga period som f\u00f6rbundstr\u00e4nare h\u00f6lls stommen i laget relativt intakt, samtidigt som yngre spelare successivt tog plats.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Gruppen blev v\u00e4ldigt sammansvetsad och lagandan har alltid varit exceptionellt bra. \u00c4ven om vi inte har s\u00e5 m\u00e5nga gemensamma dagar, \u00e4r till exempel VM-turneringar intensiva \u2013 vi lever tillsammans n\u00e4stan dygnet runt. Det fina med jobbet \u00e4r att f\u00e5 olika personligheter att tro p\u00e5 samma sak och arbeta mot ett gemensamt m\u00e5l.<\/p>\n<p>De starkaste minnena f\u00f6r Holopainen handlar om tiden tillsammans med laget.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u00c5ren med landslaget har varit fantastiska. Det b\u00e4sta har varit gemenskapen, framg\u00e5ngarna och lagandan \u2013 att arbeta tillsammans och n\u00e5 resultat.<\/p>\n<p>Bandyn l\u00e4mnar han dock inte bakom sig.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jag arbetar i dag som sportchef i Gripen Trollh\u00e4ttan BK, s\u00e5 bandyn kommer att finnas kvar i mitt liv \u00e4ven fram\u00f6ver.<\/p>\n<p>Holopainens era som f\u00f6rbundskapten slutade utan VM-guld, men hans arbete lade en stark grund f\u00f6r framtiden och h\u00f6ll Finland kvar i v\u00e4rldstoppen.<\/p>\n<p>Finlands Bandyf\u00f6rbund har inlett arbetet med att hitta hans eftertr\u00e4dare.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Vi ser g\u00e4rna att n\u00e4sta f\u00f6rbundskapten ocks\u00e5 \u00e4r finl\u00e4ndare och har redan gjort vissa f\u00f6rfr\u00e5gningar. M\u00e5let \u00e4r att presentera den nya f\u00f6rbundskaptenen f\u00f6re f\u00f6rbundets v\u00e5rm\u00f6te den 16 maj i Helsingfors, s\u00e4ger f\u00f6rbundets ordf\u00f6rande Antti Parviainen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ari Holopainen, som varit f\u00f6rbundskapten f\u00f6r Finlands herrlandslag i bandy i n\u00e4stan sju \u00e5rs tid, l\u00e4mnade sin post efter VM-turneringen i Bj\u00f6rneborg. Han hoppade av efter en h\u00e4ndelserik period med olika utmaningar, men ocks\u00e5 utvecklingsarbete och framg\u00e5ngar i m\u00e4sterskap. Den gyllene kronan \u2013 ett VM-guld \u2013 uteblev dock. \u2013 Mitt m\u00e5l var hela tiden att [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":24656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":1777287846,"_expiration-date-type":"draft","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[46,5,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-henkilokuvat","category-liitto-tiedottaa","category-maajoukkueet","category-yleinen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ari Holopainens era \u00f6ver \u2013 landslaget s\u00f6ker ny f\u00f6rbundskapten - Suomen J\u00e4\u00e4palloliitto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.finbandy.fi\/fi\/ari-holopainens-era-over-landslaget-soker-ny-forbundskapten\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fi_FI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ari Holopainens era \u00f6ver \u2013 landslaget s\u00f6ker ny f\u00f6rbundskapten - Suomen J\u00e4\u00e4palloliitto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ari Holopainen, som varit f\u00f6rbundskapten f\u00f6r Finlands herrlandslag i bandy i n\u00e4stan sju \u00e5rs tid, l\u00e4mnade sin post efter VM-turneringen i Bj\u00f6rneborg. 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