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The Finnish Cricket Association (Suomen Krikettiliitto ry) was set up in 1999 to develop and organise the game of cricket in Finland.
The FCA is currently responsible for the following areas:
1. Finnish national league (Suomen mestaruussarja), an 11 team league with clubs from the national capital Helsinki, and the cities of Turku and Tampere.
2. Youth development: An introductory level schools programme in the capital area, aided by developing club youth programme.
3. National team: The national recently won the European 2006 4th division, enabling them to move up to division 3 next year (2007)
4. Regional Development: Tampere and Turku are already thriving regional centres of cricket development, Oulu, Jyväskylä and Lahti form the basis of the expansion of this programme.
5. Umpiring: Each Finnish league game is officiated by ACUS/ ECC qualified umpires.