The title was won by Ässät Pori who defeated Tappara Tampere in the finals.
One group included Ässät, Blues, HIFK, Jokerit, Kärpät, Lukko and TPS, while other had HPK, Ilves, JYP, KalPa, Pelicans, SaiPa and Tappara.
These were played back-to-back in January and the choices were made in December, with team with lowest point total to that date was able to choose first.
These pairs were: Pelicans-Ilves, TPS-Lukko, Ässät-Blues, HIFK-HPK, Tappara-Jokerit, Kärpät-KalPa and SaiPa-JYP.
The last-placed team Ilves had to play best-of-seven series against Mestis winner Jukurit.