The first team-game played by cards started on 16 October 1890 between Helsinki Chess-Club and Tarto in Estonia.
Correspondence chess, as it is known today, started on 2 December 1928 when Der Internationaler Fernschachbund (IFSB), the predecessor of ICCF, was founded in Berlin.
The story of IFSB's organization as a representative of all correspondence chess players was ended by the Second World War in 1939.
After the war the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA) was founded and B. H. Wood from Britain was chosen as the president.
Since then the longest Finnish career in the ICCF executive board was made by Ragnar Wikman.
Authorized by it the leader of the correspondence chess section acted as the representative of ICCF in Finland.
The first organization was founded on 6 January 1955 based on the ideas of government counselor Paavo Lihtonen.
In the Finnish team there played Juhani Sorri, Pentti Palmo, Olli Koskinen, Timothy Binham, Ilkka Kanko and Torvald Perman.
The Finnish team is composed of Tero Kokkila, Ilkka Salmi, Pertti Raivio and again Pentti Palmo.
A Finn has participated in the Ladies World Championship once, when Aulikki Ristoja-Lehtimäki placed 11th in the VI final tournament in the 1990s.