2020–21 Naisten Liiga season

The 2020–21 Naisten Liiga season was the thirty-eighth season of the Naisten Liiga, Finland's elite women's ice hockey league, since the league's creation in 1982. The season began, as scheduled, on 5 September 2020, making the Naisten Liiga the first women's national ice hockey league in Europe and, quite likely, in the world to return to play for the 2020–21 season.

2020–21 Naisten Liiga season
LeagueNaisten Liiga
SportIce hockey
DurationPreliminaries
5 September – 29 November
Regular season
8 January – 28 February
Playoffs
3 March – 25 March
Number of games25–29
Number of teams11 in Preliminary series
6 in Regular season, 6 in Lower division series
TV partner(s)Ruutu+
Regular Season
Season championsKiekko-Espoo
  Runners-upKalPa Kuopio
Season MVPElisa Holopainen (KalPa)
Top scorerMichaela Pejzlová (HIFK)
Promoted to Lower division seriesJYP Jyväskylä
Relegated to 2021–22 Naisten MestisJYP Jyväskylä
Lukko Rauma
Aurora Borealis Cup Playoffs
Aurora Borealis Cup Playoffs MVPTiia Pajarinen
Finals championsKiekko-Espoo
  Runners-upKalPa Kuopio
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