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Glorious mud: photos from Finland's swamp soccer championships

Johanna Kannasmaa / EPA

Johanna Kannasmaa / EPA

The manager of one of the losing teams wallows in the mud.
The manager of one of the losing teams wallows in the mud.Johanna Kannasmaa / EPA

Over 300 teams and 5,000 players competed in the annual Swamp Soccer Championships in Hyrynsalmi, Finland over the weekend. 

Read more about Finland's impressive collection of bizarre sporting events, which also include wife-carrying and cellphone-throwing contests, and take a look through some more muddy images on PhotoBlog.