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Sport | Ringette |
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Founded | 1990 |
No. of teams | 2 in Senior Division 2 in Junior Division 3 or more in President's Pool Division |
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Official website | IRFringette.com |
The World Ringette Championships (WRC)[1] is the premier international competition in ringette, a winter team skating sport invented in 1963 by Sam Jacks and Mirl "Red" McCarthy. The tournament is governed and administrated by the International Ringette Federation (IRF). Competing nations include: Canada, Finland, USA, Sweden, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The first World Ringette Championship was held in Canada in Gloucester, Ontario, Canada in 1990, with the most recent tournament completed in 2019.
The upcoming 2022 World Ringette Championships will be held in November of 2022 and will be hosted by Finland.[1]
Unlike most international team sports tournaments, the World Ringette Championship competition consists entirely of elite female athletes due to the sport's dedication to providing girls and women with a sport of their own which has also allowed it to be free from the administrative responsibilities necessary to govern both a male and female category of the sport. This approach has also resulted in the ability to avoid male-female comparisons and given elite female athletes the spotlight by preventing male athletes from dominating the sport due to their biological advantages.
The competitive structure is divided into three separate categories: the Senior Division, Junior Division, and the President's Pool. The winning Senior team is awarded with the championship trophy called the Sam Jacks Trophy.[2] The winning Junior team is awarded with the Juuso Wahlsten trophy, named after Juhani Wahlsten. The winner of the President's Pool is awarded with the President's Trophy.
History
In the beginning, the World Ringette Championships were held every other year, but have been held every two or three years since the 2004 World Ringette Championships were hosted in Sweden.
The first World Ringette Championships were held in Gloucester, Ontario in 1990. Participating teams included six regional teams from Canada and the national teams of Finland and United States. Between 1990–1996 and 2000–2004 the Championships were arranged every other year. In 1998 no official World Championships were held but Finland and Canada played several exhibition games across Europe.
Canada vs Finland world title rivalry
Since 1994, Canada and Finland have battled for the world title which is contested between senior national ringette teams. Since the first world competition was established, Finland's senior national team has dominated the competition by winning the world title a total of nine times with seven of those wins being consecutive victories. Finland's most recent victory was in 2019 in Burnaby, Canada. Canada has not won the world title in almost two decades, having only won the title twice. Canada's last victory occurred in Edmonton, Canada in 2002.
World Titles:
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History of the tournament
While the first World Ringette Championship began in 1990, the competition between individual nations technically began in 1994. Initially the tournament was exclusively contested between senior national ringette teams until 2013 when the junior division (U19) was added, having merged from a separate junior tournament, the World Junior Ringette Championships. For a time, a separate world ringette club competition also existed, the Ringette World Club Championship, but it too has since merged with the World Ringette Championships completing a new and separate competition called the "President's Pool".
Today both the senior and junior competitions for the world title involve a best of three playoff series between national Canadian and Finnish ringette teams in their respective age groups, with the senior competition now having been dubbed the "Sam Jacks Series".
1990 World Ringette Championships
The first World Ringette Championship was held in the city of Gloucester, Ontario, Canada. Three countries participated: Canada,[4] Finland and United States, sending a total of 8 teams.[5] Finland finished seventh and the United States eighth while Canadian teams monopolized the podium.[6]
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1992 World Ringette Championships
The second World Ringette Championship took place in Helsinki, Finland. There were two Canada teams,[7] Finland, United States, France, Sweden and Russia.[8][9]
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1994 World Ringette Championships
The third World Ringette Championship was played in the city of Minnesota, United States. There were two Canada teams,[10] Finland, United States, Sweden and Russia.[11] Finland won the World Cup, its very first world championship.[12]
Final Standing:
1996 World Ringette Championships
The fourth World Ringette Championship took place in Stockholm, Sweden. Canada[13] won the gold medal beating Finland 6–5 in extra time.[14]
Final Standing:
2002 World Ringette Championships
The 2002 World Ringette Championship was contested in Edmonton, Alberta from ? to ? Month 2002.
The victory by Canada in 2002 was considered particularly notable.[15] After having been defeated by a score of 4–3 in extra time against Finland in 2000, Canada took its revenge by defeating their arch-rival by a score of 3–1 in front of an arena filled with about 4,000 supporters. The final match was broadcast on CBC and followed by 544,000 Canadian televiewers.
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2004 World Ringette Championships
The 2004 World Ringette Championship was contested in Stockholm, Sweden from ? to ? Month 2004.
Finland took the world championship by crushing Canada 9-3 in the final.[16] Since the 2004 World Championships, Finland has dominated the international senior level of ringette.[17]
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2007 World Ringette Championships
The 2007 World Ringette Championship was contested in Ottawa, Canada between November 1, to ? 2007.[18][19][20]
The final game required overtime after Finnish player Marjukka Virta tied the game 4–4, and Anne scored allowing Finland to overcome Canada 5-4[21] · .[22] Sweden won its first medal in the World Ringette Championship (a bronze medal) by beating the United States 10-9 in overtime.[23]
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2010 World Ringette Championships
The 2010 World Ringette Championship was contested in Tampere, Finland between November 1st and November 6th, 2010.
Finland[24] won its fifth world title in front of 10,000 spectators, beating Canada again.[25][26] The United States[27] had their revenge on Sweden[28] defeating them 19–1.[29]
Final Standing:
2013 World Ringette Championships
The 2013 World Ringette Championship marked the 50th anniversary of the sport and took place in North Bay, Ontario, Canada between 31 December 2013 and 4 January 2014.
Final Standing:
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2016 World Ringette Championships
The 2016 World Ringette Championship was contested in Helsinki, Finland between December 27, 2015 – January 3, 2016.
The event marked the 11th international competition of the sport of ringette. In addition to the international competition, a tournament, known as the "Ringette Festival", was held for U14 teams.
Final Standing:
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2017 World Ringette Championships
The 2017 World Ringette Championship was contested in Mississauga, Ontario from November 27 to December 3 2010 at Hershey Centre Arena.[30]
2019 World Ringette Championships
The 2019 World Ringette Championship was the most recent tournament and was hosted in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, with the results as follows:
2021 World Ringette Championships
The 2021 World Ringette Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was slated to be hosted by Finland.
2022 World Ringette Championships
The upcoming 2022 World Ringette Championship will be held in November of 2022 and will be hosted by Finland.
World Ringette Championships (1990–2021)
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Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 nations) | 13 | 13 | 12 | 38 |
World Junior Ringette Championships
The World Junior Ringette Championship (U19) was a tournament organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) for elite international Junior ringette athletes but no longer functions as an event, having since been merged with the World Ringette Championships where both Senior and Junior divisions now exist.
First World Junior Ringette Championships
The first World Junior Ringette Championship took place in August, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic: two Canadian teams, Canada West Under-19[31] and Canada-East Under-19[32] faced two Finnish teams, Finland White and Finland Blue.[33]
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Second World Junior Ringette Championship
The second World Junior Championship was held in December, 2012 in London, Ontario, Canada.
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Trophies
The winning national senior team is awarded the Sam Jacks Trophy. The winning national junior team is awarded the Juhani Wahlsten Trophy.
Senior Division
The Sam Jacks Trophy was first introduced in 2002 and is awarded to the winning national senior level ringette team. The senior elite division competes in a best of three series between the nations of Canada and Finland called the "Sam Jacks Series".
The trophy is named after Canada's Sam Jacks in his honor since Jacks is considered the main inventor of the sport.
Junior Division
The Juuso Wahlsten Trophy was introduced during the 2019 World Ringette Championships in Burnaby, Alberta, Canada. It was the first time the World Ringette Junior Champions were with presented with the new trophy. The trophy is named after Juhani "Juuso" Wahlsten, the "Father of Ringette" in Finland.
The trophy was donated by Finland's Sini Forsblom, a former Team Finland athlete and also former President of the International Ringette Federation.
The Junior Pool competition is a best of three series.
See also
References
- ^ https://irfringette.com/events
- ^ Sakari Lund; Yle Urheilu (3 January 2014). "Suomi lähellä ringeten MM-kultaa" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "Team Canada 2002 Roster". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Player Roster Team Canada 1990". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "World Championships". Retrieved 3 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Team Canada 1992 Roster". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Ringette". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "1992 World Championship". Retrieved 3 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Team Canada Roster 1994 Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine,
- ^ "1994 World Championship". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ (in Finnish) Suomen ensimmäinen ringette-MM 1994
- ^ "Team Canada 1996 Roster". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "1996 World Championship". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "2002 World Championship". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Finale". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "2004 World Championships". Retrieved 3 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2007 World Championships". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Team Canada Roster". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "canada.com - Page Not Found". Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2017 – via Canada.com. Cite uses generic title (help)
- ^ (in French) Les Canadiennes vice-championnes du monde
- ^ (in Finnish) Suomi juhlii ringeten MM-kultaa Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sweden United States". Retrieved 3 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "..:: Leaguestat ::." www.leaguestat.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "2010 World championship". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ (in Finnish) Suomi juhlii ringeten MM-kultaa
- ^ "..:: Leaguestat ::." www.leaguestat.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "..:: Leaguestat ::." www.leaguestat.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Pdf Document" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Mississauga to host 2017 World Ringette Championships". CBC. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "U19 Team Canada West 2009 Roster". Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "U19 Team Canada East 2009 Roster". Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "World Junior Ringette Championship". Retrieved 3 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Canada East suffers heartbreaking loss to Finland White at gold final" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Tean Finland White Stars win gold at first IRF U-19 Ringette Championship". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
Sources
- International Ringette Federation Official Homepage
- Dead link : International Ringette Federation Official Homepage