World Ringette Championships

World Ringette Championships are a competition between ringette-playing nations. Tournament is administrated by the International Ringette Federation (IRF). Ringette was invented in 1963 by Sam Jacks and Mirl "Red" McCarthy and the first World Championships were played in 1990. The winning team is awarded with the Sam Jacks Cup championship trophy.[1]

History

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. 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.

Since 2004 the World Championships have been arranged every three years.

World Ringette Championships 1990–2016

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1990
Details		 Canada Gloucester Alberta Alberta Ontario Ontario Quebec Quebec
1992
Details		 FinlandHelsinki Canada Canada West Canada Canada East Finland Finland
1994
Details		 United States Saint Paul Finland Finland Canada Canada East Canada Canada West
1996
Details		 Sweden Stockholm Canada Canada Finland Finland United States United States
2000
Details		 Finland Helsinki Finland Finland Canada Canada United States United States
2002
Details		 Canada Edmonton Canada Canada Finland Finland United States United States
2004
Details		 Sweden Stockholm Finland Finland Canada Canada United States United States
2007
Details		 Canada Ottawa Finland Finland Canada Canada Sweden Sweden
2010
Details		 Finland Tampere Finland Finland Canada Canada United States United States
2013
Details		 Canada North Bay Finland Finland Canada Canada United States United States
2016
Details		 Finland Helsinki Finland Finland Canada Canada Sweden Sweden

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Finland 72110
2  Canada 2608
3 Alberta Alberta 1001
4 Canada Canada West 1012
5 Canada Canada East 0202
6 Ontario Ontario 0101
7  United States 0066
8 Quebec Quebec 0011
9  Sweden 0022

Sources

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sakari Lund; Yle Urheilu (3 January 2014). "Suomi lähellä ringeten MM-kultaa" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

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