World Ringette Championships

The 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 held in 1990. The winning team is awarded with the Sam Jacks Cup championship trophy.[1]

World Ringette Championships
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)varying
Frequencyevery third year
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1990 (1990)
Organised byIRF

History

The 2017 competition, the 2017 World Ringette Championships, was hosted in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The event was held from Nov 27 to Dec 3 at Hershey Centre Arena.[2]

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 (1990–2019)
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1990
Details		 Gloucester Alberta Ontario Quebec
1992
Details		 Helsinki Canada West Canada East Finland
1994
Details		 Saint Paul Finland Canada East Canada West
1996
Details		 Stockholm Canada Finland United States
2000
Details		 Helsinki Finland Canada United States
2002
Details		 Edmonton Canada Finland United States
2004
Details		 Stockholm Finland Canada United States
2007
Details		 Ottawa Finland Canada Sweden
2010
Details		 Tampere Finland Canada United States
2013
Details		 North Bay Finland Canada United States
2016
Details		 Helsinki Finland Canada Sweden
2017
Details		 Mississauga Finland Canada Sweden
2019
Details		 Burnaby Finland (Sr.team)
Sweden (President's pool)
Canada (Jr.team)		 Canada (Sr.team)
United States(President’s pool)
Finland (Jr.team)		 Czech Republic (President’s pool)

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland92112
2 Canada28010
3 Canada West1012
4 Alberta1001
5 Canada East0202
6 Ontario0101
7 United States0066
8 Sweden0033
9 Quebec0011
Totals (9 nations)13131238

See also

References
  1. Sakari Lund; Yle Urheilu (3 January 2014). "Suomi lähellä ringeten MM-kultaa" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/mississauga-to-host-2017-world-ringette-championships-1.3754284

Sources
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