World Ringette Championships
The World Ringette Championships (WRC) is the premier international competition in ringette and is governed by the International Ringette Federation (IRF). Competing nations include: Canada, Finland, USA, Sweden, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, with Team Canada and Team Finland having emerged as the sport's top two competing nations. Unlike most international competitions, all of the WRC's elite athletes are female rather than male, one of the sport's distinctive features.
Current season, competition or edition: 2022 World Ringette Championships | |
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| Sport | Ringette |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1990 |
| No. of teams | Differing: * Senior Pool * Junior Pool * President's Pool |
| Countries | World |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Senior:  Finland Junior .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Most titles | Senior: Finland (8 titles) Junior: Canada(5 titles) |
| Official website | IRFringette.com |
The inaugural year for the WRC was in 1990. The World Ringette Summit Series took place in Europe in 1998. The most recent WRC was completed in 2019. The upcoming 2022 World Ringette Championships[1] will take place in Espoo, Finland,[2][3] at the Espoo Metro Areena, October 31-November 6, 2022. The previous WRC was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Competition consists of teams competing in one of three pools: the Senior Pool (Sam Jacks Series), the Junior Pool, and the President's Pool. Several WRC competitions have been recorded and have been made available for viewing online for free.
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-to-female comparisons and has given the spotlight to elite female athletes.
The nations of Canada and Finland form the sport's biggest international rivalry; the rivalry does not exist exclusively between North American teams. Nations like the USA and Sweden have yet to produce top tier talent and the two countries form the international rivalry at a lower tier. One of the two countries are expected to eventually produce the first team to break the top two-team international barrier between Canada and Finland, though the Czech Republic and Slovakia also compete. Russia and France have not competed in the senior division at the World Ringette Championships since 1996, and neither country has sent a junior national ringette team to compete since 2012.
The upcoming 2022 World Ringette Championships in Espoo, Finland will be the 14th time the event has been held. The President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, will act as a patron of the event. The main event will take place at the Espoo Metro Areena, and a youth tournament will be played at the Espoo Tapiola Arena and Matinkylä ice rinks. An international junior tournament will be hosted by local ringette club, Kiekko-Espoo. In addition, "come try ringette" events are planned for schools in the area as well as the general public.
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 competition is organized by the international governing body for the sport, the International Ringette Federation (IRF), which was initially called the World Ringette Council. The Council is believed to have eventually changed its name to the IRF to avoid confusion due to the fact that the acronym for the organization (WRC) was identical to the World Ringette Championship.
The first World Ringette Championships were held in Gloucester, Ontario in 1990 where the first ever Sam Jacks Trophy was awarded to a representative Canadian team from Alberta, the sport's first World Ringette Champions. Participating teams included six regional teams from Canada, and national teams from Finland and the United States. Team Alberta, a.k.a. the "Calgary Debs" won the inaugural championship, marking Canada's reputation as the leading country in the sport.
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 touring across Europe in what was called the "Summit Series".
While the first World Ringette Championship began in 1990, the competition between individual nations technically began in 1996. Initially the tournament was exclusively contested between adult 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 been discontinued. Instead, the International Ringette Federation created a new and separate competition naming the division the "President's Pool", which allows athletes and teams from countries with less ringette experience and a smaller presence in the sport new opportunities to compete. The Presidents' Pool involves junior teams from Canada and Finland competing with the developing ringette countries.
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".
Competition format
The competitive structure is divided into three separate categories: the Senior Pool (called the "Sam Jacks Series"), the Junior Pool, and the President's Pool.
The Senior Pool competition is played in a best-of-three playoff format between the national senior ringette teams from Canada and Finland. The winning Senior team is awarded with the championship trophy called the Sam Jacks Trophy.[4]
The Junior Pool competition is played in a best-of-three playoff format between the national junior ringette teams from Canada and Finland. The winning Junior team is awarded with the Juuso Wahlsten trophy, named after Juhani Wahlsten.
The Presidents' Pool involves junior teams from Canada and Finland competing with the developing ringette countries. The winning team in the President's Pool is awarded with the President's Trophy.
Awards
The winning national senior team is awarded the Sam Jacks Trophy. The winning national junior team is awarded the Juuso Wahlsten Trophy. The winner of the President's Pool takes home the President's Trophy.
Senior Pool Trophy
The Sam Jacks Trophy was first introduced at the 1990 World Ringette Championships and is awarded to the winning national senior level ringette team. The trophy is named after Canada's Sam Jacks in his honour since Jacks is considered the main inventor of the sport. The trophy was donated by the family of Sam Jacks.[5]
The newly redesigned Sam Jacks trophy was introduced at the 1996 World Ringette Championships and has been awarded during every World Ringette Championship year ever since.
The senior elite division competes in a best of three series between the nations of Canada and Finland called the "Sam Jacks Series".
Junior Pool Trophy
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.
President's Pool Trophy
The winner of the President's Pool Division is awarded the President's Trophy which was first introduced during the 2013 World Ringette Championships. The Presidents' Pool involves junior teams from Canada and Finland competing against the developing ringette countries.
World Ringette Championship results (1990–2022)
The first time the World Ringette Championships involved teams representing individual nations exclusively was during the 1996 World Ringette Championships.
Participation details
The Sam Jacks Series is the elite competition between the senior national ringette teams of Canada and Finland. The World Junior Ringette Championships and the Ringette World Club Championship were both initially organized as a separate events but the junior competition has since been merged with the World Ringette Championship while the club competition is no longer contested. The Junior division (U19) was added to the larger program in 2013. The President's Pool division was added in 2016. National teams participating have included: Canada, Finland, United States, Sweden, Russia, France, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Russia and France have not sent national teams from their respective countries to compete in the senior division in the world championships since 1996, and neither has sent a junior national ringette team to compete since 2012.
- Teams in italics no longer compete at the World Championships as of 2021.
- Cells in the table below with a red border indicate the host country for the tournament which took place that year.
| Team | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada East | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Canada West | 1st | 3rd | |
| Finland | 7th | 3rd | 1st |
 USA | 8th | 4th | 4th |
 Sweden | 6th | 6th | |
 Russia | 5th | 5th | |
| Alberta | 1st | ||
| Saskatchewan | 6th | ||
| Manitoba | 5th | ||
| Ontario | 2nd | ||
| Quebec | 3rd | ||
| Gloucester, Ontario (host) | 4th |
The 1996 World Ringette Championship marked the first time the event had only one representative team from each participating nation.
| Team | 1996 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2007 | 2010 | 2013 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Finland | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| United States | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | |||
| Sweden | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | |||
 Czech Republic | 5th | ||||||||||
 Slovakia | 6th |
| Team | 2009 | 2012 | 2013 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada U19/U21 | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
| Finland U19/U21 | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| United States | 5th | ||||||
| Sweden | 3rd | ||||||
| Canada East | 2nd | 1st | |||||
| Canada West | 4th | 3rd | |||||
| Finland White Stars | 1st | ||||||
| Finland Blue Stars | 3rd | ||||||
| Russia | 4th | ||||||
 France | 6th | ||||||
| Team | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Sweden | 1st | 1st | ||
| Sweden Junior | 5th | |||
| Slovakia | 6th | |||
| Czech Republic | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | |
Events by year
1990 World Ringette Championships
The 1990 World Ringette Championship was the first World Ringette Championship. The event was held in the city of Gloucester, Ontario, Canada. Three countries participated: Canada,[6] Finland and United States, sending a total of 8 teams.[7] Finland finished seventh and the United States eighth while Canadian teams monopolized the podium.[8] A Canadian team from Alberta, the "Calgary Debs" won the first world title in international competition.
| Team | |
|---|---|
 |  Alberta, Canada (Calgary Debs) |
 |  Ontario, Canada |
 |  Quebec, Canada |
| 4th | Gloucester (Host), Canada |
| 5th |  Manitoba, Canada |
| 6th |  Saskatchewan, Canada |
| 7th | Finland |
| 8th | USA |
1992 World Ringette Championships
The 1992 World Ringette Championship was the second World Ringette Championship and took place in Helsinki, Finland, March 4–8, 1992. There were two Canadian teams,[9] and representative teams from Finland, United States, France, Sweden and Russia.[10][11] Team Alberta "AAA" won gold at the 1992 World Ringette Championships. Twelve members of Team Alberta were members of the Calgary Deb AA team.
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Canada West |
| Canada East |
| Finland |
| 4th | USA |
| 5th | Russia |
| 6th | Sweden |
1994 World Ringette Championships
The 1994 World Ringette Championship was the third World Ringette Championship and was played in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. As in the previous World Championship, there were two Canada teams,[12] and representative teams from Finland, United States, Sweden and Russia.[13] Finland won the World Cup, its very first world championship.[14] This would turn out to be the last time Russia would send a senior national team to the international competition.
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Finland |
| Canada East |
| Canada West |
| 4th | USA |
| 5th | Russia |
| 6th | Sweden |
1996 World Ringette Championships
The 1996 World Ringette Championship was the fourth World Ringette Championship and took place in Stockholm, Sweden. Team Canada[15][16] won the gold medal beating Finland 6–5 in extra time.[17][18] It was the first time all teams represented individual nations. Team Canada took home the Sam Jacks trophy, the first year the updated design of the trophy was awarded.
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Canada |
| Finland |
| United States |
| 4th | Sweden |
1998 Summit Series
While the 1998 World Ringette Championship was initially meant to be held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, the event did not take place. Instead a promotional 5 game ringette "Summit Series" tour of Europe was organized with competitions between teams from Canada and Finland.[19][20] Games took place between February 27 to March 7, 1998. Finland won the Ringette 1998 Summit Series 3-2. The fifth and final game took place in Colmar, France, where Team Finland beat Team Canada 10-8. Finland won the Summit Series against Canada 3-2. Both teams made stops in Germany, Sweden and France.
| Date | Location | Time | 1st | 2nd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, February 27, 1998 | Turku, Finland |
20H00 | Finland Juniors (9) |
Canada (7) |
| Saturday, February 28, 1998 | Turku, Finland |
19H00 | Finland (19) |
Canada (5) |
| Sunday, March 1, 1998 | Turku, Finland |
14H00 | Canada (8) |
Finland (7) |
| Monday, March 2, 1998 | Gothenburg, Sweden (OT) Shootout |
18H00 | Canada (12) |
Finland (11) |
| Thursday, March 5, 1998 |  Osnabruck, Germany |
09H00 | Finland (9) |
Canada (4) |
| Saturday, March 7, 1998 | Colmar, France |
17H15 | Finland (10) |
Canada (8) |
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Finland: 3 wins in 5 games |
| Canada: 2 wins in 5 games |
2000 World Ringette Championships
The 2000 World Ringette Championship was the fifth World Ringette Championship and took place in November in Espoo and Lahti in Finland, from November 15–18, 2000. Finland and Canada first met in the two-game world championship final on November 15 in Lahti and then again on November 18 in Espoo. Finland won the first game 5-4. The Finnish national team then secured the World Ringette Championship title in the second game by playing a 5-5 tie game. Finland became the world champion with a total of 3-1 points. In the bronze medal match, the USA defeated Sweden 9-0.
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Finland |
| Canada |
| United States |
| 4th | Sweden |
2002 World Ringette Championships
The 2002 World Ringette Championship, the sixth World Ringette Championship, was contested in Edmonton, Alberta from November 25–30, 2002 at the Northlands AgriCom Arena, now called the Edmonton Expo Centre.[21] The victory by Team Canada[22] in 2002 was considered particularly notable.[23] 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[24] in front of a sell-out crowd of 3850 supporters. The final match was broadcast on in Canada by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and followed by 144,000 Canadian televiewers. Phyllis Sadoway was the assistant coach of Team Canada.[25] It was the last time Canada won the Sam Jacks trophy.
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Canada |
| Finland |
| United States |
| 4th | Sweden |
| Edmonton Expo Centre Previously called: Northland AgriCom | |
|---|---|
| Host venue | |
 | |
| Location | Canada – Edmonton, Alberta |
| Constructed | Opened: 1984 Expanded: 2009 |
| Capacity | |
2004 World Ringette Championships
The 2004 World Ringette Championship was contested in Stockholm, Sweden from ? to November 11, 2004. The game for the world title final between Canada and Finland took place at the Visättra SportCenter in Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden. Finland took the world championship by crushing Canada 9-3 in the final.[26] Since the 2004 World Championships, Finland has dominated the international senior level of ringette.[27] Anna Vanhatalo was elected the best goaltender of the tournament.[28]
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Finland |
| Canada |
| United States |
| 4th | Sweden |
| Visättra Sportcenter | |
|---|---|
| Host venue | |
 | |
| Location | Sweden – Huddinge, Stockholm |
| Constructed | |
| Capacity | |
2007 World Ringette Championships
The 2007 World Ringette Championship[29] was contested in Ottawa, Canada between November 1 to ?, 2007.[30][31][32] The competition took place at the Ottawa Civic Centre which has since been renamed, "TD Place Arena". The game was broadcast in Canada by Rogers TV. The final game between Canada and Finland required an added period of overtime. Finnish player Marjukka Virta tied the game 4–4. Finnish player Anne Pohjola scored the winning overtime goal ending the game 5-4.[33][34] Finland won the world championship series. It was the first time that Finland beat Canada in a World Ringette Championship final hosted in Canada. It was in 2007 that Team Sweden first won a World Ringette Championship medal (bronze) by beating the United States 10-9 in overtime.[35]
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Finland |
| Canada |
| Sweden |
| 4th | United States |
| TD Place Arena Previously called: Ottawa Civic Centre | |
|---|---|
| Host venue | |
 | |
| Location | Canada – Ottawa |
| Constructed | Broke ground: 1966 Opened: 1967 Renovated: 1992, 2005, 2012–2014 Expanded: 1992 |
| Capacity | 9,500 (standard) 10,585 (temporary) |
2010 World Ringette Championships
The 2010 World Ringette Championship was contested in Tampere, Finland between November 1 and November 6, 2010. Finland[36] won its fifth world title in front of 10,000 spectators and televiewers, beating Canada again.[37][38] The United States[39] had their revenge on Sweden[40] defeating them 19–1.[41]
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Finland |
| Canada |
| United States |
| 4th | Sweden |
| Tampere Ice Stadium | |
|---|---|
| Host venue | |
 | |
| Location | Finland – Tampere |
| Constructed | Opened: 1965 Renovated: 1981, 1990, 2001–2002, 2009, 2014 Expanded: 2007 |
| Capacity | 7,800 |
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 December 31, 2013 and January 4, 2014. It was the first time the World Junior Ringette Championships, known as the U19 World Ringette Championship, was added to the program. Some of the games were live-streamed online and made available for public viewing.
| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Pool (Sam Jacks Series) | Finland | Canada | USA | Sweden | |
| Junior Pool (U19) | Finland U19 Junior | Canada U19 Junior | |||
| North Bay Memorial Gardens | |
|---|---|
| Host venue | |
| Location | Canada – North Bay, Ontario |
| Constructed | Broke ground: 1954 Opened: 1955 Renovated: 2013 |
| Capacity | 4,246 |
2016 World Ringette Championships
The 2016 World Ringette Championship was contested in Helsinki, Finland between December 27, 2015 – January 3, 2016. This was the first time Slovakia and the Czech Republic appeared at the international tournament. 18 of the games were live-streamed online and made available for public viewing. 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.
| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Pool (Sam Jacks Series) | Finland | Canada | ||||||
| Junior Pool (U19) | Canada | Finland | Sweden | |||||
| President's Pool | USA | Sweden Junior | Slovakia | Czech Republic | ||||
| Helsinki Ice Hall | |
|---|---|
| Host venue | |
 | |
| Location | Finland – Helsinki |
| Constructed | 1966 |
| Capacity | 8,200
Seating capacity: 8,400 |
2017 World Ringette Championships
The 2017 World Ringette Championship was contested in Mississauga, Ontario from November 27 to December 3, 2010 at the Hershey Centre Arena now renamed the Paramount Fine Foods Centre.[42] 8 of the games were live-streamed online and made available for public viewing.
| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Pool (Sam Jacks Series) | Finland | Canada | N/A |
| Junior Pool (U19) | Canada | Finland | N/A |
| President's Pool | Sweden | USA | Czech Republic |
| Paramount Fine Foods Centre Previously called: Hershey Centre Arena | |
|---|---|
| Host venue | |
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| Location | Canada – Mississauga |
| Constructed | 1998 |
| Capacity | Ice Hockey: 5,612 (5,420 seated) |
2019 World Ringette Championships
The 2019 World Ringette Championship was the most recent tournament and was hosted in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Main competition took place at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre. The games were recorded and live streamed by Sports Canada TV and have since been made available for public viewing on the video sharing site, YouTube, by Ringette Canada. 15 of the games were live-streamed online and made available for public viewing.
| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Pool (Sam Jacks Series) | Finland | Canada | N/A |
| Junior Pool (U19) | Canada | Finland | N/A |
| President's Pool | Sweden | USA | Czech Republic |
| Bill Copeland Sports Centre | |
|---|---|
| Host venue | |
 | |
| Location | Canada – Burnaby, British Columbia |
| Constructed | |
| Capacity | 2,000 seated |
2021 World Ringette Championships
The 2021 World Ringette Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was slated to be hosted by Finland in Helsinki.
2022 World Ringette Championships
The upcoming 2022 World Ringette Championships[43] will take place in Espoo, Finland, at the Espoo Metro Areena, October 31-November 6, 2022. It will be the 14th time the event has been held (XIV). A youth tournament will be played at the Espoo Tapiola Arena and Matinkylä ice rinks.[44]
| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Pool (Sam Jacks Series) | |||
| Junior Pool (U21) | |||
| President's Pool | |||
| Espoo Metro Areena Previously called: Barona Areena | |
|---|---|
| Host venue | |
 | |
| Location | Finland – Espoo, Finland |
| Constructed | 1999 |
| Capacity | Ice Hockey: 6,982 |
| Espoo Tapiola Arena | |
|---|---|
| Youth Tournament | |
| Location | Finland – Espoo, Finland |
| Constructed | |
| Capacity | |
World Junior Ringette Championships
The World Junior Ringette Championships (U19) was a tournament organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) from 2009–2012 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. During the 2013 World Ringette Championships the U19 World Ringette Championship was added to the program, known more commonly as the "Junior Pool" competition.
2009 World Junior Ringette Championships
The first World Junior Ringette Championships[45] took place in August, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic: two Canadian teams, Canada West Under-19[46] and Canada-East Under-19[47] faced two Finnish teams, Finland White and Finland Blue.[48] Canada East suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Finland White Stars at the gold medal final.[49]
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Finland White Stars[50] |
| Canada East |
| Finland Blue Stars |
| 4th | Canada West |
2012 World Junior Ringette Championships
The second World Junior Ringette Championships were held in December, 2012 in London, Ontario, Canada. This was the last year the event was held separately from the World Ringette Championships after which a new U19 division was created. It was also the first and last time France and Russia would send national teams to compete at the international level with neither country having sent a national team to compete in either the senior or junior level since.
| Team | |
|---|---|
| Canada East |
| Finland |
| Canada West |
| 4th | Russia |
| 5th | USA |
| 6th | France |
World Club Championship
The Ringette World Club Championship was an international ringette competition organized by the International Ringette Federation featuring the top teams of the Canadian National Ringette League (NRL), the Finnish Ringeten SM-Sarja and Swedish Ringette Dam-SM. Held in 2008 and 2011,[51] the club competition was discontinued in favour of a merger with the larger World Ringette Championship program.
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Details |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Cambridge Turbos |
LuKi Luvia |
EKS-Espoo Calgary RATH |
| 2011 Details |
Turku |
LL-89 |
RNK Raisio |
LuKi Luvia |
| 2014 Details |
Stockholm |
cancelled[52] | ||
Canada vs Finland world title rivalry
Since the early establishment of the international competition, Canada and Finland have battled for the world title. Both countries have since emerged as the sport's major international rivals at both the senior and junior levels. Initially only one international competition existed and was contested between national ringette teams for adults. Today both a senior and junior age group exists.
Historically, Finland's senior national ringette team has dominated the competition. Canada's junior ringette team now records the most victories in the newer junior age level which has consisted of teams with players in either U19 (under 19) or U21 (under 21).
Senior
The senior competition exhibits the highest level of elite ringette competition internationally. Canada and Finland compete in a best-of-three game series known as the "Sam Jacks Series" with the winning nation awarded the Sam Jacks Trophy.
Team Finland (senior) has competed at every World Ringette Championship since its beginning in 1990. To date Finland is the most successful ringette playing nation worldwide having won the senior level world title a total of eight times beginning in 1996 (the first year all nations had individual representation) with seven of those wins being consecutive victories. Finland's most recent victory was in 2019 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Team Canada (senior) has competed at every World Ringette Championship since its beginning in 1990. Canada, the home nation of ringette, has not won the senior world title in almost two decades having only won the title twice since 1996, the first year all nations had individual representation. Canada's last senior world title victory occurred in Edmonton, Canada in 2002.
World Titles (Senior)
- The newly redesigned Sam Jacks trophy was introduced in 1996.
- *Asterisk marks period before all competing nations had one national representative team.
| Gold | Gold | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Team Finland |
Senior Team Canada | |||||||
| Year | *1994 | Location | Saint Paul |
Year | *1990 | Location | Gloucester | |
| Year | 2000 | Location | Espoo and Lahti |
Year | *1992 | Location | Helsinki | |
| Year | 2004 | Location | Stockholm |
Year | 1996 | Location | Stockholm | |
| Year | 2007 | Location | Ottawa |
Year | 2002[53] | Location | Edmonton | |
| Year | 2010 | Location | Tampere | |||||
| Year | 2013 | Location | North Bay | |||||
| Year | 2016 | Location | Helsinki | |||||
| Year | 2017 | Location | Mississauga | |||||
| Year | 2019 | Location | Burnaby | |||||
Junior
The junior competition exhibits the elite ringette competition internationally for the junior age group. Like the senior event, the junior competition takes place in a best-of-three game series between international ringette arch-rivals, Canada and Finland. The winning nation is awarded the Juuso Wahlsten Trophy.
In the junior competition, junior Canada has recorded the most victories having won 5 times out of 6 world competitions with junior Finland having only won once. However it wasn't until 2013 that the competition had nations with one team exclusively representing their respective countries and the best-of-three series between junior teams from Canada and Finland began.
The first official world junior ringette competition began in 2009. The junior tournament was initially held separately from its senior counterpart but the junior tournament ceased after 2012 and merged with the senior competition in 2013 becoming a part of the larger World Ringette Championship program.
World Titles (Junior)
- The Juuso Wahlsten Trophy was introduced in 2019
| Gold | Gold | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Team Canada |
Junior Team Finland | |||||||
| Year | 2012 | Location | London, Ontario |
Year | 2009 | Location | Czech Republic | |
| Year | 2013 | Location | North Bay, Ontario | |||||
| Year | 2016 | Location | Helsinki | |||||
| Year | 2017 | Location | Mississauga, Ontario | |||||
| Year | 2019 | Location | Burnaby | |||||
Online broadcasts
Due to improvements in digital technology, broadcasts from the World Ringette Championships began to be uploaded and livestreamed to the web for online viewing by various organizations and individuals.
WRC 2010 – 2020
Four World Ringette Championships took place between 2010–2020 and were broadcast via the internet. The highlight event, the "Sam Jacks Series" is the Senior Pool, a three game series between Team Canada Senior and Team Finland Senior. The second feature event is the Junior Pool, a three game series between Team Canada Junior and Team Finland Junior, though both teams also initially also competed in the President's Pool.
Team Finland has historically dominated the Senior Pool while Team Canada has historically dominated the Junior Pool.
JUNIORS
| Year | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | World Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRC 2019 | CAN vs FIN 2019 Junior Pool Game 1 |
CAN vs FIN 2019 Junior Pool Game 2 |
NO GAME | Canada |
| WRC 2017 | CAN vs FIN 2017 Junior Pool Game 1 |
CAN vs FIN 2017 Junior Pool Game 2 |
NO GAME | Canada |
| WRC 2016 | CAN vs FIN 2016 President's Pool Game 1 |
CAN vs FIN 2016 President's Pool Game 2 |
NO GAME | Canada |
| WRC 2013 | CAN vs FIN 2013 Junior Pool Game 1 |
CAN vs FIN 2013 Junior Pool Game 2 |
NO GAME | Finland |
SENIORS
| Year | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | World Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRC 2019 | CAN vs FIN 2019 Sam Jacks Series Game 1 |
CAN vs FIN 2019 Sam Jacks Series Game 2 |
NO GAME | Finland |
| WRC 2017 | CAN vs FIN 2017 Sam Jacks Series Game 1 |
CAN vs FIN 2017 Sam Jacks Series Game 2 |
NO GAME | Finland |
| WRC 2016 | CAN vs FIN 2016 Sam Jacks Series Game 1 |
CAN vs FIN 2016 Sam Jacks Series Game 2 |
NO GAME | Finland |
| WRC 2013 | CAN vs FIN 2013 Sam Jacks Series Game 1 |
CAN vs FIN 2013 Sam Jacks Series Game 2 |
NO GAME | Finland |
Hosts
The first World Ringette Championship took place in Gloucester, Ontario, Canada in 1990. The 1998 World Ringette Championship was initially meant to be held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, but instead, a promotional 5 game ringette "Summit Series" tour of Europe was organized with competitions between teams from Canada and Finland.
The World Junior Ringette Championships and the Ringette World Club Championship were both initially organized by the International Ringette Federation separately from the World Ringette Championship. The international club competition has ceased to exist since the last event in 2011; the World Junior event is now a part of the World Ringette Championship itself in a division called "U19".
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Medals table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Finland | 10 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | Canada | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | United States | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (6 nations) | 18 | 18 | 13 | 49 | |
Teams in italics no longer compete at the World Championships as of 2021.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada West | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Alberta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Finland White Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Canada East | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Ontario | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Finland Blue Stars | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Quebec | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals (9 nations) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
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