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 (1990–2021)

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)
2021
Details

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
gollark: I can test THAT on my laptop ish.
gollark: And possibly computer vision.
gollark: Yes, I'm going to investigate higher powered/better motors.
gollark: I realized it would be annoying to carry and I couldn't do much with it.
gollark: The chaßßis? No, it is in school.

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.