Ringette - World Ringette Championship

World Ringette Championship

At the beginning, the World Ringette championships are in every other year. But after the world championship of 2004 held in Sweden, the World Championships are in every three years. The winning national team takes gains the Sam Jacks Cup.

The first World Championships are held in 1990 at Gloucester in Canada: 3 countries are implied: Canada, Finland and United States distributed in 8 teams. Finland is classified seventh and the United States eighth while Canadian teams monopolize the podium.

The second world Championship takes place in 1992 in Helsinki, in Finland. There are in competition two Canada teams, Finland, United States, France, Sweden and Russia ·

The third World Championship is played in 1994 in Minnesota, United States. There are two Canada teams, Finland, United States, Sweden and Russia. Finland won the World Cup, its very first world championship ringuette.

The 1996 World Championships take place in Stockholm, in Sweden. Canada wins the golden medal having undone 6-5 in extra time Finland.

Since 1994, these two countries (Canada and Finland) quarrel the world title. Finland takes it in 1994 and in 2000, whereas Canada wins the golden medal in 1996 and in 2002. The victory obtained by Canada in 2002 is particularly striking. Having been defeated by the score 4-3 in extra time against Finland in 2000, Canada takes its revenge by taking him against his rival by the score 3-1 in front of an arena swamp with 4,000 supporters in Edmonton, Alberta. The finale match is broadcast on CBC and followed by 544 000 Canadian televiewers.

Since the 2004 World championships, it is Finland which dominates. 2004 World championships are played in Stockholm, Finland takes gains the world championship by crushing 9-3 Canada in finale.

In 2007, the World championships are played in Ottawa, Canada, · . Cup Finale game requires of additional time (the Finnish player Marjukka Virta creates the equality 4-4), and Anne Pohjola marks a goal which allows Finland to overcome Canada 5-4 · . Sweden takes gains its first medal in the World Ringette Championship ( a bronze medal) by beating 10-9 United States at extra time..

In 2010, Finland takes gains its fifth world title in front of 10,000 partisans to Tampere by beating again Canada · . The United States have their revenge on Sweden in the crushing 19-1..

The next world Championships, which will celebrate 50 years of ringuette existence. The World Championships will take place in 2013 to North Bay in Ontario, Canada.