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.

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	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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland	7	2	1	10
2	Canada	2	6	0	8
3	Alberta	1	0	0	1
4	Canada West	1	0	1	2
5	Canada East	0	2	0	2
6	Ontario	0	1	0	1
7	United States	0	0	6	6
8	Quebec	0	0	1	1
9	Sweden	0	0	1	1

Source

• International Ringette Federation Official Homepage

See also

• Ringette World Club Championship

External links

• World Ringette Championships 2013 Official Homepage