The World Ringette Championships are held once every two years. The winning national team is awarded the Sam Jacks Trophy.
The first World Ringette Championships were held in 1990 in the city of Gloucester in Ontario, Canada. Three countries participated: Canada, Finland and United States, sending a total of 8 teams. Finland finished seventh and the United States eighth while Canadian teams monopolized the podium.
The second World Ringette Championships took place in 1992 in Helsinki, in Finland. There were two Canada teams, Finland, United States, France, Sweden and Russia.
The third World Championship was played in 1994 in Minnesota, United States. There were two Canada teams, Finland, United States, Sweden and Russia. Finland won the Sam Jacks Trophy, its very first world championship.
The 1996 World Championships took place in Stockholm, Sweden. Canada won the gold medal beating Finland 6-5 in extra time.
Since 1994, these two countries (Canada and Finland) have battled for the world title. Finland took it in 1994 and in 2000, while Canada won the gold medal in 1996 and in 2002. The victory by Canada in 2002 is particularly notable. Having been defeated by the score 4-3 in extra time against Finland in 2000, Canada took its revenge by defeating their arch-rival by the score 3-1 in front of an arena filled with about 4,000 supporters in Edmonton, Alberta. The final match was broadcast on CBC and followed by 544,000 Canadian televiewers.
Since the 2004 World Championships, Finland has dominated. The 2004 World championships were played in Stockholm, where Finland won the world championship by crushing Canada 9-3 in the final.
In 2007, the World Championships were played in Ottawa, Canada. The final game required overtime after Finnish player Marjukka Virta tied the game 4–4, and Anne Pohjola scored allowing Finland to overcome Canada 5-4. Sweden won its first medal in the World Ringette Championship (a bronze medal) by beating the United States 10-9 in overtime.
In 2010, Finland won its fifth world title in front of 6,000 spectators in Tampere by again beating Canada. The United States had their revenge on Sweden defeating them 19-1.
The 2013 World Championships marked the 50th anniversary of the sport and took place in North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
The 2016 World Ringette Championships took place in Helsinki, Finland.
The 2017 World Ringette Championships took place in Mississauga, ON, Canada.
The 2019 World Ringette Championships took place in Burnaby, BC, Canada.
The 2021 World Ringette Championships were postponed due to COVID-19 global pandemic and were moved to 2022.
The 2022 World Ringette Championships took place in Espoo, Finland.
The 2023 World Ringette Championships took place in Burnaby , Canada.
The 2025 World Ringette Championships will take place in Lahti, Finland.
ResultS of past events
WRC 2025 Lahti, Finland (November 3rd – November 9th 2025)
WRC 2023 Calgary, Canada
Junior Pool
- Gold – Finland
- Silver – Canada
President’s Pool
- Gold – USA
- Silver – Sweden
- Bronze – Czech Republic
WRC 2022 Espoo, Finland (October 31st – November 6th 2022)
The tournament hosted 136 athletes, 63 coaches and team officials, and over 130 volunteers. Five countries participated in the games: Canada, USA, Finland, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.
Sam Jacks Pool
- Gold – Finland Senior
- Silver – Canada Senior
President’s Pool
- Gold – USA
- Silver – Sweden
- Bronze – Czech Republic
Junior Pool
- Gold – Finland
- Silver – Canada
The overall tournament MVP award goes to Susanna Tapani.
Photo Gallery can be found here.
2019 WRC Burnaby, BC, Canada (November 25 – December 1st 2019)
Sam Jacks Pool
- Finland Senior
- Canada Senior
President’s Pool
- Sweden
- USA
- Czech Republic
Junior Pool
- Canada
- Finland
Photo gallery can be found here.
2017 WRC Mississauga, ON, Canada
Sam Jacks Pool
- Finland Senior
- Canada Senior
President’s Pool
- Sweden
- USA
- Czech Republic
Junior Pool
- Canada
- Finland
Photo gallery can be found here.
2016 WRC Helsinki, Finland
Senior:
- Finland
- Canada
- Sweden
- USA
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
Junior:
- Canada
- Finland
- Sweden
Photo gallery can be found here.
2013 WRC North Bay, ON, Canada
Senior:
- Finland
- Canada
- USA
- Sweden
Junior:
- Finland
- Canada
Photo gallery can be found here.
2012 U19 WRC London, ON, Canada
- Canada East
- Finland
- Canada West
- Russia (Mosaic team)
- USA (Mosaic team)
- France (Mosaic team)
2011 World Club Championships (WCC), Turku, Finland
- Lapinlahden Luistin-89
- Raision Nuorisokiekko RNK
- Luvian Kiekko -82
- Cambridge Turbos
- Richmond Hill Lightning
- Ulriksdals SK Ringette
2010 WRC Tampere, Finland
- Finland
- Canada
- USA
- Sweden
Photo gallery can be found here.
2009 U19 WRC Prague, Czech Republic
- Finland White
- Canada East
- Finland Blue
- Canada West
2008 World Club Championships, Sault Ste Marie, ON, Canada
- Cambridge Turbos
- LuKi-82 Luvia
- Calgary RATH
- EKS-Espoo
- Montreal Mission
- Richmond Hill Lightning
2007 World Ringette Championships, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Finland
- Canada
- Sweden
- USA
2004 World Ringette Championships, Stockholm, Sweden
- Finland
- Canada
- USA
- Sweden
2002 World Ringette Championships, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Canada
- Finland
- USA
- Sweden
2000 World Ringette Championships Lahti & Espoo, Finland (best out of 5)
- Finland
- Canada
- USA
- Sweden
1998 International Summit Series Europe
- Finland
- Canada
1996 World Ringette Championships, Stockholm, Sweden
- Canada
- Finland
- USA
- Sweden
1994 World Ringette Championships, St Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Finland
- Canada East
- Canada West
- USA
- Russia
- Sweden
1992 World Ringette Championships, Helsinki, Finland
- Canada West
- Canada East
- Finland
- USA
- Russia
- Sweden
1990 WRC Gloucester, ON, Canada (First ever WRC event)
- Alberta
- Ontario
- Quebec
- Gloucester
- Manitoba
- Saskatchewan
- Finland
- USA
