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1992 World Ringette Championships
The 1992 World Ringette Championships (''1992 WRC'') was an international ringette tournament, the 2nd (II) World Ringette Championships, and was organized by the World Ringette Council, the precursor to the International Ringette Federation (IRF). The tournament was contested in Helsinki, Finland, from March 4 to 8, 1992. Teams from six different countries competed: Canada, Finland, the United States, Sweden, Russia, and France. Overview There were two Canadian ringette teams, Team Canada East and Team Canada West (Team Alberta "AAA"). Also present was Team Finland, Team USA, Team France, Team Sweden, and Team Russia. Team Canada West won gold. Twelve members of Team Alberta were members of the Calgary Deb AA team. Venue The tournament was contested in Helsinki, Finland. Teams Final standings Rosters Team Finland The 1992 Team Finland Senior team competed at the 1992 World Ringette Championships and won the bronze medal. The team won the won the bronze medal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The Helsinki urban area, city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the List of urban areas in Finland by population, most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research; while Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region, located to the north from Helsinki, is the second largest urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has History of Helsinki, close historical ties with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen (and surrounding commuter towns, including the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden National Ringette Team
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Team Russia
Team Russia was the name of the Russian backed entry in the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race. Team Russia was founded by Oleg Zherebtsov, the founder of the Lenta hypermarket chain in Russia. Zherebstov met former Olympic sailor and professional skipper, Andreas Hanakamp, by chance during a sailing holiday in Croatia. The CEO of Team Russia is Michael Woods, who was director of Race Operations for the 2001-02 race. Their yacht, a second generation Volvo Open 70, was designed by British designer Rob Humphreys and built by Green Marine in Lymington, UK she was christened ''Kosatka'' (which is Russian for orca or killer whale) at a ceremony at Gunwharf Quays Marina, Portsmouth, UK on Monday June 16, 2008, by the boats godmother Birgitta Westerberg, co-founder (with Oleg Zherebtsov), of the Solntse (Sun) Foundation charity for sick and underprivileged children in St Petersburg, Russia. Team Russia had to suspend racing upon arrival in Singapore at the end of Leg 3 due to "insuffic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Sweden
Team Sweden represents Sweden in women's international roller derby. The team was first formed to compete at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, and finished the tournament in sixth place. Sweden's first bout was on 8 October 2011, against Team Finland in Helsinki, in what Stockholm Roller Derby claimed was "the world's first Roller Derby bout between two nations". Sweden won by 135 points to 71. One of the team's skaters predicted that Sweden would finish in the top five at the World Cup.Marcus Carlsson,Skånsk insats i världens första roller derby-VM, '' Metro Skåne'', 2 December 2012 At the World Cup, Sweden lost their quarter final to Australia by 126 points to 80, then beat New Zealand and lost to Finland in the consolations stage, to finish in sixth place. Team roster 2011 team roster During the first tryout for the team, three skaters suffered fractures. Nineteen of the team's initial twenty-skater roster came from Women's Flat Track Derby Association-affiliated leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team USA
The United States national team or Team USA may refer to any of a number of sports team representing the United States in international competitions. Olympic teams Additionally, these teams may compete in other international competitions such as the FIBA Basketball World Cup and World Championship for Women, the Ice Hockey World Championships, the FIFA World Cup, or the World Figure Skating Championships. Teams that represent the United States at the Olympic Games include: *United States national badminton team *United States national baseball team *United States men's national basketball team *United States women's national basketball team * United States men's national 3x3 basketball team * United States women's national 3x3 basketball team *United States men's national cycling team *United States Equestrian Team *United States men's national field hockey team *United States women's national field hockey team * United States national figure skating team *United States men's n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Canada West
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal". A group does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams normally have members with complementary skills and generate synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. Naresh Jain (2009) claims: Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other team members realize their true potential, and create an environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations. While academic research on teams and teamwork has grown consistently and has shown a sharp increase over the past recent 40 years, the societal diffusion of teams and teamwork actually follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Canada East
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal". A group does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams normally have members with complementary skills and generate synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. Naresh Jain (2009) claims: Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other team members realize their true potential, and create an environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations. While academic research on teams and teamwork has grown consistently and has shown a sharp increase over the past recent 40 years, the societal diffusion of teams and teamwork actually follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Finland
Team Finland represents Finland in women's international roller derby, in events such as the Roller Derby World Cup. The team was first formed to compete at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, and finished the tournament in fifth place. Finland's first bout was on 8 October 2011, against Team Sweden in Helsinki, in what Stockholm Roller Derby claimed was "the world's first Roller Derby bout between two nations". Finland lost by 135 points to 71. At the World Cup, Finland lost their quarter final to Team Canada by 499 points to 31, at that time the highest point spread in the tournament. They then beat France and Sweden in the consolation stage, to finish in fifth place. Team roster 2011 team roster The team announced its roster for the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup in August 2011. (''league affiliations listed as of at the time of the announcement'') 2011 coaching staff *Claire Leah Threat (Manager) *Estrogreena Davis (Head Coach) *Tigre Force (Assistant Coach) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia National Ringette Team
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across eleven time zones and shares land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than any other country but China. It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow, the largest city entirely within Europe. Saint Petersburg is Russia's cultural centre and second-largest city. Other major urban areas include Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan. The East Slavs emerged as a recognisable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE. Kievan Rus' arose as a state in the 9th century, and in 988, it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France National Ringette Team
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), Saint Martin. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions (fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada National Ringette Team
, - !align=center style=background:pink , Seniors , - (''Alberta'') (''Ontario'') (''Quebec'') (''Canada West'') (''Canada East'') (''Canada East'') (''Canada West'') , - , - !align=center style=background:pink , Juniors , - (''Canada East'') (''Canada East'') (''Canada West'') , - , - !align=center style=background:pink , Juniors , - The Canada national ringette team (popularly known as Team Canada; french: Équipe Canada) is the ringette team representing Canada internationally. Canada has both a senior national team, Team Canada Senior, and a junior national team, Team Canada Junior. Both national teams compete in the World Ringette Championships (WRC) and are overseen by Ringette Canada which is a member of the International Ringette Federation (IRF). Team members are selected from the National Ringette League. Team Canada and Team Finland have emerged as ringette's major international rivals at both the senior and junior level. Canada's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States National Ringette Team
, - !align=center style=background:DarkBlue colspan=3, , - , - , - !align=center style=background:DarkBlue colspan=3, , - , - , - !align=center style=background:DarkBlue colspan=3, , - The United States national ringette team (more commonly known as "Team USA"), is the ringette team representing the United States internationally. America has only one national ringette team, Team USA Senior. It does not have an official national ringette team for the junior division. Team USA Senior is overseen by USA Ringette, a member of the International Ringette Federation, and competes at the World Ringette Championships. The first appearance in international ringette by the United States took place at the first World Ringette Championships in 1990. Team Sweden is Team USA's arch-rival with both teams competing in the President's Pool against Team Czech. Team USA and related activity occurs predominantly within the American state of Michigan. The major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
