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1996 World Ringette Championships
The 1996 World Ringette Championship (''1996 WRC'') was an international ringette tournament and the 4th (IX) World Ringette Championships. The tournament was organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) and was contested in Stockholm, Sweden, from April 15 to 20, 1996. WRC 1996 was the first time all competing teams represented individual nations with Canada creating its first, singular, all-Canadian team. Overview Team Canada won the gold medal beating Team Finland 6–5 in extra time. Team Canada took home the gold and the Sam Jacks Trophy, the first year the updated design of the trophy was awarded. Venue The tournament was contested in Stockholm, Sweden. Rosters Team Finland The 1996 Team Finland Senior team competed at the 1996 WRC. Team Canada The 1996 Team Canada team included the following: Final standings See also * World Ringette Championships * International Ringette Federation * Canada national ringette team * Finland national ringette t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 World Ringette Championships
The 1994 World Ringette Championships (''1994 WRC'') was an international ringette tournament and the 3rd (III) World Ringette Championships, and was the first tournament organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) which had previously been called the "World Ringette Council". The tournament was contested in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States, between March 19 and 27, 1994, at the Rosemount Community Center/Arena in South St. Paul. Overview WRC 1994 was hosted in Minnesota, USA. In the previous World Championship, the 1992 World Ringette Championship, there were two Canadian teams competing, and in 1994 Canada sent two separate teams to compete for Canada once again. Also present were national ringette teams from other countries: Team Finland, Team USA, Team Sweden, and Team Russia. Finland won the World Cup, its very first world championship. WRC 1994 marked the first time Finland broke into the medal standings since Team Canada began domina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 World Ringette Championships
The 1998 World Ringette Championship (WRC) was an international ringette tournament initially meant to be held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Instead a promotional five game ringette "Summit Series" tour of Europe was organized with a series of games between a Team Canada, and Team Finland between February 27 and March 7, 1998. This event and all WRC events are organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF). 1998 Summit Series The 1998 Summit Series for international ringette was a European tour organized exclusively for the national ringette teams of Canada and Finland. It replaced the 1998 World Ringette Championship which was initially planned to be played in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Both teams made stops in four different countries and cities: Turku (Finland), Gothenburg (Sweden), Osnabruck (Germany), and Colmar (France). The fifth and final game took place in Colmar, France, where Team Finland beat Team Canada 10–8. Team Finland won the Summit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringette
Ringette is a contact sport, non-contact winter team sport played on ice hockey rinks using Ice skates#Ice hockey skates, ice hockey skates, straight sticks with drag-tips, and a #Equipment, blue, rubber, pneumatic ring designed for use on ice surfaces. The sport is among a small number of organized team sports created exclusively for female competitors. Though ice hockey rinks are used, #Ringette rink, ringette rinks use markings specific to ringette and the sport uses strategic play which more closely resembles basketball than ice hockey. The sport was created in Canada for girls in 1963 by Sam Jacks from West Ferris, Ontario and Red McCarthy from Espanola, Ontario. In 2018, over 50,000 players registered to play the sport. Ringette is played predominantly in Ringette in Canada, Canada and Ringette Finland, Finland with both countries forming the sport's top international teams on a regular basis. Several other countries currently organize and compete in the sport including Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Ringette Championships
The World Ringette Championships (WRC) is the premier international competition in ringette and is governed by the International Ringette Federation (IRF). Unlike most international competitions, all of the WRC's elite athletes are female rather than male, one of the sport's distinctive features. Competing nations include: Canada, Finland, United States, Sweden, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, with Team Canada and Team Finland having emerged as the sport's top two competing nations. The 2023 WRC will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Competition consists of teams competing in one of three pools: the Senior Pool (Sam Jacks Series), the Junior Pool, and the President's Pool. The "Sam Jacks Series" is the name of the Senior Pool which is the tournament's elite competition between Team Canada Senior and Team Finland Senior with the Sam Jacks Trophy awarded to the team who wins the world senior title. The Junior Pool is the tournament's elite competition between Team C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Ringette Federation
The International Ringette Federation (IRF) is a non-profit amateur sports organization and the highest governing body for the sport of ringette. Today the member countries of the IRF Board includes four member nations: Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States. Initially the organization was called the "World Ringette Council" (WRC), but was changed to the "International Ringette Federation" in 1991. The change is believed to have been made to avoid confusion with the organizing body and the new World Ringette Championships tournament which shared the same acronym, WRC. The IRF is the organization responsible for administering the World Ringette Championships tournament, designed to provide a competition for the world's elite ringette players and help showcase the sport on the international stage. The inaugural year of the World Ringette Council's international ringette tournament, the World Ringette Championships, took place in Canada in 1990 World Ringette Championships, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach one million people in 2024. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's GDP, ... [...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] |
Finland National Ringette Team
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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] |
Team Canada
Canadian National Team or Team Canada may refer to: Canada at multi-sport events * Canada at the Olympics * Canada at the Paralympics * Canada at the Commonwealth Games * Canada at the Pan American Games Canada's national sport teams * Canada men's national field hockey team * Canada men's national floorball team * Canada men's national ice hockey team * Canada men's national ice sledge hockey team * Canada men's national junior ice hockey team * Canada men's national soccer team * Canada men's national volleyball team * Canada men's national water polo team * Canada men's national youth soccer teams * Canada men's national basketball team * Canada national ringette team * Canada national quidditch team * Canada women's national basketball team * Canada women's national ice hockey team * Canada women's national softball team * Canada women's national soccer team * Team Canada (roller derby) Summit series hockey teams * Team Canada, 1972 Summit Series * Team Canada, 1974 Summit ... [...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] |
