The 2002 World Ringette Championships (''2002 WRC'') was an international

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tournament and the 6th edition (XI) of the

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 ...

organized by the

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(IRF). The tournament was contested in

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, Canada, between November 25 and November 30, 2002, at the Northlands AgriCom Arena, now called the Edmonton Expo Centre. The final match was broadcast in Canada and followed by over 140,000 televiewers.

Overview

The 2002 victory by Team Canada was considered particularly notable. In

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, Team Canada was defeated by a score of 4–3 in extra time against Team Finland, but in WRC 2002, Team Canada took its revenge by defeating their arch-rival by a score of 3–1 in front of a sell-out crowd of 3850 supporters. The final match was broadcast in Canada by the

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(CBC) and followed by 144,000 Canadian televiewers.

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and Ringette Canada Hall of Fame inductee, Phyllis Sadoway, was the assistant coach of Team Canada in 2002.

Venue

Rosters

Team Finland

The 2002 Team Finland team competed at 2002 WRC.

Team Canada

, -bgcolor="#f0f0f0" , Phyllis Sadoway (Assistant coach) , - , Peter Semonick (Assistant coach) , -bgcolor="#f0f0f0" , Blair Whitmarsh (Mental Skills Coach) , - , Connie Klassen (Trainer) , -bgcolor="#f0f0f0" , Kristin Albo (Manager)

Final standings

References

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