The 2009 World Junior Ringette Championships, (''2009 WJRC'') also known as the ''U19 2009 World Championships'', was an international

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tournament and the first World Junior Ringette Championships organized by the

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, a ...

(IRF) exclusively for elite junior national ringette teams. It was contested in

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, Czech Republic, between August 4–8, 2009, at the Letňany Arena.

History

The World Junior Ringette Championships, known as the ''U19 World Championships'', was a tournament organized by the

(IRF) from 2009 to 2012 for elite international Junior ringette athletes. The competition was run as a separate tournament from 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 ...

which was designed for adult players. The World Junior Ringette Championships no longer function as a separate event, having since merged in

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with the main

program where both Senior and Junior divisions now exist.

Overview

The first World Junior Ringette Championships took place in August, 2009 in

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. Two Canadian teams, Canada West Under-19 and Canada-East Under-19 faced two Finnish teams, the Finland White Stars and the Finland Blue Stars. Canada East suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Finland White Stars at the gold medal final.

Venue

The tournament was contested in

, Czech Republic at the Letňany Arena.

Teams

Final standings

Rosters

Team Finland Junior

The first appearance by Finland in world junior competition took place during this tournament. Finland did not yet have an official junior national ringette team as its representative and sent two different junior teams instead: the Finland White Stars and the Finland Blue Stars. The tournament's leading scorer was

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with 15 goals and 9 assists for 24 points over 8 games.

Finland White Stars

Finland Blue Stars

Team Canada Junior

Canada was represented at the junior level by two separate teams: Team Canada East (Under-19), and Team Canada West (Under-19).

Team Canada East

Team Canada West

References

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