The Ringette World Club Championship (RWCC) was an international

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competition organized by the

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(IRF). It featured the top teams from Canada's

National Ringette League The National Ringette League (NRL), ''(french: Ligue Nationale de Ringuette, LNR)'', is the premier sports league for the sport of ringette in North America and Canada's national league for elite ringette players aged 18+. All of the NRL's eli ...

(NRL), Finland's , and Sweden's Ringette Dam-SM. The World Club Championship was only held twice, the first time in 2008 and the last time in 2011. In 2013 the IRF cancelled the 2014 Championship which was planned to be organized in Sweden. After the original two international tournaments, the club competition was discontinued due to financial difficulties preventing teams from participating.

Clubs

Competing clubs came from Finland, Canada, and Sweden.

Results (2008–2014)

2008 Ringette World Club Championship

The First World Championship of Ringette Clubs took place in

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, Canada and began on November 5, 2008. The tournament was hosted by the Cambridge Turbos. The first game took place at the

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, an ice hockey arena now called

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. The international competition involved six of the world's best ringette clubs: four teams from the elite Canadian

(NRL) and two teams from the elite Finnish ringette league, Ringeten SM-Sarja, participated. The teams from the NRL included the Cambridge Turbos, Montreal Mission, Calgary RATH, and the Richmond Hill Lightning. The teams from SM-Sarja included (EKS-Espoo) and (LuKi-82 Luvia).

Venue

Results

Results for the 2008 Ringette World Club Championship were as follows: * Gold: Cambridge Turbos : (5 games) 5 wins * Silver:
(LuKi-82) : (5 games) 3 wins , 2 losses * Bronze: Calgary RATH, : 2 wins , 2 lost * 4th: (EKS-Espoo) : (4 games) 1 win * 5th: Montreal Mission : (4 games) 1 win * 6th: Richmond Hill Lightning

2011 Ringette World Club Championship

The second and final Ringette World Club Championships were held at the Kupittaa Ice Arena in

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from Tuesday, December 27, 2011 to Sunday, January 1, 2012. Canada was represented by two teams: the Richmond Hill Lightning and the world champion of ringette clubs, the Cambridge Turbos. Three clubs represented Finland: (LL -89), (LuKi -82), and (RNK Flyers). The Swedish club, Ulriksdals SK Ringette, also participated in the international tournament. In the semi-final, LL -89 overcame the Cambridge Turbos, 3–1. The Championship Finale consisted entirely of Finnish clubs where team LL -89 went up against the RNK Flyers for gold medal. LL -89 beat the RNK Flyers, 5–4, to win the golden medal. Tiina Randell scored the winning goals. The Most Valuable Player of the tournament was of LL -89.

Venue

Results

Results for the 2011 Ringette World Club Championship were as follows: * Gold: LL -89 * Silver: RNK Flyers * Bronze: LuKi-82 * 4th: Cambridge Turbos * 5th: Richmond Hill Lightning * 6th: Ulriksdals SK Ringette

2014 Ringette World Club Championship

In 2013 the

(IRF) cancelled the 2014 Ringette World Club Championship which initially had been planned to be organized in Sweden.

References

External links

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