Ringette World Club Championship
The Essar Centre (now GFL Memorial Gardens) where the first RWCC took place.
StatusNo longer active
GenreInternational ringette club competition
Location(s)Various
Inaugurated2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Most recent2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Participants2008: 6 teams
2011-2012: 6 teams
Organized byIRF
Last champions
Finland Lapinlahden Luistin -89 [fi] (2011)

The Ringette World Club Championship (RWCC) was an international ringette competition organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF).[1] It featured the top teams from Canada's National Ringette League (NRL), Finland's Ringeten SM-sarja [fi] (now called "SM Ringette"), 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.[2] After the original two international tournaments, the club competition was discontinued due to financial difficulties preventing teams from participating.[3]

Clubs

Competing clubs came from Finland, Canada, and Sweden.

Clubs
Country League Clubs
Finland
Finland 		Ringeten SM–Sarja [fi] Espoon Kiekkoseura [fi]
Luvian Kiekko -82 [fi]
Lapinlahden Luistin -89 [fi]
Raision Nuorisokiekko [fi]
Canada
Canada 		National Ringette League Cambridge Turbos[4][5]
Montreal Mission
Calgary RATH
Richmond Hill Lightning
Sweden
Sweden 		Ringette Dam-SM Ulriksdals SK Ringette

Results (2008–2014)

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
2008
Details 		 Canada:
Sault Ste. Marie 		 Canada
Cambridge Turbos 		 Finland
Luvian Kiekko -82 [fi]) 		 Finland
Espoon Kiekkoseura [fi]

 Canada
Calgary RATH
2011
Details 		 Finland:
Turku 		 Finland
Lapinlahden Luistin -89 [fi] 		 Finland
Raision Nuorisokiekko [fi] 		 Finland
Luvian Kiekko -82 [fi]
2014
Details 		 Sweden:
Stockholm 		cancelled[6]

2008 Ringette World Club Championship

The First World Championship of Ringette Clubs took place in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada and began on November 5, 2008.[7][8] The tournament was hosted by the Cambridge Turbos.[9][10] The first game took place at the Essar Centre, an ice hockey arena now called GFL Memorial Gardens.[11][12]

The international competition involved six of the world's best ringette clubs: four teams from the elite Canadian National Ringette League (NRL) and two teams from the elite Finnish ringette league, Ringeten SM-Sarja, participated. The teams from the NRL included the Cambridge Turbos,[13][14] Montreal Mission, Calgary RATH, and the Richmond Hill Lightning. The teams from SM-Sarja included Espoon Kiekkoseura [fi] (EKS-Espoo) and Luvian Kiekko -82 [fi] (LuKi-82 Luvia).[15]

Venue

Essar Centre
Capacity:
Ice Hockey: 4,928
 Canada – Sault Ste. Marie

Results

Results for the 2008 Ringette World Club Championship were as follows:[16]

2011 Ringette World Club Championship

The second and final Ringette World Club Championships were held at the Kupittaa Ice Arena in Turku, Finland from Tuesday, December 27, 2011 to Sunday, January 1, 2012.[24] Canada was represented by two teams: the Richmond Hill Lightning and the world champion of ringette clubs, the Cambridge Turbos.[25] Three clubs represented Finland: Lapinlahden Luistin -89 [fi] (LL -89), Luvian Kiekko -82 [fi] (LuKi -82), and Raision Nuorisokiekko [fi] (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.[26] 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.[27] The Most Valuable Player of the tournament was Anne Pohjola of LL -89.

Venue

Kupittaa Ice Arena
(Kupittaan jäähalli)
(now "Rajupaja Areena")
Capacity:
Ice Hockey: 3,000
 Finland – Turku

Results

Results for the 2011 Ringette World Club Championship were as follows:[28]

2014 Ringette World Club Championship

In 2013 the International Ringette Federation (IRF) cancelled the 2014 Ringette World Club Championship which initially had been planned to be organized in Sweden.[3][2]

References

  1. ^ "WCC logo". 8 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b "History of ringette". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "History of the International Ringette Federation IRF". ringette.cc. International Ringette Federation. 2015. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Cambridge Turbos 2007-08".
  5. ^ "National Ringette League Cambridge Turbos remain world ringette championship". nationalringetteleague.ca. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Home -IRF - International Ringette Federation". Archived from the original on 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  7. ^ "World's best hit the ice at inaugural world club ringette championship". Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Cambridge Turbos to meet Luvia in world club championship final". nationalringetteleague.ca. National Ringette League. 7 November 2008. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Cambridge Turbos". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Waterloo Region Breaking News - Waterloo Region's Online Newspaper - TheRecord.com". TheRecord.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  11. ^ "World's best hit the ice at inaugural world club ringette championship". Retrieved 3 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "2008 World Club Championship". 6 November 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Cambridge Turbos 2007-08".
  14. ^ "Cambridge Turbos remain on top at world club ringette championship". Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Cambridge Turbos to meet Luvia in world club championship final". Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  16. ^ "..:: Leaguestat ::." www.leaguestat.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Cambridge Turbos 2007-08".
  18. ^ Cambridge roster
  19. ^ "..:: Leaguestat ::." www.leaguestat.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  20. ^ "..:: Leaguestat ::." www.leaguestat.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  21. ^ EKS-Espoo roster,
  22. ^ Montréal Mission roster,
  23. ^ "..:: Leaguestat ::." www.leaguestat.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  24. ^ "WWC 2011 Turku". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  25. ^ "Canada to compete at 2011 World Club Championship in Finland". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  26. ^ "LL-89 defeat the defending champion Cambridge Turbos to move on to an all Finnish final against RNK". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  27. ^ [Finland sweeps world club championship and awards winners]
  28. ^ "Finland sweeps world club championship and awards winners". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

External links

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