2000 World Ringette Championships

2000 World Ringette Championships
5th World Ringette Championships
Tournament details
Host country Finland
DatesNovember 15–18, 2000
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Finland
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  United States
Fourth place Sweden
← 1998
2002 →

The 2000 World Ringette Championships (2000 WRC)[1][2] was an international ringette tournament and the 5th (X) official World Ringette Championships. The tournament was organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) and was contested in Espoo and Lahti in Finland, between November 15–18, 2000.[citation needed][where?]

Overview

Participating teams in the 2000 WRC included Team Canada,[3] Team Finland,[4] Team Sweden, and Team USA. All games used three periods for their playing format.

Team Finland and Team Canada played a two-game world championship final. The first final was played on November 15, 2020, in Lahti, and the second final was played on November 18, 2000, in Espoo. Finland won the first game in Lahti with a score of 5-4.[5] In Espoo, Team Canada and Team Finland faced each other for the second time which final which was the deciding match. Finland tied the Canadians with a final score of 5-5 (3-2, 1-1, 1-2). Finland became the world champion with a combined score of 3-1 points while Canada failed to win the world title by finishing in second place.[6] In the bronze medal match, Team USA defeated Team Sweden 9–0.

Venue

Venues were Espoo and Lahti, Finland.[where?]

Teams

2000 WRC Rosters
Finland 2000 Team Finland
Canada 2000 Team Canada
United States 2000 Team USA
Sweden 2000 Team Sweden

Final standings

Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Canada Team Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Finland Team Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United States Team USA
4th Sweden Team Sweden

Rosters

Team Finland

The 2000 Team Finland team included the following:[7][8]

Pos. Name
Goalie
Goalie
Goalie
Goalie
Arja Oksanen
Kirsi Annila
Petra Ojaranta
Annukka Koivuniemi
Kristiina Vidlund
Kristiina Siitonen [fi][9]
Sini Forsblom
Jasmine Lönnroth
Riikka Vainio
Katja Kortesoja [fr] (Captain)
Kristiina Heinonen [fi].
Team Staff
Head coach Krister Åberg
Assistant coach Timo Himberg⁣⁣
Assistant coach
Trainer

Team Canada

The 2000 Team Canada team included the following:[10]

Name
Keely Brown
Lisa Brown (Captain)
Lisa DiPasquale
Michelle MacKinnon
Maria (McKenzie) Thompson
Alexis Snowdon
Megan Todd
Laura Warner
Jennifer (Willan) Krochak
Daina Haubrich (Alternate)
Amanda Snell
Danielle (Hobday) Hildebrand
Nadia Tomy
Nancy Blouin
Karen (Duguay) Bunting
Jackie Gaudet (Alternate)
Sarah Miller
Lisa Newton
Kim Poirier
Tina Pineau
Suzanne MacDonald
Marion Clark
Kim Stephenson
Team Staff
Head Coach Deb Marek[11]
Assistant coach Lyndsay Wheelans
Assistant coach
Trainer

See also

References

  1. ^ "Events – IRF". irfringette.com. International Ringette Federation. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "2000 World Ringette Championship Results (Helsinki, Finland)". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "2000 WRC Canadian Équipe". ringette.ca (in French). Ringette Canada. Archived from the original on June 9, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ringeten MM 2000-projekti käynnistyy" [Ringete's MM 2000 project starts]. yle.fi (in Finnish). Yle. November 25, 1999. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "MM-kilpailut" [WC competitions]. wrc2015.com. 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  6. ^ "Suomelle ringeten maailmanmestaruus" [Ringette World Championship for Finland]. mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). mtv uutiset. November 18, 2000. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  7. ^ "Ringeten MM 2000-projekti käynnistyy" [Ringete's MM 2000 project starts]. yle.fi (in Finnish). Yle. November 25, 1999. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "HISTORIA | SUOMEN RINGETTELIITTO PERUSTETTIIN 5.5.1983" [HISTORY | RINGETTE FINLAND WAS ESTABLISHED ON MAY 5, 1983]. ringette.fi. Ringette Finland. 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  9. ^ "Ringeten maailmanmestari kotiutui Vierumäelle" [Ringette's world champion made her home in Vierumäki]. ess.fi. ess. December 3, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  10. ^ "2000 WRC Canadian Équipe". ringette.ca (in French). Ringette Canada. Archived from the original on June 9, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  11. ^ "Ringette Canada Hall of Fame | Deb Marek". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
Preceded by World Ringette Championships
Espoo and Lahti
2000 World Ringette Championships 		Succeeded by


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