Three competitions took place take place: the Senior Pool (Seniors) a.k.a. Sam Jacks Pool, the Junior Pool (Juniors), and the President's Pool (developing ringette nations). The 2022 Junior competition included athletes who were Under-21 years of age (U21). Prior to the main competition, a series of exhibition games were played which included a different national teams and two Finland U18 teams: U18 2004 (players born in 2004) and U18 2005 (players born in 2005). A youth tournament was played at the Tapiola Arena (Finnish: Tapiolan Harjoitusjäähalli) and Matinkylä ice rinks.
Ringette Finland (Finnish: Suomen Ringetteliitto) and Kiekko-Espoo Ringette hosted "International Ringette Festival 2022", an international junior ringette tournament in Espoo from November 3 to November 6, 2022.[3] The Festival included 16 teams, each in the age divisions of U16, U14 and U12, and was open to ringette teams from Canada, Finland, and Sweden. All teams played at least six games. U16 and U14 played 2 x 15 minutes (stopped clock) and U12 played 30 minutes (running time).
Overview
The 2022 World Ringette Championships was the first World Ringette Championships since its cancellation in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The deciding format for each winning team depended upon the division. While exhibition games were played, three major competitions took place in three different pools with different formats:[4]
Senior Pool: Known officially as the "Sam Jacks Series" or the "Sam Jacks Pool". The games are played in 4 x 15 minute quarters. Though this pool is traditionally a three-game-series between Team Canada Senior and Team Finland Senior, the 2022 WRC involved a two-game series. The winning team was awarded the senior world title, the senior gold medal, and the Sam Jacks Trophy.[5]
Junior Pool: The junior pool games were played in 4 x 15 minute quarters. Though this pool is traditionally a three-game-series between Team Canada Junior and Team Finland Junior, the 2022 WRC involved a two-game series. For the 2022 WRC the Junior Pool was organized for players Under-21 years of age (a.k.a. U21). The winning team was awarded the junior world title, the junior gold medal, and the Juuso Wahlsten Trophy.
Team Finland and Team Canada competed in the Senior Pool. Team USA, Team Sweden, and Team Czech Republic competed in the President's Pool. Team Slovakia did not compete in the 2022 WRC.
A series of exhibition games took place with two Finland U18 teams (Under-18) competing against the Team Sweden Seniors and the Team USA Seniors. The first Finnish team included players born in 2004 (Finland U18 2004) while the second included players born in 2005 (Finland U18 2005).
The Espoo Metro Areena acted as the main venue for the 2022 World Ringette Championships. The Tapiola Ice Hall (Finnish: Tapiolan Harjoitusjäähalli) served as a venue for some of the 2022 WRC exhibition games,[6] some of the President's Pool games, and also served as one of two venues for the youth tournament. The Matinkylä ice rink was used as another rink for the youth tournament.
Three separate competitions took place: the Senior Pool, the Junior Pool (Under-21 years of age a.k.a. U21), and the President's Pool.[7][4] Exhibition games were also contested.[6] Two Finland U18 teams competed against the 2022 Sweden Senior team and the 2022 USA Senior team in exhibition.
The Senior Pool champions were decided using a point system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. In the event of a tie game, overtime was not to be allowed in the first game but was to be allowed in the second game. If the second game had resulted in a tie, the teams were to play a period of overtime which would have been considered its own game and would have started from 0-0. The first overtime period would have been 15 minutes long. If there was no clear winner, a sudden-death overtime period was to be played next.
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Junior Pool
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The Junior Pool was played in the same format as the WRC 2022 Senior Pool with two-games and possible overtime periods planned if the second game had resulted in a tie. Sudden-death overtime was to be played if the first overtime period resulted in a tie.
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President's Pool
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Three countries competed in the President's Pool: Team USA Senior, the Team Czech, and Team Sweden Senior. Each team played two games against each other. Teams collected points per game: a win was worth 2 points and a loss resulted in 0 points. If a game resulted in a tie, the game was planned to go into sudden-death overtime.
The winner of the first round advanced directly to the final. Second and third in the pool played in the playoffs where the winner there faced the winner of the first round in the final. The winner of the final was the winner of the President's Pool and was awarded with the President's Pool gold medal and the President's Trophy.
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The 2022 Team Canada Senior team[11] competed in the 2022 World Ringette Championships.[12][13] The 2022 Team Canada Senior team included the following:[14][15][16]
RINGETTE CANADA HIGH PERFORMANCE STAFF (CANADA SENIOR)
Position
Name
Manager of High Performance & Athlete Services
Stephanie Laurin
High Performance Director
Frances Losier
OFFICIALS (CANADA SENIOR)
Position
Name
On-ice official
Geri Lamers
On-ice official
Robert Drury
On-ice official
Alexander Hanes
Juniors
Team Finland Junior
A total of 18 players competed for the U21 team in 2022. Two separate teams, Finland U18, competed against national teams who were in the 2022 President's Pool. One team involved players born in 2004, the other in 2005.
The 2022 Team Canada Junior Under-21 team (U21) was chosen during a selection camp held in Mississauga, Ontario. For 2022 WRC, athletes were named to Ringette Canada's, "Junior National Travelling Team Roster". This roster was made up of 20 "Playing Roster" athletes, and 2 "Development Roster" athletes. Development Roster athletes were only added to the Playing Roster if the athlete was deemed unfit to play for medical reasons and thus needed to be removed from the Playing Roster.[19]
