2002 World Ringette Championships

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2002 World Ringette Championships
6th World Ringette Championships
Tournament details
Host country Canada
CityEdmonton
Venue(s)Northlands AgriCom Arena
DatesNovember 25–30, 2002
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  United States
Fourth place Sweden
← 2000
2004 →

The 2002 World Ringette Championships (2002 WRC) was an international ringette tournament and the 6th (XI) World Ringette Championships. The tournament was organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) and was contested in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, between November 25 and November 30, 2002, at the Northlands AgriCom Arena, now called the Edmonton Expo Centre.[1] The final match was broadcast in Canada and followed by over 140,000 televiewers.

Overview[edit]

The 2002 victory by Team Canada was considered particularly notable.[2][3] In 2000, Team Canada was defeated by a score of 4–3 in extra time against Team Finland, but in WRC 2002, Team Canada took its revenge by defeating their arch-rival by a score of 3–1 in front of a sell-out crowd of 3850 supporters.[4] The final match was broadcast in Canada by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and followed by 144,000 Canadian televiewers.

Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Ringette Canada Hall of Fame inductee, Phyllis Sadoway, was the assistant coach of Team Canada in 2002.[5]

Venue[edit]

Edmonton Expo Centre
Previously called: Northland AgriCom
Host venue
Location  CanadaEdmonton, Alberta
Constructed Opened: 1984
Expanded: 2009
Capacity

Teams[edit]

2002 WRC Rosters
Finland 2002 Team Finland
Canada 2002 Team Canada
United States 2002 Team USA
Sweden 2002 Team Sweden

Final standings[edit]

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[edit]

Team Finland[edit]

The 2002 Team Finland team competed at 2002 WRC.[6] Marjukka Virta and Petra Ojaranta were present.

Team Canada[edit]

The 2002 Team Canada Senior team competed in the 2002 World Ringette Championships.[7][8] The 2002 Team Canada team included the following:[9][10]

Name
Keely Brown
Kim Beach
Sarah Ianni (née Miller)
Leanne Ross
Michelle Lemieux
Jacinda Rolph
Carly Ross
Alexis Snowdon
Maria (McKenzie) Thompson
Megan Todd
Laura Warner (Captain)
Michelle Henry
Danielle (Hobday) Hildebrand (#3)
Shelly Hruska (#9)
Gaetane Manaigre
Nadia Tomy (#25)
Barb Bautista
Jacqueline Gaudet
Jennifer Wakefield (née Gaudet)
Jodi Jensen
Melanie Daraiche
Erin Gray
Marion Clark
Cheryl Prosser (#19)
Leah Jones (#27)
Team Staff
Lorrie Horne (Head coach)
Phyllis Sadoway (Assistant coach)[11]
Peter Semonick (Assistant coach)
Blair Whitmarsh (Mental Skills Coach)
Connie Klassen (Trainer)
Kristin Albo (Manager)
Preceded by World Ringette Championships
Edmonton

2002 World Ringette Championships
Succeeded by

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "2002 World Championship". Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ "2002 World Ringette Championship Team". 28 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Canada wins world ringette championship | CBC Sports".
  5. ^ "2014 Inductee - Phyllis Sadoway". youtube.com. Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  6. ^ "HISTORIA | SUOMEN RINGETTELIITTO PERUSTETTIIN 5.5.1983" [HISTORY | RINGETTE FINLAND WAS ESTABLISHED ON MAY 5, 1983]. ringette.fi. Ringette Finland. 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  7. ^ "2002 World Ringette Championship Team". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  8. ^ "CBC P.E.I. From the Archives: A ringette gold medal and the (future) chief of nursing of P.E.I." www.facebook.com/CBCPEI. CBC PEI. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  9. ^ "TEAM CANADA | WORLD CHAMPIONS" (PDF). ringettemanitoba.ca. Ringette Canada. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Team Canada | Team Canada Won Gold at the 2002 World Ringette Championships". history.ringettecalgary.ca. Ringette Calgary. 2002–2003. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  11. ^ "2014 Inductee - Phyllis Sadoway". youtube.com. Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2022.