2002 World Ringette Championships
{{Short description|2002 edition of the World Ringette Championships}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox international hockey competition
| year = 2002
| other_titles = 6th World Ringette Championships
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| country = Canada
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| dates = November 25–30, 2002
| num_teams = 4
| venues = Northlands AgriCom Arena
| city = Edmonton
| type = ringette
| winners = Canada
| count = 2
| second = Finland
| third = USA
| fourth = Sweden
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| prevseason = 2000
| nextseason = 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#query=ringette&t=8805|title = Search}} The final match was broadcast in Canada and followed by over 140,000 televiewers.
Overview
The 2002 victory by Team Canada was considered particularly notable.{{cite web|url=http://www.ringette.cc/id107.htm|title=2002 World Championship|access-date=3 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112022518/http://www.ringette.cc/id107.htm|archive-date=12 November 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ringette.ca/inductees/2002-world-ringette-championship-team/|title=2002 World Ringette Championship Team|date=28 April 2015 }} 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.{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/sports/canada-wins-world-ringette-championship-1.305807| title = Canada wins world ringette championship {{!}} CBC Sports}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncuyBlqvlys|title=2014 Inductee - Phyllis Sadoway|website=youtube.com|date=4 June 2014|access-date=3 March 2022|publisher=Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum|language=en}}
Venue
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! colspan=2 |Edmonton Expo Centre |
| colspan=2 | Host venue |
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| colspan=2 | 250px |
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! Location |{{CAN}} – Edmonton, Alberta |
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! Constructed | Opened: 1984 |
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! Capacity | |
Teams
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| 2002 WRC Rosters |
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| {{flagicon|FIN}} 2002 Team Finland |
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| {{flagicon|CAN}} 2002 Team Canada |
| {{flagicon|USA}} 2002 Team USA |
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|{{flagicon|SWE}} 2002 Team Sweden |
Final standings
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!width=200|Team | |
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| style="background:#f7f6a8;"
| style="text-align:center; height:23px;"| {{Gold01}} | align=left| {{flagicon|Canada}} Team Canada |
| style="background:#dce5e5;"
| style="text-align:center; height:23px;"| {{Silver02}} | align=left| {{flagicon|Finland}} Team Finland |
| style="background:#ffdab9;"
| style="text-align:center; height:23px;"| {{Bronze03}} | align=left| {{flagicon|United States}} Team USA |
| 4th | align=left| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Team Sweden |
Rosters
=Team Finland=
The 2002 Team Finland team competed at 2002 WRC.{{cite web|url=https://www.ringette.fi/fi/Ringetteliitto/Lajin+historia.html|title=HISTORIA {{!}} SUOMEN RINGETTELIITTO PERUSTETTIIN 5.5.1983|trans-title=HISTORY {{!}} RINGETTE FINLAND WAS ESTABLISHED ON MAY 5, 1983|website=ringette.fi|author= |date=2022|access-date=29 September 2022|publisher=Ringette Finland|language=en}} Marjukka Virta and Petra Ojaranta were present.
=Team Canada=
The 2002 Team Canada Senior team competed in the 2002 World Ringette Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.ringette.ca/inductees/2002-world-ringette-championship-team/ |title=2002 World Ringette Championship Team |website=ringette.ca |author= |date= 28 April 2015|access-date=17 May 2022 |publisher=Ringette Canada |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/CBCPEI/videos/cbc-pei-from-the-archives-a-ringette-gold-medal-and-the-future-chief-of-nursing-/147399360470383/ |title=CBC P.E.I. From the Archives: A ringette gold medal and the (future) chief of nursing of P.E.I.|website=www.facebook.com/CBCPEI |author= |date=11 December 2020 |access-date=5 August 2022 |publisher=CBC PEI|language=en}} The 2002 Team Canada team included the following:{{cite web |url=https://ringettemanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LEAH-JONES.pdf|title=TEAM CANADA {{!}} WORLD CHAMPIONS|website=ringettemanitoba.ca|date=2002|access-date=9 March 2023|publisher=Ringette Canada|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422222223/https://ringettemanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LEAH-JONES.pdf|archive-date=22 April 2021|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://history.ringettecalgary.ca/2002-2003/ |title=Team Canada {{!}} Team Canada Won Gold at the 2002 World Ringette Championships|website=history.ringettecalgary.ca|date=2002–2003 |access-date=9 March 2023 |publisher=Ringette Calgary|language=en}}
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!width=200|Name |
| Keely Brown |
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|Kim Beach |
| Sarah Ianni (née Miller) |
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|Leanne Ross |
| Michelle Lemieux |
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|Jacinda Rolph |
| Carly Ross |
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|Alexis Snowdon |
| Maria (McKenzie) Thompson |
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|Megan Todd |
| Laura Warner (Captain) |
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|Michelle Henry |
| Danielle (Hobday) Hildebrand (#3) |
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|Shelly Hruska (#9) |
| Gaetane Manaigre |
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|Nadia Tomy (#25) |
| Barb Bautista |
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|Jacqueline Gaudet |
| Jennifer Wakefield (née Gaudet) |
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|Jodi Jensen |
| Melanie Daraiche |
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|Erin Gray |
| Marion Clark |
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|Cheryl Prosser (#19) |
| Leah Jones (#27) |
| style=background:pink colspan=3|Team Staff |
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| Lorrie Horne (Head coach) |
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|Phyllis Sadoway (Assistant coach){{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncuyBlqvlys|title=2014 Inductee - Phyllis Sadoway|website=youtube.com|date=4 June 2014|access-date=3 March 2022|publisher=Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum|language=en}} |
| Peter Semonick (Assistant coach) |
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|Blair Whitmarsh (Mental Skills Coach) |
| Connie Klassen (Trainer) |
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|Kristin Albo (Manager) |
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{{s-bef|before=Espoo and Lahti 2000}}
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References
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