Finland national ringette team

Finland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Previous Finland National Ringette Team logo
Nickname(s)Team Finland[1]
AssociationRingette Finland
(Finnish: Suomen Ringetteliitto)
Head coach
  • Team Finland Sr.

POSTPONED (2023)

  • Team Finland Jr.

Nina Sundell (2023)

  • Team Finland U18

Heidi Petrell (2023)

Assistants
  • Team Finland Jr.
Captain
  • Team Finland Jr.
  • Enni Ojala
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Home colours
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Away colours
First international
Senior:

Finland Finland (Sr.) 1990
(Gloucester, Canada; 1990)

Junior:

Finland Finland (Jr.) 28–1 Sweden Sweden (Sr.)
(North Bay, Canada; December 31, 2013)
World Ringette Championships
AppearancesJunior: 6
(first in 2009)

Senior: 14 including 1998 Summit Series (first in 1990)
Best result
Medal record
World Ringette Championships
Seniors
1990 Gloucester Team
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Helsinki Team
Gold medal – first place 1994 Saint Paul Team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Stockholm Team
Gold medal – first place 1998 Summit Series
Turku, Gothenburg, Osnabruck, Colmar		 Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Espoo and Lahti Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Edmonton Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Stockholm Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Ottawa Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Tampere Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 North Bay Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Helsinki Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mississauga Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Burnaby Team
2021 Helsinki Cancelled
Gold medal – first place 2022 Espoo Team
2023 Calgary, POSTPONED Team
World Junior Ringette Championships
Juniors
Gold medal – first place 2009 Prague Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Prague Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Ringette Championships
Juniors
Gold medal – first place 2013 North Bay Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tampere Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Mississauga Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Burnaby Team
2021 Helsinki Cancelled
Gold medal – first place 2022 Espoo Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Calgary Team
World Ringette Championships
U18 International Development Festival
2022 Espoo Team
2023 Calgary Team

The Finland national ringette team, (Finnish: Suomen naisten ringettemaajoukkue), more commonly known as "Team Finland", is the ringette team representing Finland internationally. Finland has both a senior national team, Team Finland Senior, and a junior national team, Team Finland Junior. Both national teams compete in the World Ringette Championships (WRC) and are overseen by Ringette Finland, (Finnish: Suomen Ringetteliitto) which is a member of the International Ringette Federation (IRF). Finland's first appearance in international ringette took place at the first World Ringette Championships in 1990.

Team Finland and Team Canada have emerged as ringette's major international rivals at both the senior and junior level. Historically, Team Finland Senior dominates the Senior Pool, while Team Canada Junior dominates the Junior Pool.

Timo Himberg was the head coach of the senior national team from March 2011 to 2020 after which Pasi Kataja was chosen to become the team's next head coach.[2] Kataja was previously the coach of the Finnish senior national ringette team from 2003–2006 and the head coach of the junior national team from 1999–2002.[3]

  1. ^ "Suomen naisten ringettemaajoukkue". facebook.com/ringettemaajoukkue (in Finnish). facebook. 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ^ Niemeläinen, Jonne (5 May 2020). "Pasi Kataja palaa ringettemaajoukkueen ruoriin" [Pasi Kataja returns to the helm of the national team]. Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). Yle Urheilu. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ^ Jonne Niemeläinen (5 May 2020). "Pasi Kataja palaa ringettemaajoukkueen ruoriin". yle.fi (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 1 August 2022.