The competition was run as a separate tournament from the World Ringette Championships which was designed for adult players.

The World Junior Ringette Championships no longer function as a separate event, having since merged in 2013 with the main World Ringette Championships program where both Senior and Junior divisions now exist.

The first World Junior Ringette Championships took place in August, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic.

[5] Canada East suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Finland White Stars at the gold medal final.

[7] The tournament's leading scorer was Susanna Tapani with 15 goals and 9 assists for 24 points over 8 games.