Senior PoolSam Jacks Series: Canada Senior Finland Senior Junior Pool Canada Junior Finland Junior President's Pool (Differing): USA (Sr.) Sweden (Sr.) Sweden (Jr.) Czech (Sr.) Slovakia (Sr.) Canada (Jr.) Finland (Jr.) U18 International Development Festival (Differing): Other The World Ringette Championships (WRC) is the premier international competition in ringette and is governed by the International Ringette Federation (IRF).

Unlike most international competitions, all of the WRC's elite athletes are female rather than male, one of the sport's distinctive features.

The President's Pool is the tournament's competition between developing ringette nations with a smaller presence in the sport.

One of the three countries are expected to eventually produce the first team to break the top two-team international barrier between Canada and Finland, though Slovakia, Russia and France have also competed.

This approach has also resulted in the ability to avoid male-to-female comparisons and has given the spotlight to elite female athletes.

In 1998 no official World Championships were held but Finland and Canada played several exhibition games touring across Europe in what was called the "Summit Series".

The council is believed to have eventually changed its name to the IRF to avoid confusion due to the fact that the acronym for the organization (WRC) was identical to the World Ringette Championship.

In 2013 the IRF created a new and separate competition for the World Championship, naming the division the "President's Pool", which allows athletes and teams from countries with less ringette experience and a smaller presence in the sport new opportunities to compete.

The Presidents' Pool occasionally involves junior teams from Canada and Finland competing with the developing ringette countries.

With the exception of the 2022 World Ringette Championships, today both the senior and junior competitions for the world title typically involve a best of three playoff series between national Canadian and Finnish ringette teams in their respective age groups, with the senior competition now having been dubbed the "Sam Jacks Series".

the "Calgary Debs" won the inaugural championship, marking Canada's reputation as the leading country in the sport.

The Sam Jacks Trophy is awarded to the winning national senior level ringette team.

and was made of oak and bronze and was roughly 3 feet tall, but had to be rolled out onto the ice on a table because it was too heavy for the winning team from Canada to lift.

The Juuso Wahlsten Trophy was introduced during the 2019 World Ringette Championships in Burnaby, Alberta, Canada.

The Sam Jacks Series is the elite competition between the senior national ringette teams of Canada and Finland.

National teams participating have included: Canada, Finland, United States, Sweden, Russia, France, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.

The 1996 World Ringette Championships marked the first time the event had only one representative team from each participating nation.

[4][5] Finland finished seventh and the United States eighth while Canadian teams monopolized the podium.

While the 1998 World Ringette Championship was initially meant to be held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, the event did not take place.

[17][18] Both teams made stops in four different countries and cities: Turku (Finland), Gothenburg (Sweden), Osnabruck (Germany), and Colmar (France).

Alberta Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Phyllis Sadoway, was the assistant coach of Team Canada in 2002.

The game for the world title final between Canada and Finland took place at the Visättra SportCenter in Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.

It was the first time that Finland beat Canada in a World Ringette Championship final hosted in Canada and was the first time Team Sweden won a World Ringette Championship medal (bronze) by beating the United States 10–9 in overtime.

Finland won its fifth world title in front of 10,000 spectators and televiewers, beating Team Canada again.

[41] The 2013 World Ringette Championship marked the 50th anniversary of the sport and took place in North Bay, Ontario, Canada between December 31, 2013, and January 4, 2014.

The 2023 World Ringette Championships took place in Calgary, Canada, at WinSport Arena, October 31 – November 4, 2023.

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

Held in 2008 and 2011, the planned 2014 event was cancelled and the tournament was discontinued because of financial difficulties facing the competing teams.

Cultural differences in sport have emerged as well as observed by one Calgary based player: "As compared to ringette in Canada, the league over there is a big deal...When they broadcast the games, 160,000 people in Finland watch...The arenas are packed."

[57] Due to improvements in digital technology, broadcasts from the World Ringette Championships began to be uploaded and livestreamed to the web for online viewing by various organizations and individuals.