Finland national ringette 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.
Previous Finland National Ringette Team logo | |||
| Nickname(s) | Team Finland | ||
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| Association | Ringette Finland (Finnish: Suomen Ringetteliitto) | ||
| Head coach |
POSTPONED (2023)
Nina Sundell (2023)
Heidi Petrell (2023) | ||
| Assistants |
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| Captain |
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| Team colors | |||
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| First international | |||
| Senior: Finland (Sr.) 1990 (North Bay, Canada; December 31, 2013) | |||
| World Ringette Championships | |||
| Appearances | Junior: 6 (first in 2009) Senior: 14 including 1998 Summit Series (first in 1990) | ||
| Best result | |||
| Medal record | ||
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| World Ringette Championships | ||
| Seniors | ||
| 1990 Gloucester | Team | |
| 1992 Helsinki | Team | |
| 1994 Saint Paul | Team | |
| 1996 Stockholm | Team | |
| 1998 Summit Series Turku, Gothenburg, Osnabruck, Colmar | Team | |
| 2000 Espoo and Lahti | Team | |
| 2002 Edmonton | Team | |
| 2004 Stockholm | Team | |
| 2007 Ottawa | Team | |
| 2010 Tampere | Team | |
| 2013 North Bay | Team | |
| 2016 Helsinki | Team | |
| 2017 Mississauga | Team | |
| 2019 Burnaby | Team | |
| 2021 Helsinki | Cancelled | |
| 2022 Espoo | Team | |
| 2023 Calgary, POSTPONED | Team | |
| World Junior Ringette Championships | ||
| Juniors | ||
| 2009 Prague | Team | |
| 2009 Prague | Team | |
| 2012 London | Team | |
| World Ringette Championships | ||
| Juniors | ||
| 2013 North Bay | Team | |
| 2016 Tampere | Team | |
| 2017 Mississauga | Team | |
| 2019 Burnaby | Team | |
| 2021 Helsinki | Cancelled | |
| 2022 Espoo | Team | |
| 2023 Calgary | Team | |
| World Ringette Championships | ||
| U18 International Development Festival | ||
| 2022 Espoo | Team | |
| 2023 Calgary | Team | |
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. 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.