Highlights of 60 Years Timeline
| 1963 Ringette was invented by Sam Jacks in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. |
| 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic brings an abrupt end to ringette seasons in March 2022. |
| 1974 Ringette Canada is founded. |
| 1979 Ringette is introduced to Finland by Juhani Wahlsten. |
| 1980 Sweden’s first club is founded in Stockholm. |
| 1983 Ringette Finland, the national governing body for the sport in Finland, is created on May 5, 1983 |
| 1985 Ringette Canada representatives travel to the Soviet Union, Finland, Sweden and Japan to promote Ringette. |
| 1986 The International Ringette Federation (originally called the World Ringette Council) is founded by Canada, Finland, France, Sweden and the United States. |
| 1985 Ringette Canada breaks the 20,000 player registrations mark. |
| 1987 Finland establishes a semi-professional ringette league called “SM Ringette”, formerly known as Ringeten SM-sarja. |
| 1990 Sweden’s national federation of ringette was established |
| 1990 Ringette continues to grow in the USA as the Minnesota Ringette Association marks over 1,000 registered players. |
| 1990 The first-ever World Ringette Championship is held in Gloucester, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1992 Ringette Canada introduces new “Experimental Rules”, including any three in, second control, goalkeeper substitution, and goalkeeper ring. |
| 1992 The second World Ringette Championship is held in Helsinki, Finland. There were two Canada teams, Finland, United States, France, Sweden and Russia. |
| 1994 Sweden’s elite league Ringetteförbundet is formed. |
| 1994 World Ringette Championship is held in St Paul, Minnesota, United States. |
| 1996 World Ringette Championships take place in Stockholm, Sweden. |
| 1997 Ringette Canada introduces a new rule making it mandatory for all participants to wear a “Ringette” face mask (type 5 or 6). |
| 2000 30 -second shot clocks are introduced internationally. |
| 2000 World Ringette Championships take place in Lahti and Espoo, Finland |
| 2002 World Ringette Championships take place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| 2004 World Ringette Championships take place in Stockholm, Sweden. |
| 2004 Canada launches their semi-professional National Ringette League in November 2004 featuring 17 teams. |
| 2007 Canada hosts the eighth World Ringette Championship in Ottawa, Ontario. |
| 2009 The inaugural U19 Junior World Ringette Championship takes place in Prague, Czech Republic. The event included two teams from Canada (East and West) and two teams from Finland (White and Blue). |
| 2010 World Ringette Championships take place in Tampere, Finland |
| 2013 World Ringette Championships are held in North Bay, Ontario, Canada — the birthplace of Ringette — to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Ringette. |
| 2013 The World Junior Ringette Championships tournament merges with the larger World Ringette Championships and a Junior division is created for the first truly national junior teams rather than regional teams. |
| 2013 The Czech Ringette Association was founded in Oct 2013. |
| 2014 Czech Republic’s elite national team and a recreational league is established. |
| 2015 The Czech Republic becomes a member of the International Ringette Federation in July 2015. |
| 2016 World Ringette Championships takes place in Helsinki, Finland. |
| 2017 World Ringette Championships takes place in Mississauga, ON, Canada. The event features the President’s Pool division for the first time with Sweden, Czech Republic and USA. |
| 2019 World Ringette Championships takes place in Burnaby, BC, Canada. |
| 2019 Canada marks over 31,500 players on nearly 2,000 teams, with over 1,500 officials and nearly 8000 coaches. |
| 2019 Finland marks over 10,000 players and 31 ringette clubs. |
| 2020 COVID-19 global pandemic brings abrupt end to ringette seasons in March 2022. |
| 2021World Ringette Championships scheduled to be held in Helsinki are postponed due to COVID-19 global pandemic and are rescheduled for 2022. |
| 2022 World Ringette Championships take place in Espoo, Finland, marking the event’s return after being canceled due to COVID-19 in 2021. |
| 2023 60th anniversary of Ringette celebrated at 15th World Ringette Championships in Calgary, Alberta |