| Year: | 2000 |
| Other Titles: | 5th World Ringette Championships |
| Country: | Finland |
| Dates: | November 15–18, 2000 |
| Num Teams: | 4 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Type: | ringette |
| Winners: | Finland |
| Second: | Canada |
| Third: | USA |
| Fourth: | Sweden |
| Prevseason: | 1998 |
| Nextseason: | 2002 |
The 2000 World Ringette Championships (2000 WRC)[1] [2] was an international ringette tournament and the 5th (X) official World Ringette Championships. The tournament was organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) and was contested in Espoo and Lahti in Finland, between November 15–18, 2000.
Participating teams in the 2000 WRC included Team Canada,[3] Team Finland,[4] Team Sweden, and Team USA. All games used three periods for their playing format.
Team Finland and Team Canada played a two-game world championship final. The first final was played on November 15, 2020, in Lahti, and the second final was played on November 18, 2000, in Espoo. Finland won the first game in Lahti with a score of 5-4.[5] In Espoo, Team Canada and Team Finland faced each other for the second time which final which was the deciding match. Finland tied the Canadians with a final score of 5-5 (3-2, 1-1, 1-2). Finland became the world champion with a combined score of 3-1 points while Canada failed to win the world title by finishing in second place.[6] In the bronze medal match, Team USA defeated Team Sweden 9–0.
Venues were Espoo and Lahti, Finland.
| 2000 WRC Rosters | |
|---|---|
 2000 Team Finland | |
 2000 Team Canada | |
 2000 Team USA | |
 2000 Team Sweden |
| width=15 | width=200 | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Canada | |||
| Team Finland | |||
| Team USA | |||
| 4th | Team Sweden | ||
The 2000 Team Finland team included the following:[7] [8]
| width=40 | Pos. | width=200 | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | Goalie | align=center | ||
| align=center | Goalie | align=center | ||
| align=center | Goalie | align=center | ||
| align=center | Goalie | align=center | ||
| align=center | Arja Oksanen | |||
| align=center | Kirsi Annila | |||
| align=center | Petra Ojaranta | |||
| align=center | Annukka Koivuniemi | |||
| align=center | Kristiina Vidlund | |||
| align=center | [9] | |||
| align=center | Sini Forsblom | |||
| align=center | Jasmine Lönnroth | |||
| align=center | Riikka Vainio | |||
| align=center | (Captain) | |||
| align=center | . | |||
| style=background:#CEE0F2 colspan=3 | Team Staff | |||
| align=center | Head coach | align=center | Krister Åberg | |
| align=center | Assistant coach | align=center | | |
| align=center | Assistant coach | align=center | ||
| align=center | Trainer | align=center |
The 2000 Team Canada team included the following:[10]
| width=200 | Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keely Brown | ||||
| Lisa Brown (Captain) | ||||
| Lisa DiPasquale | ||||
| Michelle MacKinnon | ||||
| Maria (McKenzie) Thompson | ||||
| Alexis Snowdon | ||||
| Megan Todd | ||||
| Laura Warner | ||||
| Jennifer (Willan) Krochak | ||||
| Daina Haubrich (Alternate) | ||||
| Amanda Snell | ||||
| Danielle (Hobday) Hildebrand | ||||
| Nadia Tomy | ||||
| Nancy Blouin | ||||
| Karen (Duguay) Bunting | ||||
| Jackie Gaudet (Alternate) | ||||
| Sarah Miller | ||||
| Lisa Newton | ||||
| Kim Poirier | ||||
| Tina Pineau | ||||
| Suzanne MacDonald | ||||
| Marion Clark | ||||
| Kim Stephenson | ||||
| style=background:pink colspan=3 | Team Staff | |||
| align=center | Head Coach | align=center | Deb Marek[11] | |
| align=center | Assistant coach | align=center | Lyndsay Wheelans | |
| align=center | Assistant coach | align=center | ||
| align=center | Trainer | align=center |
Canada national ringette team Finland national ringette team Sweden national ringette team United States national ringette team