Elite Women's Hockey League

The Elite Women's Hockey League (EWHL) is an international competition for different European women's ice hockey clubs. Created in 2004 by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the EWHL consists from several countries in Central Europe and is played in parallel to national championships.

History

The EWHL was created in 2004 on the same principle as the Interliga (men's ice hockey). For its first season, the EWHL featured teams from Austria, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia. During the following seasons, women's teams from Slovakia (2005), Croatia (2006) and the Czech Republic (2007) joined the league. In 2008, the Italian and Hungarian teams gave way to two clubs from Germany. Since the 2010–11 season, the Netherlands women's national ice hockey team has participated in the EWHL.[1]

The EWHL was mostly played in a championship format with home and away matches, with the exception of the 2005–06 season where the teams were distributed in two regional divisions followed by qualifying rounds. For the 2010–11 season, the regular season will be followed by a play-off between the four teams at the top of the league table.

Season 2017–18

Championship

Years 1st, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Teams
2004 Austria
EHV Sabres		 Slovenia
HK Terme Maribor		 Italy
HC Agordo		 8
2005–06 Slovakia
HC Slovan Bratislava		 Slovenia
HK Terme Maribor		 Italy
HC Eagles Bolzano		 11
2006–07 Slovakia
HC Slovan Bratislava		 Austria
EC Ravens Salzburg		 Slovenia
HK Terme Maribor		 12
2007–08 Czech Republic
HC Slavia Praha		 Austria
EC Ravens Salzburg		 Austria
EHV Sabres		 11
2008–09 Czech Republic
HC Slavia Praha		 Germany
OSC Berlin		 Germany
ESC Planegg		 8
2009–10 Germany
ESC Planegg		 Austria
EC Ravens Salzburg		 Austria
EHV Sabres		 6
2010–11 Austria
EHV Sabres		 Slovakia
HC Slovan Bratislava		 Germany
ESC Planegg		 8
2011–12 Austria
EHV Sabres		 Slovakia
HC Slovan Bratislava		 Belarus
HK Pantera Minsk		 6
2012–13 Belarus
HK Pantera Minsk		 Austria
EHV Sabres		 Austria
DEC Salzburg Eagles		 6
2013–14 Italy
EV Bolzano Eagles		 Austria
Neuberg Highlanders		 Austria
EHV Sabres		 7
2014–15 Austria
EHV Sabres		 Italy
EV Bolzano Eagles		 Austria
DEC Salzburg Eagles		 6
2015–16 Austria
EHV Sabres		 Austria
DEC Salzburg Eagles		 Kazakhstan
Aisulu Almaty		 7
2016–17 Italy
EV Bolzano Eagles		 Austria
DEC Salzburg Eagles		 Slovakia
HC ŠKP Bratislava		 8

Medal Table by Club

# Club 1st, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medals
1Austria
EHV Sabres		5139
2Slovakia
HC Slovan Bratislava/HC ŠKP Bratislava		2215
3Czech Republic
HC Slavia Praha		2002
4Germany
ESC Planegg		1023
5Italy
EV Bolzano Eagles		1012
-Italy
HC Eagles Bolzano		1012
-Belarus
HK Pantera Minsk		1012
8Austria
DEC Salzburg Eagles/EC Ravens Salzburg		0527
9Slovenia
HK Terme Maribor		0213
10Germany
OSC Berlin		0101
11Italy
HC Agordo		0011
-Kazakhstan
Aisulu Almaty		0011

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Netherlands wishing to offer more competitive matches to their top Women players. Source: EWHL Website
  • This article incorporates information from the French and German Wikipedias.
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