European Women's Hockey League

The European Women's Hockey League (EWHL), formerly the Elite Women's Hockey League, 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.

Logo since 2019

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. From the 2010–11 to 2011–12 seasons, the Netherlands women's national ice hockey team participated in the EWHL.[1] Before the 2019–20 season, the Elite Women's Hockey League was renamed, becoming the European Women's Hockey League to reflect its unique position within European women's hockey.[2] Also, the Poland women's national ice hockey team joined the league in 2019, playing as the Silesia Brackens.[3]

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 2019–20

Championship
Years Gold Silver Bronze Teams
2004
EHV Sabres
HK Terme Maribor
HC Agordo		 8
2005–06
HC Slovan Bratislava
HK Terme Maribor
HC Eagles Bolzano		 11
2006–07
HC Slovan Bratislava
EC Ravens Salzburg
HK Terme Maribor		 12
2007–08
HC Slavia Praha
EC Ravens Salzburg
EHV Sabres		 11
2008–09
HC Slavia Praha
OSC Berlin
ESC Planegg		 8
2009–10
ESC Planegg
EC Ravens Salzburg
EHV Sabres		 6
2010–11
EHV Sabres
HC Slovan Bratislava
ESC Planegg		 8
2011–12
EHV Sabres
HC Slovan Bratislava
HK Pantera Minsk		 6
2012–13
HK Pantera Minsk
EHV Sabres
DEC Salzburg Eagles		 6
2013–14
EV Bolzano Eagles
Neuberg Highlanders
EHV Sabres		 7
2014–15
EHV Sabres
EV Bolzano Eagles
DEC Salzburg Eagles		 6
2015–16
EHV Sabres
DEC Salzburg Eagles
Aisulu Almaty		 7
2016–17
EV Bolzano Eagles
DEC Salzburg Eagles
HC ŠKP Bratislava		 8
2017–18
EHV Sabres
EV Eagles Südtirol
KMH Budapest		 8
2018–19
KMH Budapest
EHV Sabres
EV Eagles Südtirol		 9
2019–20
KMH Budapest
MAC Budapest
Aisulu Almaty		 10

Medal table by Club
# Club Gold Silver Bronze Medals
1
EHV Sabres		61310
2
HC Slovan Bratislava/HC ŠKP Bratislava		2215
3
HC Slavia Praha		2002
4
EV Bolzano Eagles/EV Eagles Südtirol		1214
5
KMH Budapest		2013
6
ESC Planegg		1023
7
HC Eagles Bolzano		1012
-
HK Pantera Minsk		1012
9
DEC Salzburg Eagles/EC Ravens Salzburg		0527
10
HK Terme Maribor		0213
11
OSC Berlin		0101
12
Aisulu Almaty		0022
13
HC Agordo		0011
-
MAC Budapest		0011

See also

References
  1. The Netherlands wishing to offer more competitive matches to their top Women players. Source: EWHL Website
  2. "EWHL-Premiere in Sterzing" (in German). EVB Hockey Academy. 8 September 2019.
  3. "Three Polish national teams to play in foreign leagues". Polish Puck. 27 June 2019.
  • This article incorporates information from the French and German Wikipedias.
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