England Hockey Women's Championship Cup

The England Hockey Women's Championship Cup is a field hockey cup competition organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. The competition was originally known as the Women's National Clubs Championship. The inaugural competition was won by the Chelsea College of Physical Education (Eastbourne) in 1977–78. It has also been known as the All England Women's Hockey Association Cup, the EHA Cup and the EH Women's Cup. During the 2010s it was sponsored by Investec and was known as the Investec Women's Cup.

England Hockey Women's Championship Cup
Countries England
AdministratorEngland Hockey
First tournament1977–78
Current championSurbiton
Most successfulHightown/Bowdon Hightown
(9 titles)
Slough
(6 titles)
WebsiteEngland Hockey Championships

Finals

Women's National Clubs Championship
Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
1977–78 Chelsea CPE [1] 1–0 Prestwich Liverpool
1978–79 Chelmsford
1979–80 Norton University of East Anglia
1980–81 Sutton Coldfield Cheltenham Ladies' College
1981–82 Slough [2] 3–2 Sheffield League
1982–83 Slough Oakham School
1983–84 Sheffield 0–0 [note 1] Hightown Cheltenham
1984–85 Ipswich [3] 2–1 Slough Pressed Steel Fisher Ground, Oxford
1985–86 Slough [4] 1–1 [note 2] Ealing University of Essex
1986–87 Ealing [5] 1–0 Ipswich
1987–88 Ealing [6] 1–0 Hightown Coventry School, Coundon
1988–89 Ealing [7] 1–0 Sutton Coldfield Southampton
1989–90 Sutton Coldfield [8] 1–0 Hightown Bournemouth Sports Centre
1990–91 Sutton Coldfield [9] ?–? [note 3] Leicester Ashford
Notes
  1. Sheffield won 4–2 after penalty shoot-out
  2. Slough won 5–3 after penalty shoot-out
  3. Sutton Coldfield won 4–3 after penalty shoot-out

AEWHA Cup
Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
1991–92 Hightown[10] 3–3 [note 1] Slough Milton Keynes
1992–93 Leicester [11] 1–0 Ealing Milton Keynes
1993–94 Slough [12] 1–1 [note 2] Hightown Milton Keynes
1994–95 Hightown [13] 5–0 Trojans Milton Keynes
1995–96 Ipswich [14] 0–0 [note 3] Clifton Milton Keynes
1996–97 Hightown [15] 2–2 [note 4] Clifton Milton Keynes
1997–98 Clifton [16][17] 1–1 [note 5] Slough Milton Keynes
1998–99 Slough [18] 4–3 Leicester Milton Keynes
Notes
  1. Hightown won 3–2 after penalty shoot-out
  2. Slough won 4–2 after penalty shoot-out
  3. Ipswich won 3–0 after penalty shoot-out
  4. Hightown won 3–2 after penalty shoot-out
  5. Clifton won 5–4 after penalty shoot-out

EHA Cup
Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
1999–00 Clifton 4–2 Sutton Coldfield Milton Keynes
2000–01 Slough [19] 3–2 Olton & West Warwicks Milton Keynes
2001–02 Ipswich [20] 3–2 [note 1] Olton & West Warwicks Milton Keynes
2002–03 Canterbury [21] 4–0 Slough Canterbury
2003–04 Hightown [22] 3–2 Leicester Cannock
2004–05 Leicester [23] 2–0 Clifton Canterbury
Notes
  1. Ipswich won 3–2 after scoring a golden goal

EH Women's Cup
Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
2005–06 Bowdon Hightown [24] 5–0 Chelmsford Reading
2006–07 Bowdon Hightown [25] 2–0 Slough Reading
2007–08 Leicester 1–0 Slough Highfields Sports Club, Nottingham
2008–09 Bowdon Hightown [26][27] 2–1 Reading Highfields Sports Club, Nottingham
2009–10 Leicester [28] 2–1 Reading Highfields Sports Club, Nottingham
2010–11 Bowdon Hightown [29] 4–1 Surbiton Cannock

Investec Women's Cup
Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
2011–12 University of Birmingham [30][31] 4–1 Surbiton Cannock
2012–13 Bowdon Hightown [32] 2–1 Clifton Beeston
2013–14 Surbiton [33][34] 7–1 Hampstead & Westminster Highfields Sports Club, Nottingham
2014–15 Surbiton [35] 3–2 Clifton Lee Valley [36]
2015–16 Clifton [37][38] 1–0 Buckingham Lee Valley
2016–17 Surbiton [39][40] 5–0 Clifton Robinsons Lee Valley

EH Women's Championship Cup
Season Winners Score Runners Up Venue
2017–18 Surbiton [41] 5–0 Clifton Robinsons Lee Valley
2018–19 Clifton Robinsons [42] 2-2 (3-1p) Hampstead & Westminster Lee Valley
2019–20 N/A N/A N/A [note 1]
Notes
  1. cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

See also

References
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