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 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the EWHL consists from several countries of 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 2010-11
- GER, ESC Planegg
- Austria, EHC Vienna Flyers
- Austria, EHV Sabres Vienna
- Austria, EC The Ravens Salzburg
- Netherlands, Netherlands women's national ice hockey team
- SVK, HC Slovan Bratislava
- SVK, MHK Martin [2]
- SLO, HDK Maribor
Championship
Years | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Teams |
---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | AUT EHV Sabres Vienna |
SLO HK Terme Maribor |
ITA HC Agordo |
8 |
2005–06 | SVK HC Slovan Bratislava |
SLO HK Terme Maribor |
ITA HC Eagles Bolzano |
11 |
2006–07 | SVK HC Slovan Bratislava |
AUT EC The Ravens Salzburg |
SLO HK Terme Maribor |
12 |
2007–08 | CZE HC Slavia Prague |
AUT EC The Ravens Salzburg |
AUT EHV Sabres Vienna |
11 |
2008–09 | CZE HC Slavia Prague |
GER OSC Berlin |
GER ESC Planegg |
8 |
2009–10 | GER ESC Planegg |
AUT EC The Ravens Salzburg |
AUT EHV Sabres Vienna |
6 |
2010–11 | AUT EHV Sabres Vienna |
SVK HC Slovan Bratislava |
GER ESC Planegg |
8 |
2011–12 | AUT EHV Sabres Vienna |
SVK HC Slovan Bratislava |
BLR HK Pantera Minsk |
6 |
2012–13 | BLR HK Pantera Minsk |
AUT EHV Sabres Vienna |
AUT DEC Eagles Salzburg |
6 |
Medal Table by Club
# | Club | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Participations |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | AUT EHV Sabres Vienna | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
2 | SVK HC Slovan Bratislava | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
3 | CZE HC Slavia Prague | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | GER ESC Planegg | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
5 | AUT EC The Ravens Salzburg | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
6 | SLO HK Terme Maribor | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
7 | BLR HK Pantera Minsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | GER OSC Berlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ITA EV Bolzano Eagles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
9 | ITA HC Eagle Bolzano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
10 | ITA HC Agordo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
See also
- EWHL Super Cup
- Austria women's ice hockey Bundesliga
- German women's ice hockey Bundesliga
- Switzerland women's ice hockey league
References
- ↑ The Netherlands wishing to offer more competitive matches to their top Women players. Source: EWHL Website
- ↑ http://www.mhkmartin.eu
- This article incorporates information from the French and German Wikipedias.
External links
- EWHL News in English
- (German) EWHL Website
- (German) European Women's Hockey Journal