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. The league was renamed prior to the 2019-20 season.
==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.The Netherlands wishing to offer more competitive matches to their top Women players. Source: EWHL Website
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 ==
* EHV Sabres
* DEC Salzburg Eagles
* Neuberg Highlanders
* Lakers Kärnten
* KMH Budapest
* MAC Budapest
* EV Eagles Südtirol
* Aisulu Almaty
* Silesia Brackens
* HK Olimpija Ljubljana
==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 	6 	1 	3 	10
2 	HC Slovan Bratislava/HC ŠKP Bratislava	2 	2 	1 	5
3 	HC Slavia Praha 	2 	0 	0 	2
4 	EV Bolzano Eagles/EV Eagles Südtirol 	1 	2 	1 	4
5 	KMH Budapest 	2 	0 	1 	3
6 	ESC Planegg 	1 	0 	2 	3
7 	HC Eagles Bolzano 	1 	0 	1 	2
- 	HK Pantera Minsk 	1 	0 	1 	2
9 	DEC Salzburg Eagles/EC Ravens Salzburg	0 	5 	2 	7
10	HK Terme Maribor 	0 	2 	1 	3
11	OSC Berlin 	0 	1 	0 	1
12	Aisulu Almaty 	0 	0 	2 	2
13	HC Agordo 	0 	0 	1 	1
- 	MAC Budapest 	0 	0 	1 	1
==See also==
* EWHL Super Cup
* Austria women's ice hockey Bundesliga
* German women's ice hockey Bundesliga
* Switzerland women's ice hockey league
==References==
* 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
 
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