Women's Elite Ice Hockey League

The Women's Elite Ice Hockey League is the top-level of women's ice hockey in Great Britain. 
It is administered by the English Ice Hockey Association, a governing body under the umbrella of Ice Hockey UK.
From 1991 to 2005, the league champion was awarded the Chairman's Cup. In 2005, it was named in honor of Bill Britton, chairman of the Women's Department of the EIHA, after his sudden death. Since then, the Bill Britton Memorial Trophy has been awarded annually. 
==History and development==
The first women's competition to be contested in England was in 1984, with the creation of the Women's English League. Five teams participated in the first season, and league membership increased to seven the following year. 
From 1988 to 1990, the British League, which was divided into three regional groups, was contested. A single-division Premier League was formed in 1990, with a second-tier league, comprised of two regional groups - North and South - operating below it. 
The Elite League, featuring the top five women's British teams, was established for the 2015-16 season. The Premier League was dropped to the second-tier competition, while Division One became the third-level league.
The Elite Cup has been contested by the top four teams from the previous season since 2012-13.
==Champions==
Year 	1st 	2nd 	3rd
Women's Elite League 	Women's Elite League 	Women's Elite League 	Women's Elite League
2023-24 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Solihull Vixens 	
2022-23 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Solihull Vixens 	
2021-22 	Guildford Lightning 	Streatham Storm 	-
2020-21 	Cancelled 	- 	-
2019-20 (regular season) 	Solihull Vixens 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	-
2018-19 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Solihull Vixens 	-
2017-18 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Guildford Lightning 	-
2016-17 	Solihull Vixens 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	-
2015-16 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Solihull Vixens 	-
Women's Premier League 	Women's Premier League 	Women's Premier League 	Women's Premier League
2014-15 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Kingston Diamonds 	Sheffield Shadows
2013-14 	Kingston Diamonds 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Guildford Lightning
2012-13 	Kingston Diamonds 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Guildford Lightning
2011-12 	Kingston Diamonds 	Guildford Lightning 	Bracknell Queen Bees
2010-11 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Sheffield Shadows 	Guildford Lightning
2009-10 	Slough Phantoms 	Sheffield Shadows 	Bracknell Queen Bees
2008-09 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Guildford Lightning 	Sheffield Shadows
2007-08 	Sheffield Shadows 	Slough Phantoms 	Bracknell Queen Bees
2006-07 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Newcastle Northern Stars 	Slough Phantoms
2005-06 	Sheffield Shadows 	Newcastle Northern Stars 	Bracknell Queen Bees
2004-05 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Sunderland Scorpions 	Cardiff Comets
2003-04 	Sunderland Scorpions 	Guildford Lightning 	Slough Phantoms
2002-03 	Cardiff Comets 	Sunderland Scorpions 	Guildford Lightning
2001-02 	Sunderland Scorpions 	Guildford Lightning 	Bracknell Queen Bees
2000-01 	Guildford Lightning 	Slough Phantoms 	Bracknell Queen Bees
1999-2000 	Sunderland Scorpions 	Nottingham Vipers 	Guildford Lightning
1998-99 	Sunderland Scorpions 	Slough Phantoms 	Guildford Lightning
1997-98 	Sunderland Scorpions 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Slough Phantoms
1996-97 	Sunderland Scorpions 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Swindon Topcats
1995-961 	Sunderland Scorpions 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Slough Phantoms
1994-95 	Sunderland Scorpions 	Guildford Lightning 	unknown
1993-94 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Slough Phantoms 	Swindon Topcats
1992-93 	Oxford City Rockets 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Semifinalists:Dundee Royals, Durham Dynamites
1991-92 	Oxford City Rockets 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Semifinalists:Dundee Royals, Streatham Strikers
1990-91 	Oxford City Rockets 	Bracknell Queen Bees 	Streatham Strikers
Regionalised British League 	Regionalised British League 	Regionalised British League 	Regionalised British League
1989-90 	Winner of the Central Divisiondefeated the Streatham Strikers 4-1 in finalOxford City Rockets (unofficial)	Winner of the South Divisionlost to the Oxford City Rockets 4-1 in final	Winner of the North DivisionDid not participate in finalSunderland Scorpions
1988-89 	Oxford City Rockets 	Streatham Strikers 	Sunderland Scorpions
Women's English League / Women's England League	Women's English League / Women's England League 	Women's English League / Women's England League 	Women's English League / Women's England League
1987-881 	Streatham Strikers 	Oxford City Rockets 	Solihull Vixens
1986-871 	Oxford City Rockets 	Streatham Strikers 	Peterborough Ravens
1985-861 	Streatham Strikers 	Peterborough Ravens 	Solihull Vixens
1984-851 	Peterborough Ravens 	Solihull Vixens 	Brighton Amazons
1983-84 	1st place: Peterborough Ravens & Solihull Vixens 	1st place: Peterborough Ravens & Solihull Vixens 	1st place: Peterborough Ravens & Solihull Vixens
Note:1. Regular season winners.
==See also==
*Women's Premier Ice Hockey League
*Women's Division One Ice Hockey League
*Elite Cup
Category:Women's ice hockey leagues