Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 EWHL Euro Cup | |
Sport | Ice hockey |
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Founded | 2011 |
No. of teams | 10 |
Most recent champion(s) | EV Zug (2024–25) |
Most titles | HK Budapest (4) |
Official website | EWHL.hockey |
The EWHL Euro Cup (formerly EWHL Super Cup) is an ice hockey tournament for women's club teams organized by the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (HIHF/MJSZ) and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). [1] It was founded by the IIHF in 2011 in an effort to provided opportunity for clubs to compete and compare themselves against teams from other European leagues. [2] [3] In 2024 the cup was renamed EWHL Euro Cup. [4]
Source: [5]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Germany | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
2 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
3 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
4 | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (6 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
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