IIHF European Women Championships

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IIHF European Women Championships
Finland national women's ice hockey team.jpg
Finland national women's ice hockey team at the Ravensburg Women's Air Canada Cup 2008
StatusNo longer active
GenreSports event
DateJanuary–March
FrequencyBiannual
LocationVarious
Inaugurated1989;37 years ago (1989)
Most recent1996;30 years ago (1996)
Organized by IIHF

The IIHF European Women Championships is a former international women's ice hockey tournament between ice hockey playing nations in Europe. Finland's national women's team won the championship title four times and Sweden women's national ice hockey team won it once in 1996, the final year the competition took place.

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The European competition was organized by International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was played from 1989 to 1996. An international women's ice hockey competition sanctioned by the IIHF began in 1990. The European tournament ceased in 1997 because there would be either an IIHF World Women's Championships or an Olympic tournament every year.

History

The late 1980s marks the modern era of organized women's hockey when the first international invitational tournaments were beginning to become organized. The first IIHF European Women’s Championship, was played in Düsseldorf and Ratingen, Germany, in 1989. Team Finland was the first to win the championship. [1]

Winners

YearGoldSilverBronzeCountry host
1989 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
1991 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
1993 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
1995 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
1996 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

See also

References

  1. "IIHF - Women's Hockey". IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 February 2022.