All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Location | Japan |
| Established | 1982 |
Number of tournaments | 42 |
| Administrator | Japan Ice Hockey Federation |
| Format | Round-robin |
| Tournament statistics | |
| First champion | Obihiro Taiyō Club, 1982 |
| Most titles | Peregrine (21) |
| Current champion | |
| Seibu Princess Rabbits, 2024 | |
The All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship (Japanese: 全日本女子アイスホッケー選手権大会, ぜんにほんじょしアイスホッケーせんしゅけんたいかい, Hepburn: Zen'Nihon Joshi Aisu Hokkē Senshuken Taikai) is an annual ice hockey club tournament in Japan. First contested in 1978 and officially sanctioned by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation in 1982, the championship is one of the oldest continuously held women's ice hockey tournaments in the world.[1] The tournament has been contested in addition to the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) since the league was established in 2012.
It is the women's counterpart to the men's All Japan Ice Hockey Championship.
Champions[edit]
| # | Year | Host City |  Champion
|
 Runner-up
|
 Third Place
|
Fourth Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1982 | Tōkyō | Obihiro Taiyō Club | Silver Shields | Kushiro Bears | Kokudo Keikaku |
| 2 | 1983 | Hachinohe | Obihiro Taiyō Club | Silver Shields | Kushiro Bears | Hachinohe Marumitsu |
| 3 | 1984 | Fukuoka | Kokudo Keikaku | Kushiro Bears | Obihiro Taiyō Club | Tomakomai Peregrine |
| 4 | 1985 | Kushiro | Tomakomai Peregrine | Kokudo Keikaku | Kushiro Bears | Obihiro Taiyō Club |
| 5 | 1986 | Nikkō | Kokudo Keikaku | Obihiro Taiyō Club | Tomakomai Peregrine | Kushiro Bears |
| 6 | 1987 | Tomakomai | Kokudo Keikaku | Tomakomai Peregrine | Isetan | Obihiro Taiyō Club |
| 7 | 1988 | Karuizawa | Tomakomai Peregrine | Kokudo Keikaku | Obihiro Taiyō Club | Kushiro Bears |
| 8 | 1989 | Kōbe | Kokudo Keikaku | Tomakomai Peregrine | Obihiro Taiyō Club | Kushiro Bears |
| 9 | 1990 | Obihiro | Kokudo Keikaku | Tomakomai Peregrine | Obihiro Taiyō Club | Kushiro Bears |
| 10 | 1991 | Kōbe | Tomakomai Peregrine | Kokudo Keikaku | Obihiro Taiyō Club | Kushiro Bears |
| 11 | 1992 | Sapporo | Iwakura Peregrine | Kokudo Keikaku | Obihiro Taiyō Club | Kushiro Bears |
| 12 | 1993 | Hachinohe | Kokudo Ladies | Iwakura Peregrine | Obihiro Taiyō Club | Kushiro Rokkatei Bears |
| 13 | 1994 | Karuizawa | Iwakura Peregrine | Kokudo Ladies | Kushiro Rokkatei Bears | Kushiro Fanī Dakkusu |
| 14 | 1995 | Karuizawa | Iwakura Peregrine | Kokudo Ladies | Sports System Fighters | Kushiro Rokkatei Bears |
| 15 | 1996 | Sapporo | Iwakura Peregrine | Sports System Fighters | Kushiro Rokkatei Bears | Kokudo Ladies |
| 16 | 1997 | Tomakomai | Iwakura Peregrine | Kushiro Rokkatei Bears | Kokudo Ladies | Sports System Fighters |
| 17 | 1998 | Obihiro | Iwakura Peregrine | Kushiro Rokkatei Bears | Kokudo Ladies | Sports System Fighters |
| 18 | 1999 | Kushiro | Iwakura Peregrine | Rokkatei Bears | Kokudo Ladies | Rokkatei Maruseizu |
| 19 | 2000 | Tomakomai | Rokkatei Bears | Iwakura Peregrine | Kokudo Ladies | Rokkatei Maruseizu |
| 20 | 2001 | Obihiro | Rokkatei Bears | Kokudo Ladies | Iwakura Peregrine | Sapporo Backers |
| 21 | 2002 | Aomori | Iwakura Peregrine | Rokkatei Bears | Daishin | Kokudo Ladies |
| 22 | 2003 | Kushiro | Iwakura Peregrine | Rokkatei Bears | Kokudo Ladies | Daishin |
| 23 | 2004 | Tomari | Iwakura Peregrine | Rokkatei Bears | Daishin | Kokudo Ladies |
| 24 | 2005 | Obihiro | Rokkatei Bears | Kokudo Ladies | Iwakura Peregrine | Daishin |
| 25 | 2006 | Tomakomai | Rokkatei Bears | Kokudo Ladies | Daishin | Iwakura Peregrine |
| 26 | 2007 | Kushiro | Rokkatei Bears | Seibu Princess Rabbits | Iwakura Peregrine | Daishin |
| 27 | 2008 | Kushiro | Seibu Princess Rabbits | Kamori Kankō Bears | Daishin | Iwakura Peregrine |
| 28 | 2009 | Yokohama | Seibu Princess Rabbits | Iwakura Peregrine | Kamori Kankō Bears | Daishin |
| 29 | 2010 | Sapporo | Seibu Princess Rabbits | Daishin | Kamori Kankō Bears | Iwakura Peregrine |
| 30 | 2011 | Obihiro | Samsung Daito Peregrine | Seibu Princess Rabbits | Daishin | Mikage Gretz |
| 31 | 2012 | Sapporo | Seibu Princess Rabbits | Samsung Daito Peregrine | Daishin | FTS Mikage Gretz |
| 32 | 2013 | Obihiro | Samsung Daito Peregrine | Seibu Princess Rabbits | FTS Mikage Gretz | Daishin |
| 33 | 2014 | Sapporo | Samsung Daito Peregrine | Toyota Cygnus | Seibu Princess Rabbits | Daishin |
| 34 | 2015 | Obihiro | Samsung Daito Peregrine | Seibu Princess Rabbits | FTS Mikage Gretz | Daishin |
| 35 | 2016 | Sapporo | Seibu Princess Rabbits | FTS Mikage Gretz | DK Peregrine | Daishin |
| 36 | 2017 | Sapporo | DK Peregrine | Seibu Princess Rabbits | Daishin | FTS Mikage Gretz |
| 37 | 2018 | Sapporo | Seibu Princess Rabbits | DK Peregrine | FTS Mikage Gretz | Daishin |
| 38 | 2019 | Obihiro | DK Peregrine | Seibu Princess Rabbits | Daishin | Takasu Clinic Mikage Gretz |
| 39 | 2020 | Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 40 | 2021 | Sapporo | DK Peregrine | Toyota Cygnus | Seibu Princess Rabbits | Daishin |
| 41 | 2022 | Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 variant | ||||
| 42[2] | 2023 | Obihiro | DK Peregrine | Daishin | Toyota Cygnus | Seibu Princess Rabbits |
| 43[3] | 2024 | Sapporo | Seibu Princess Rabbits | DK Peregrine | Daishin IHC | Toyota Cygnus |
Source: [4]
- Team name history
- Bears
- → 1979–1993: Kushiro Bears
- → 1993–2007: Rokkatei Bears
- → 2007–2012: Kamori Kanko Bears
- → 2012–present: Kushiro Bears
- Mikage Gretz
- → 1987–2008: Mikage Gretz
- → 2008–2018: Full-time System Mikage Gretz (FTS Mikage Gretz)
- → 2018–present: Takasu Clinic Mikage Gretz (TC Mikage Gretz)
- Obihiro Ladies
- → 2003–2019: Obihiro Taiyō Club (Obihiro Ladies)
- → 2019–2023: Obihiro Cranes Ladies
- → 2023–present: Tokachi Obihiro Ladies
- Peregrine
- → 1977–1991: Tomakomai Peregrine
- → 1991–2010: Iwakura Peregrine
- → 2010–2015: Mitsuboshi Daito Peregrine (MD Peregrine)
- → 2015–present: Douro Kensetsu Peregrine (DK Peregrine)
- Princess Rabbits[5]
- → 1974–1992: Kokudo Keikaku WIHC
- → 1992–2006: Kokudo Ladies IHC
- → 2006–present: SEIBU Princess Rabbits
References[edit]
- ^ Kato, Jiro (11 March 2009). "女子日本一決定戦開幕". ホッケーを愛する | Love Hockey (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "全日本女子アイスホッケー選手権大会 Aグループ | 大会情報：シーズン別". Japan Ice Hockey Federation (in Japanese). 19 March 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "第43回全日本女子アイスホッケー選手権大会 Aグループ". Japan Ice Hockey Federation (in Japanese). 10 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "全日本女子アイスホッケー選手権大会(A) | 大会情報：歴代大会データ". Japan Ice Hockey Federation (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Name changed from Kokudo Keikaku Ice Hockey Club to Seibu Princess Rabbits in 2005 via Kokudo Ladies Ice Hockey Club since 1992."Official site > Chiimu enkaku [Team history]" (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 August 2018.
External links[edit]
- Official website of the Japan Ice Hockey Federation (in Japanese)