IIHF European Women Championships

IIHF European Women Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	January–March
Frequency	biannual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1989 (1989)
Most recent	1996 (1996)
Organised by	IIHF

This article is about the European ice hockey national championships for women. For the club championship, see IIHF European Women's Champions Cup.

The IIHF European Women Championships is a former international competition of Women ice hockey between nations in Europe.

History

The competition was organized by International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was played from 1989 at 1996 in years when there was no World Championship. In 1997, this competition ceased because every year there would be either an IIHF World Women's Championships or an Olympic tournament.

Winners

Finland's national women's team, four times winner of this tournament

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze		Country host
1989	Finland	Sweden	West Germany		West Germany
1991	Finland	Sweden	Denmark		Czechoslovakia
1993	Finland	Sweden	Norway		Denmark
1995	Finland	Sweden	Switzerland		Latvia
1996	Sweden	Russia	Finland		Russia

See also

• Austria women's ice hockey Bundesliga
• German women's ice hockey Bundesliga
• Switzerland women's ice hockey league

External links

• Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1989 (in French)
• Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1991 (in French)
• Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1993 (in French)
• Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1995 (in French)
• Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1996 (in French)