European Women's Hockey League

The EWHL was created in 2004 on the same principle as the men's ice hockey Interliga. For its first season, the EWHL featured teams from Austria, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia. Teams from additional countries joined the league during the following seasons, including HC Slovan Bratislava from Slovakia in 2005, KHL Grič Zagreb from Croatia in 2006, and HC Slavia Praha from the Czech Republic in 2007. In the 2008–09 season, the Italian and Hungarian teams gave way to two clubs from Germany, OSC Berlin and ESC Planegg. During the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, the Netherlands national team participated in the EWHL.^[1]

Before the 2019–20 season, the Elite Women's Hockey League was renamed, becoming the European Women's Hockey League to reflect its unique position within European women's ice hockey.^[2] Also, the Polish women's national team joined the league in 2019, playing as the Silesia Brackens and later under the name Silesian Metropolis Katowice.^[3] The Hungarian team KMH Budapest rejoined the league, and MAC Budapest was added.

The EWHL is mostly played in a championship format with home and away matches, with the exception of the 2005–06 season where the teams were distributed in two regional divisions followed by qualifying rounds. For the 2010–11 season, the regular season was followed by a play-off between the four teams at the top of the league table.

Though they joined the league in the 2015–16 season, Kazakh team Aisulu Almaty has played only two EWHL games from their home arena, Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty, due to the significant travel distance. The 2019–20 season provided the first opportunity for Aisulu to play EWHL matches in front of a home crowd, when they hosted the EHV Sabres for a two game series during 19–20 October 2019.^[4]

Since the 2019–20 season, the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation has overseen the league. The league president is Martin Kogler.^[5]

In March 2023, a group of eighteen players founded the European Women's Hockey League Players' Association (EWHLPA). The organization's driving purpose is to address players' concerns and advocate for changes on players' behalf, while also playing an active role in the development of the league.^[6]

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#	Years	Gold	Silver	Bronze	No. of teams
1	2004	EHV Sabres	HK Terme Maribor	HC Agordo	8
2	2005–06	HC Slovan Bratislava	HK Terme Maribor	HC Eagles Bolzano	11
3	2006–07	HC Slovan Bratislava	The Ravens Salzburg	HK Terme Maribor	12
4	2007–08	Slavia Praha	The Ravens Salzburg	EHV Sabres	11
5	2008–09	Slavia Praha	OSC Berlin	ESC Planegg	8
6	2009–10	ESC Planegg	The Ravens Salzburg	EHV Sabres	6
7	2010–11	EHV Sabres	Slovan Bratislava	ESC Planegg	8
8	2011–12	EHV Sabres	Slovan Bratislava	HK Pantera Minsk	6
9	2012–13	HK Pantera Minsk	EHV Sabres	Salzburg Eagles	6
10	2013–14	EV Bozen Eagles	Neuberg Highlanders	EHV Sabres	7
11	2014–15	EHV Sabres	EV Bozen Eagles	Salzburg Eagles	6
12	2015–16	EHV Sabres	Salzburg Eagles	Aisulu Almaty	7
13	2016–17	EV Bozen Eagles	DEC Salzburg Eagles	HC ŠKP Bratislava	8
14	2017–18	EHV Sabres	EV Bozen Eagles	KMH Budapest	8
15	2018–19	KMH Budapest	EHV Sabres	EVB Eagles Südtirol	9
16	2019–20	KMH Budapest	MAC Budapest	Aisulu Almaty	10
17	2020–21	KMH Budapest	EHV Sabres	HC ŠKP Bratislava	9
18	2021–22	KMH Budapest	Aisulu Almaty	EHV Sabres	11
19	2022–23	Hokiklub Budapest	MAC Budapest	HC ŠKP Bratislava	10
20	2023–24	HC ŠKP Bratislava	Hokiklub Budapest	MAC Budapest	12
21	2024–25	Aisulu Almaty	Sabres St. Pölten	HK PSRŽ Bratislava	11

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Source: ^[9][10][11]

All-time medal count

Clubs

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	Club	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	SKN Sabres St. Pölten[a]	6	4	4	14
2	ŠKP Bratislava[b]	3	2	3	8
3	Hokiklub Budapest[c]	5	1	1	7
4	EVB Eagles Südtirol[d]	2	2	1	5
5	Aisulu Almaty	1	1	2	4
6	Slavia Praha	2	0	0	2
7	ESC Planegg	1	0	2	3
8	HK Pantera Minsk	1	0	1	2
9	DEC Salzburg Eagles[e]	0	5	2	7
10	MAC Budapest	0	2	2	4
10	HK Terme Maribor	0	2	1	3
11	OSC Berlin	0	1	0	1
11	Neuburg Highlanders	0	1	0	1
12	HC Eagles Bolzano	0	0	1	1
12	HC Agordo	0	0	1	1

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1. [a]

   Includes record as EHV Sabres
2. [b]

   Includes record as Slovan Bratislava
3. [c]

   Includes record as KMH Budapest
4. [d]

   Includes record as EV Bozen Eagles
5. [e]

   Includes record as Ravens Salzburg/The Ravens Salzburg

Nations

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	6	10	6	22
2	Hungary	5	3	2	10
3	Slovakia	3	2	4	9
4	Italy	2	2	3	7
5	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2
6	Germany	1	1	2	4
	Kazakhstan	1	1	2	4
8	Belarus	1	0	1	2
9	Slovenia	0	2	1	3
Totals (9 entries)		21	21	21	63

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• EWHL Super Cup
• IIHF European Women's Champions Cup
• Austria women's ice hockey Bundesliga
• German women's ice hockey Bundesliga