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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2025–26 season

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Team name	Location	Home venue	Head coach	Captain
Aisulu Almaty	Almaty	Baluan Sholak Sports Palace[a]	Alexandr Maltsev	Aida Olzhabayeva
	Zeltweg	Aichfeldhalle [de][a]
Budapest JA	Budapest	Tüskesátor	Levente Szilágyi
DEC Salzburg Eagles	Salzburg	Eisarena Volksgarten	Eva-Maria Verworner	Agnese Apsīte
EVB Eagles Südtirol	Bolzano	Sparkasse Arena	Stefano Daprà	Jacqueline Pierri
Graz99ers Huskies[7]	Graz	Merkur Eisstadion	Pavel Stepanenko	Tamara Grascher
HK PSRŽ Bratislava	Bratislava	Zimný štadión Vladimíra Dzurillu [sk] (Ružinov)	Miroslav Mosnár	Janka Hlinková
Lakers Kärnten	Ferlach	Hockey-Trainingszentrum	Günther Ropatsch	Valentina Ropatsch
MAC Budapest	Budapest	Mátyásföldi Jégcsarnok	Zoltán Fodor	Jet Milders
Metropolia Silesia	Katowice	Lodowisko Satelita at Spodek	Arkadiusz Sobecki	Karolina Późniewska
Neuburg Highlanders	Neuberg an der Mürz	Sportzentrum Kapfenberg (Kapfenberg)	David Picka	Hilde Huisman
SKN Sabres St. Pölten	Sankt Pölten	Sportzentrum NÖ [de]	Stephan Brozovsky	Charlotte Wittich
VSV Lady Hawks	Villach	Villacher Stadthalle	Anthony London	Līga Miljone

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Source: ÖEHV^[8]

1. [a]

   Aisulu Almaty is officially based at Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The team uses Aichfeldhalle at Sportzentrum Zeltweg in Zeltweg, Austria as its home venue for EWHL matches due to the massive distance between Almaty and all other EWHL home venues.

Former teams

Austria DEC Dragons Klagenfurt Southern Stars SPG Sabres/Flyers United WE-V Flyers Belarus HK Pantera Minsk Croatia KHL Grič Zagreb Czechia HC Slavia Praha

Denmark Hvidovre IK Germany ESC Planegg-Würmtal OSC Eisladies Berlin Hungary Budapest Stars Hokiklub Budapest MAC Marilyn Budapest Italy HC Agordo HC Eagles Bolzano

Netherlands Netherlands women's national team Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava HK Spišská Nová Ves MHK Martin ŽHK Poprad (Popradské Líšky) Slovenia HDK Maribor HK Gorenjska HK Olimpija Ljubljana HK Terme Maribor HK Triglav Kranj

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Sources: European Women's Hockey League^{[9][10][11][12]}

All-time medal count

Clubs

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		Club	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		SKN Sabres St. Pölten[a]	7	4	4	15
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		Slavia Praha	2	0	0	2
6		Aisulu Almaty	1	2	2	5
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	5
11		HK Terme Maribor	0	2	1	3
12		OSC Berlin	0	1	0	1
		Neuburg Highlanders	0	1	0	1
13		HC Eagles Bolzano	0	0	1	1
		HC Agordo	0	0	1	1
		HK PSRŽ Bratislava	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

More information Rank, Nation ...

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	7	10	6	23
2	Hungary	5	3	4	12
3	Slovakia	3	2	4	9
4	Italy	2	2	3	7
5	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2
6	Kazakhstan	1	2	2	5
7	Germany	1	1	2	4
8	Belarus	1	0	1	2
9	Slovenia	0	2	1	3
Totals (9 entries)		22	22	23	67

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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