Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
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| Most recent season or competition: 2026 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship | |
| Sport | Indoor hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1975 |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
| Most recent champion |  Germany (18th title) (2026) |
| Most titles | Germany (18 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |
The Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship is an international women's indoor hockey competition organized by the European Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of Europe. The tournament serves as a qualification tournament for the Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup.[1]
The tournament is part of the EuroHockey Indoor Championships and is the highest level in the women's competition. The lowest two teams each year are relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II and replaced by the highest two teams from that competition. From 2024 onwards the tournament is played with ten instead of eight teams.[2]
The tournament has been won by five different teams: Germany has the most titles with eighteen, the Netherlands has two titles and England, Ukraine and Belarus have won the tournament once. The most recent edition was held in Prague, Czech Republicand was won by Germany. The next edition will be held in 2028.
Summary
Source:[3]
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
18 (1975, 1977, 1981*, 1985, 1987*, 1990*, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012*, 2018, 2022*, 2024*, 2026) | 2 (1996, 2014) | 1 (2010*) | 2 (2016, 2020) |
 Netherlands |
2 (2014, 2016) | 9 (1975, 1977, 1985, 1987, 2004*, 2006*, 2018, 2020, 2022) | 1 (2008) | 2 (2010, 2012) |
 Belarus |
1 (2020*) | 2 (2008, 2012) | 4 (2004, 2006, 2016*, 2018) | |
 England |
1 (1996) | 2 (1993*, 1998) | 2 (1985*, 1987 | 1 (1981) |
 Ukraine |
1 (2010) | 1 (2022) | ||
 Spain |
2 (1990, 2010) | 2 (1993, 1996) | 2 (2024, 2026) | |
 Poland |
2 (2016, 2024) | 2 (2012, 2014) | ||
 Czech Republic |
1 (2026*) | 2 (2000, 2020) | 1 (2018*) | |
 Scotland |
1 (1981) | 1 (1990) | 7 (1985, 1993, 1986*, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2008) | |
 Lithuania |
1 (2002) | |||
 Russia |
1 (2000) | |||
 Austria |
3 (1998, 2024, 2026) | 3 (2002, 2014, 2022) | ||
 Belgium |
2 (1975, 1977*) | |||
 France |
1 (2002) | 3 (1977, 1990, 2004) | ||
 Canada |
1 (1981) | |||
 Ireland |
1 (1987) | |||
 Switzerland |
1 (1975) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
| Team | 1975 |
1977 |
1981 |
1985 |
1987 |
1990 |
1993 |
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
2018 |
2020 |
2022 |
2024 |
2026 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
6th | – | 5th | 6th | 8th | – | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 8th | – | 6th | 4th | 7th | – | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 19 |
| Belarus |
Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | – | 6th | – | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | DSQ | – | – | 10 | |||||
| Belgium |
3rd | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | 6th | 5th | 6 |
| Canada |
– | – | 3rd | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Czech Republic |
Part of Czechoslovakia | – | – | – | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 8th | – | – | 5th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 12 | |||||
| Czechoslovakia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | Defunct | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Denmark |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| England |
– | – | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | – | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| France |
5th | 4th | 8th | – | 5th | 4th | 5th | 7th | – | – | 3rd | 4th | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| Germany |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 23 |
 Italy |
– | – | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 4 |
| Ireland |
– | – | – | 7th | 4th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 4 |
| Lithuania |
Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | 8th | – | 2nd | 7th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 5 | |||||
| Netherlands |
2nd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | – | – | 15 |
| Poland |
– | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 8th | – | – | 2nd | 8th | 8 |
| Russia |
Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | DSQ | – | – | 5 | |||||
| Scotland |
– | – | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 8th | – | 4th | 4th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 |
 Slovakia |
Part of Czechoslovakia | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | ||||||
| Spain |
7th | 5th | 7th | – | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | – | – | – | – | 6th | 2nd | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | 13 |
| Switzerland |
4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 8th | – | 8th | 7th | 5 |
 Turkey |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 9th | – | 2 |
| Ukraine |
Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 5th | 1st | 8th | – | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 10 | |||||
 Wales |
– | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | [4] |
