IIHF European Women Championships

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IIHF European Women Championships
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)January–March
Frequencybiannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1989 (1989)
Most recent1996 (1996)
Organised byIIHF
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

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