IIHF European Women Championships
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The IIHF European Women Championships is a former international women's ice hockey tournament between ice hockey playing nations in Europe. Finland's national women's team won the championship title four times and Sweden women's national ice hockey team won it once in 1996, the final year the competition took place.
IIHF European Women Championships | |
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Status | No longer active |
Genre | Sports event |
Date(s) | January–March |
Frequency | Biannual |
Location(s) | Various |
Inaugurated | 1989; 35 years ago (1989) |
Most recent | 1996; 28 years ago (1996) |
Organized by | IIHF |
The European competition was organized by International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was played from 1989 to 1996. An international women's ice hockey competition sanctioned by the IIHF began in 1990. The European tournament ceased in 1997 because there would be either an IIHF World Women's Championships or an Olympic tournament every year.