Euro Ice Hockey Challenge
The European Ice Hockey Challenge (EIHC) is an annual European ice hockey tournament . The EIHC was founded in October 2001 by the International Ice Hockey Federation . Participants are the national ice hockey teams of the countries that are in Division I of the Ice Hockey World Championships .
Almost all teams use the EIHC to prepare for the subsequent World Cup of the respective year. Inexperienced players can be used here, giving them the opportunity to collect valuable ice ages on an international level.
In 2001, the IIHF determined the twelve participating nations until 2005. These are the following countries: Ukraine , Austria / Netherlands , Italy , Latvia , Slovenia , Poland , Belarus , Norway , Great Britain , France , Denmark and Hungary . Since then, the countries that take part in the tournaments of Division I of the World Cup in the respective year have mostly participated. The tournaments are organized by the respective national ice hockey associations and represent the second division of national tournaments in Europe compared to the tournaments of the Euro Hockey Tour and the Euro Hockey Challenge .
The following tournaments were held as part of the EIHC:
- EIHC Italy (Italy)
- Polesie Cup (Belarus)
- Pannon Hoki Kupa (Croatia)
- EIHC Vilnius (Lithuania)
Former tournaments (selection):
- Danfoss Challenge (Denmark)
- Turnoi International du Mont-Blanc (France)
Individual evidence
- ↑ top leagues announce schedules. In: iihf.com. July 8, 2009, accessed August 18, 2017 .
