Women's Premier Ice Hockey League
The Women's Premier Ice Hockey League (also British Women's Premier Ice Hockey League ) was the highest women's ice hockey league in Great Britain until the end of the 2014/15 season . The league is organized by the English Ice Hockey Association , the English association under the umbrella of the British Ice Hockey Association Ice Hockey UK . From 1991 to 2005, the winning team of the competition received the Chairman's Cup . In 2005 it was named in honor and on the occasion of the unexpectedly sudden death of Bill Britton, after the chairman of the women's department at EIHA, who made a major contribution to the further development of women's ice hockey. Since then, the Bill Britton Memorial Trophy has been awarded annually. The teams of Division I, which is divided into regional groups, play one level below the Premier League. The Premier League has been the second-highest class in women's ice hockey since the 2015/16 season.
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Locations of clubs that won a British Women's Ice Hockey League championship |
Development of the structure
In 1984 an English women's ice hockey league was held for the first time. Five teams initially took part in this Women's English League . From the following year, it was increased to seven participants. From 1988, the then called British Women's League took on other teams and split into three regional divisions, each with four to seven teams. But after only two seasons a single-track top Premier Division was created, below which two regional groups, the North Division and the South Division, were formed. With the Conference League , a third league level, also regionally structured, was installed in 1995. The first two of the divisions and the conferences play the winner of the league against each other. The winner of the final of the divisions has the right to play against the bottom of the Premier League for the right to start in the top division. From the 2015/16 season the English Womens Elite League was introduced as the new highest league level above the English Womens Premier Ice Hockey League . This was formed from the best teams in the Premier League.
In addition to the league, a cup competition for the Elite Cup is played between all teams in the knockout system.
Title holder
year | |||
British Women's Elite League | |||
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2017/18 | Bracknell Queen Bees | Guildford Lightning | Solihull Vixens |
2016/17 | Bracknell Queen Bees | Solihull Vixens | Guildford Lightning |
2015/16 | Bracknell Queen Bees | Sheffield Shadows | Solihull Vixens |
British Women's Premier League | |||
2014/15 | Bracknell Queen Bees | Kingston Diamonds | Sheffield Shadows |
2013/14 | Kingston Diamonds | Bracknell Queen Bees | Guildford Lightning |
2012/13 | Kingston Diamonds | Bracknell Queen Bees | Guildford Lightning |
2011/12 | Kingston Diamonds | Guildford Lightning | Bracknell Queen Bees |
2010/11 | Bracknell Queen Bees | Sheffield Shadows | Guildford Lightning |
2009/10 | Slough Phantoms | Sheffield Shadows | Bracknell Queen Bees |
2008/09 | Bracknell Queen Bees | Guildford Lightning | Sheffield Shadows |
2007/08 | Sheffield Shadows | Slough Phantoms | Bracknell Queen Bees |
2006/07 | Bracknell Queen Bees | Newcastle Northern Stars | Slough Phantoms |
2005/06 | Sheffield Shadows | Newcastle Northern Stars | Bracknell Queen Bees |
2004/05 | Bracknell Queen Bees | Sunderland Scorpions | Cardiff Comets |
2003/04 | Sunderland Scorpions | Guildford Lightning | Slough Phantoms |
2002/03 | Cardiff Comets | Sunderland Scorpions | Guildford Lightning |
2001/02 | Sunderland Scorpions | Guildford Lightning | Bracknell Queen Bees |
2000/01 | Guildford Lightning | Slough Phantoms | Bracknell Queen Bees |
1999/2000 | Sunderland Scorpions | Nottingham Vipers | Guildford Lightning |
1998/99 | Sunderland Scorpions | Slough Phantoms | Guildford Lightning |
1997/98 | Sunderland Scorpions | Bracknell Queen Bees | Slough Phantoms |
1996/97 | Sunderland Scorpions | Bracknell Queen Bees | Swindon Topcats |
1995/96 1 | Sunderland Scorpions | Bracknell Queen Bees | Slough Phantoms |
1994/95 | Sunderland Scorpions | Guildford Lightning | not known |
1993/94 | Bracknell Queen Bees | Slough Phantoms | Swindon Topcats |
1992/93 | Oxford City Rockets | Bracknell Queen Bees |
Semi-final losers: Dundee Royals, Durham Dynamites |
1991/92 | Oxford City Rockets | Bracknell Queen Bees |
Semi-final losers: Dundee Royals, Streatham Strikers |
1990/91 | Oxford City Rockets | Bracknell Queen Bees | Streatham Strikers |
Regionalized British League | |||
1989/90 |
Central Division winners defeated the Streatham Strikers 4-1 in a play-off game from Oxford City Rockets |
South Division winners lost 4-1 to Streatham Strikers in a play-off game to the Oxford City Rockets |
North Division winners did not compete against representatives of the other divisions in play-offs at Sunderland Scorpions |
1988/89 | Oxford City Rockets | Streatham Strikers | Sunderland Scorpions |
Women's English League / Women's England League | |||
1987/88 1 | Streatham Strikers | Oxford City Rockets | Solihull Vixens |
1986/87 1 | Oxford City Rockets | Streatham Strikers | Peterborough Ravens |
1985/86 1 | Streatham Strikers | Peterborough Ravens | Solihull Vixens |
1984/85 1 | Peterborough Ravens | Solihull Vixens | Brighton Amazons |
1983/84 2 | 1st place: Peterborough Ravens & Solihull Vixens |
Web links
- Statistics of all leagues on Fixtureslive.com, EIHA
- English Women's Premier League table on the EIHA website
- Statistics from past women's ice hockey league on stats.malcolmpreen.co.uk
- League Results 1984-2001 on Whockey.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Women's hockey season comes to a close with playoff weekend in Sheffield. In: March74.com. May 20, 2013, archived from the original on July 27, 2014 ; accessed on May 24, 2013 .
- ↑ Note on passion hockey 1989/99
- ^ Championnat féminin d'Angleterre 1983/84 , Passionhockey.com