IIHF European Women's Champions Cup (EWCC) was an annual women's

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club tournament, contested by the national women's ice hockey champions from several European ice hockey playing nations. The event was established and organized by the

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(IIHF). The competition format included two group phases followed by a final round. Each phase was played as a

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in groups of four teams each.

History

The competition was created in 2004, at the same time as the similar competition for men's hockey teams. The first winner was the Swedish club

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. This Swedish club team then won the following three tournaments. From 2009 onward, the IIHF European Women's Champions Cup was won by Russian women's teams, with the exception of the tournament in 2010–2011, which was won by a club team from Finland,

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Winners

Champion team rosters

2004–05

2005–06

2006–07

2007–08

2008–09

2009–10

2010–11

2011–12

2012–13

2013–14

2014–15

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

= Second-time Best Player selection

References

External links

European Women's Champions Cup

* ttp://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/club-events/ewcc/2010-preliminary.html European Women's Champions Cup 2010
European Women's Champions Cup 2011 Preliminary

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