All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship
The All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship (Japanese: 全日本女子アイスホッケー選手権大会, ぜんにほんじょしアイスホッケーせんしゅけんたいかい, Hepburn: Zen'Nihon Joshi Aisu Hokkē Senshuken Taikai) is an annual ice hockey club tournament in Japan. First contested in 1978 and officially sanctioned by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation in 1982, the championship is one of the oldest continuously held women's ice hockey tournaments in the world. The tournament has been contested in addition to the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) since the league was established in 2012.
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Ice hockey |
Location | Japan |
Established | 1982 |
Number of tournaments | 42 |
Administrator | Japan Ice Hockey Federation |
Format | Round-robin |
Tournament statistics | |
First champion | Obihiro Taiyō Club, 1982 |
Most titles | Peregrine (21) |
Current champion | |
Seibu Princess Rabbits, 2024 |
It is the women's counterpart to the men's All Japan Ice Hockey Championship.
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