| Sport | Ice hockey |
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| Founded | 2023 |
| Founder | Chinese Ice Hockey Association |
| No. of teams | 7 |
| Country |  China |
| Most recent champion(s) | Shenzhen KRS (2023–24) |
| Most titles | Shenzhen KRS (1) |
| Traditional Chinese | 中國女子冰球職業聯賽 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国女子冰球职业联赛 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Chinese Women's Ice Hockey Professional League | ||||||||||||
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The Chinese Women's Ice Hockey League (Chinese: 中国女子冰球职业联赛; lit. 'Chinese Women's Ice Hockey Professional League'), abbreviated WCIHL, is a professional ice hockey league in China. It was founded by the Chinese Ice Hockey Association (CIHA) as an amateur league in 2021 and was reorganized as a professional league in 2023.[1]
The league should not be confused with the National Women's Ice Hockey Championship (Chinese: 全国女子冰球锦标赛), an annual national competition for provincial teams.
- ^ 戴锦镕 [Dai Jinrong]; 王大禹 [Wang Dayu]; 张启明 [Zhang Qiming] (25 November 2023). "2023-2024赛季中国女子冰球职业联赛开赛" [2023-2024 Season of the Chinese Women’s Hockey Professional League Begins]. Xinhua News Agency (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 27 November 2023.