IIHF European Women Championships

This article is about the European ice hockey national championships for women. For the club championship, see IIHF European Women's Champions Cup.
IIHF European Women Championships
Finland national women's ice hockey team at the Ravensburg Women's Air Canada Cup 2008
StatusNo longer active
GenreSports event
Date(s)January–March
FrequencyBiannual
Location(s)Various
Inaugurated1989; 35 years ago (1989)
Most recent1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Organized byIIHF

The IIHF European Women Championships is a former international women's ice hockey tournament between ice hockey playing nations in Europe. Finland's national women's team won the championship title four times and Sweden women's national ice hockey team won it once in 1996, the final year the competition took place.

The European competition was organized by International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was played from 1989 to 1996. An international women's ice hockey competition sanctioned by the IIHF began in 1990. The European tournament ceased in 1997 because there would be either an IIHF World Women's Championships or an Olympic tournament every year.