Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's sport/Ice hockey task force/Current-Initiatives/Elite-Leagues

=Elite Leagues & Organizations= The initiative aims to create and sustain articles about every national premier league and championship, resulting in a broad perspective on women’s ice hockey across the globe.

Leagues with their own initiative pages
At the moment, only a few of the top-tier international leagues have a substantial enough number of articles to justify their own initiative pages. The goal is to support additional, league-specific initiatives in the future by building up the number and quality of articles for other leagues.
 * PWHL initiative
 * PHF initiative


 * SDHL initiative
 * ZhHL initiative
 * Naisten Liiga initiative

Articles to be created
League and championship articles are top priority. Team, season, and other supplemental articles can be added when sufficient source material exists for the topic to independently meet WP:GNG.

Leagues and championships

 * Czech Women's Extraliga→Draft (Extraliga ženského hokeje/Extraliga žen), national championship league of Czechia (called 1. liga ženského hokeje until 2017)
 * Női OB I bajnokság (Jégkorong női OB I bajnokság, shortened Női OB I bajnokság or OB I), also Magyar női jégkorongbajnokság (lit. 'Hungarian women's ice hockey championship'), national championship league of Hungary, top teams also compete in EWHL
 * Korean Women's Ice Hockey League
 * Bambusa-ligaen premier ice hockey league in Norway (called Eliteserien i ishockey for kvinner or Kvinner Elite during 1997–2021), league champion is not named national champion but rather wins the Eliteseriemesterpokal (lit. 'Elite Series Champion's Trophy/Cup'; replaced the Ole-Jacob Libæks pokal in 2013)
 * Norgesmesterskapet i ishockey for kvinner, shortened NM i ishockey for kvinner, Norwegian Championship in women’s ice hockey, winner receives the Kongepokal


 * Slovak Women's Extraliga (Extraliga žien), national championship league of Slovakia (called 1.liga žien until 2017)

Teams
Abbreviation key:
 * DEBL = Austria women's ice hockey Bundesliga (Dameneishockey-Bundesliga)
 * DFEL = German women's ice hockey Bundesliga (Fraueneishockey-Bundesliga)
 * EWCC = IIHF European Women's Champions Cup
 * EWHL = European Women's Hockey League
 * FFHG FE = France women's ice hockey league (FFHG Féminin Elite or Championnat de France féminin de hockey sur glace)
 * SWHL A = Switzerland women's ice hockey league (Swiss Women’s Hockey League A)
 * WJIHL = Women's Japan Ice Hockey League

Seasons

 * 2021–22 EWHL season

List of elite leagues by country
This list is quite incomplete. Please add any missing information or data as appropriate. The list is intended to include the top women’s ice hockey leagues from around the world, ie. national championship leagues (SDHL, Naisten Liiga, SWHL A, WJIHL, etc), top international leagues (NWHL, ZhHL, etc), and leagues for which the calibre of play is broadly considered elite (NCAA DI, etc)

Austria

 * Dameneishockey-Bundesliga (DEBL; Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga (Austria))
 * European Women's Hockey League (EWHL)

Canada

 * Professional Women's Hockey League
 * Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA)


 * USPORTS (→see College leagues initiative)
 * Defunct
 * Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL)
 * National Women's Hockey League (1999–2007)
 * Premier Hockey League (→see PHF initiative)
 * Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL)

Czechia

 * Czech Women's Extraliga (cs:Extraliga ženského hokeje/Extraliga žen)

Denmark

 * KvindeLigaen (ice hockey) (da:DM i ishockey for kvinder)

Finland

 * Naisten Liiga (called Naisten SM-sarja, 1982–2017)
 * Lower leagues
 * Naisten Mestis (called Naisten I-divisoona, 1985–2012)
 * Naisten Suomi-sarja

France

 * France women's ice hockey league (FFHG Féminin Elite or Championnat de France féminin de hockey sur glace)

Germany

 * German women's ice hockey Bundesliga (Fraueneishockey-Bundesliga; DFEL)
 * Lower leagues
 * Second tier: 2. Liga Nord, Landesliga Bayern, Landesliga Baden-Württemberg

Hungary

 * European Women's Hockey League (EWHL)

Japan

 * Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (jp:女子日本アイスホッケーリーグ; WJIHL)

Korea

 * Korean Women's Ice Hockey League

Norway

 * Norwegian Women’s Ice Hockey League

Russia

 * Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL; replaced Russian Women's Hockey League in 2015)
 * Defunct
 * Russian Women's Hockey League (RWHL; 1995–2015; replaced by ZhHL)

Slovakia

 * European Women's Hockey League (EWHL)
 * Slovak Women's Extraliga (Extraliga žien; called 1.liga žien until 2017)

Sweden

 * Svenska damhockeyligan (SDHL; called Riksserien, 2008–2016)
 * Lower leagues
 * Damettan (called Division 1, 2007–2015)
 * Damtvåan

Switzerland

 * Women's League (Swiss Women’s Hockey League A, 2014–2019; Leistungsklasse A/Ligue nationale A/Lega Nazionale A, 1986–2014)
 * Lower leagues
 * Swiss Women's Hockey League B (SWHL B)
 * Swiss Women's Hockey League C (SWHL C)

United States

 * NCAA Division I (→see College leagues initiative)
 * Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL)
 * Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA)
 * Defunct
 * Premier Hockey Federation (→see PHF initiative)

Resources

 * News
 * Frauen Eishockey News
 * Hockey in Society
 * The Ice Garden
 * The Victory Press
 * Women's Hockey Life


 * Stats:
 * Elite Prospects
 * EuroHockey
 * Hockey Archives