The All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship ( ja, 全日本女子アイスホッケー選手権大会,

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: 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, translit=Zen'Nihon Joshi Aisu Hokkē Senshuken Taikai) is an annual

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club tournament in

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. First contested in 1978 and officially sanctioned by the

Japan Ice Hockey Federation The Japan Ice Hockey Federation ( ja, 日本アイスホッケー連盟) is the governing body of ice hockey in Japan. Japan was the first Asian nation to join the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). National teams *Japan men's national i ...

in 1982, the championship is one of the oldest continuously held women's ice hockey tournaments in the world. It can be interpreted as the women's counterpart to the men's

All Japan Ice Hockey Championship The All Japan Ice hockey Championship (全日本アイスホッケー選手権大会) is an annual ice hockey tournament for Japanese teams, that began in 1930, making the tournament one of the oldest sporting competitions in the country. The tou ...

Champions

References

External links

Official website
of the

{{Women's Ice Hockey Leagues, state=collapsed Women's ice hockey in Japan

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