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Sweden is the first country in the history of the sport other than Canada and the United States to compete in the finals of any international women's hockey tournament. On 7 November 2008, in Lake Placid, Sweden defeated Canada for the first time in women's ice hockey with the 2–1 win in overtime at 4 Nations Cup.
The first organized women's ice hockey game in Sweden was played in 1969 between Modo AIK and Timrå IK. [2] The Swedish women's national team played its first games in April 1987, during the 1987 Women's World Tournament in Ontario, Canada. [3] The first, unofficial National Championship was played in 1985.
The 4 Nations Cup is an annual women's ice hockey tournament, held between four major national teams in the sport; currently, these are Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland. Until 2000, when Sweden joined, the tournament was the 3 Nations Cup. In general, it is held in or around November each year.
Nationella Damhockeyligan (lit. ' National Women's Hockey League ') or NDHL is the second-highest women's ice hockey league in Sweden.It was previously known as the Damettan or Damettan i ishockey during 2015 to 2021, and Division 1 during 2007 to 2015.
The Swedish Women's Hockey League (Swedish: Svenska damhockeyligan), abbreviated SDHL, is the elite league for women's ice hockey in Sweden. It was established in 2007 as the Riksserien by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and was renamed prior to the 2016–17 season .
The women's section of Leksands IF was founded in 1998. [1] The 2008 season saw a leap in success for the club, as it earned promotion to the Riksserien, and saw Cecilia Östberg and Klara Myrén become the first two Leksands players to represent the Swedish national women's team. In 2012, the club finished in 7th place, and was forced to ...
Brynäs IF are an ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They play in Gävle, on the eastern-central coast of Sweden, at the Monitor ERP Arena.A constituent part of the Swedish sports club Brynäs IF, they are the sister team of Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
That summer, the club also slightly increased its investment in its women's side, building a new locker room for the women. [ 5 ] On the 22 February 2020, AIK was eliminated by Djurgårdens IF Hockey in the playoff quarterfinals in a match that went to the third overtime period, passing 100 minutes of game-time and setting an SDHL record for ...