Championnat de France de hockey sur glace féminin
Upcoming season or competition:
Current sports event 2021–22 FFHG Féminin Élite season
SportIce hockey
Founded1986 (1986)
Inaugural season1986–87
No. of teams12
CountryFrance
Most recent
champion(s)		Remparts de Tours
(2022–23)
Most titlesHC Cergy-Pontoise (19)
Official websiteOfficial website

The France women's ice hockey league (French: Championnat de France de hockey sur glace féminin, lit. 'French Championship in women's ice hockey') or the FFHG Féminin Élite ('FFHG Elite Women') is the top level of women's ice hockey in France. The league is organized by the Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace (FFHG). The competition began in 1987. In some years, a second-level competition, the Excellence Division, has been held.

Format

The twelve teams in the league are divided into two divisions, North and South. During the regular season, each team plays each of the others in their division twice (once at home and once away), with 3 points being awarded for a win in regulation time, 2 points for a win in overtime or shootouts, 1 point for an overtime/shootout loss, and 0 points for a regulation time loss. The overtime period lasts 5 minutes, and is played 3 vs. 3 sudden-death. The regular season usually takes place from September to March.

The top two teams from each division then go on to play in a three-game playoff tournament (facing each other team once) in a pre-selected host city. The team that finishes with the most points in the playoff tournament is crowned league champions. The playoff tournament usually takes place at the end of March.

Current clubs (2021–22)

Poule Nord
Team City Arena Capacity
Gothiques d'Amiens Amiens Coliséum 2882
HC Cergy-Pontoise Cergy-Pontoise Aren'ice 4500
Jets d’Évry-Viry Essonne Patinoire des Lacs 900
Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne Neuilly-sur-Marne Patinoire municipale de Neuilly-sur-Marne 500
Griz'Louves de Saint-Ouen/Garges Saint Ouen Patinoire de Saint Ouen 700
Remparts de Tours Tours Patinoire de Tours 2316
Poule Sud
Team City Arena Capacity
Aigles de Besançon Besançon Patinoire La Fayette 1300
Déferlantes de Bordeaux/Anglet Bordeaux Patinoire de Bordeaux Mériadeck 3312
Brûleurs de Loups Grenoble Patinoire Polesud 3496
Hockey Féminin 74 Chamonix Patinoire Richard-Bozon 1700
Rafales d'Occitanie Castres Patinoire de l'Archipel
Amazones de Marseille-PACA Marseille

Champions

  • 1986–87 : CSG Grenoble
  • 1987–88 : CSG Grenoble
  • 1988–89 : Gap HC
  • 1989–90 : CSG Saint-Ouen
  • 1990–91 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 1991–92 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 1992–93 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 1993–94 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 1994–95 : Club des Patineurs Lyonnais
  • 1995–96 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 1996–97 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 1997–98 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 1998–99 : Lyon Hockey Club
  • 1999–2000 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 2000–01 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 2001–02 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 2002–03 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 2003–04 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 2004–05 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 2005–06 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 2006–07 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 2007–08 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 2008–09 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 2009–10 : Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38
  • 2010–11 : Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38
  • 2011–12 : Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38
  • 2012–13 : Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne
  • 2013–14 : Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne
  • 2014–15 : Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne
  • 2015–16 : Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne
  • 2016–17 : HC Cergy-Pontoise
  • 2017–18 : Aigles de Besançon
  • 2018–19 : Remparts de Tours
  • 2019–20 : Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic in France
  • 2020–21 : Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic in France
  • 2021–22 : Remparts de Tours
  • 2022–23 : Remparts de Tours

Sources: FFHG,[1][2] Hockey Archives[3]

Excellence Division Champions

References

  1. ↑ "Les Championnes de France Féminines par décennie". French Ice Hockey Federation (in French). 2011. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Palmarès - Championnats et Compétitions". Hockey France (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Biller, Philippe. "Championnat de France féminin". HockeyArchives.info. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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