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| | country = {{Flagicon|LAT}} [[Latvia]] | | | country = {{Flagicon|LAT}} [[Latvia]] |
| | champion = [[Lithuania]] | | | champion = HS Riga |
| | most_champs = SHK Laima Riga (13) | | | most_champs = SHK Laima Riga (13) |
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| The league was first contested in 2004-05, but the first women's ice hockey team in Latvia, SHK Laima Riga, was founded in the spring of 1989. Their first opponent was from Kharkiv, Ukraine, with the game taking place at the Daugava ice rink on March 30, 1991. | | The league was first contested in 2004-05, but the first women's ice hockey team in Latvia, SHK Laima Riga, was founded in the spring of 1989. Their first opponent was from Kharkiv, Ukraine, with the game taking place at the Daugava ice rink on March 30, 1991. |
| ==Champions== | | ==Champions== |
| | *[[2023-24 Latvian Women's Hockey League season|2023-24]]: HS Riga |
| *[[2022-23 Latvian Women's Hockey League season|2022-23]]: {{Flagicon|LIT}} Lithuania, SHK Laima Riga is Latvian champion | | *[[2022-23 Latvian Women's Hockey League season|2022-23]]: {{Flagicon|LIT}} Lithuania, SHK Laima Riga is Latvian champion |
| *[[2021-22 Latvian Women's Hockey League season|2021-22]]: SHK Laima Riga | | *[[2021-22 Latvian Women's Hockey League season|2021-22]]: SHK Laima Riga |
| Latvian Women's Hockey League
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| Sport |
Ice hockey
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| Founded |
2004
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| No. of teams |
7
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| Country(ies)
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 Latvia
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| Most recent champion(s)
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HS Riga
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| Most championship(s)
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SHK Laima Riga (13)
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The Latvian Women's Hockey League is the national women's ice hockey competition in Latvia.
Estonian teams also participated in the league during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons. HK Pantera Minsk from Belarus played in and won the Latvian League in 2011 and 2012.
The league was first contested in 2004-05, but the first women's ice hockey team in Latvia, SHK Laima Riga, was founded in the spring of 1989. Their first opponent was from Kharkiv, Ukraine, with the game taking place at the Daugava ice rink on March 30, 1991.
Champions
| European Hockey Overview
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| Top-Level Leagues
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International
Alps Hockey League - BeNe League - Erste Liga - International Hockey League - Kontinental Hockey League
National
Andorra - Armenia - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom
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| Second-Level Leagues
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| Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Russia - Slovakia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine
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| Third-Level Leagues
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| Austria - Belgium - Czech Republic - Denmark - England - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Italy - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Russia - Scotland - Slovakia - Sweden - Switzerland
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| Fourth-Level and lower Leagues
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| Austria - Belgium (4, 5) - Czech Republic (4, 5) - Finland (4, 5, 6, 7) - France - Germany (4, 5) - Hungary - Italy - Netherlands (4, 5, 6, 7) - Norway (4, 5, 6, 7) - Poland - Russia (Night League, Amateur Leagues) - Sweden (4, 5, 6, 7, 8), Switzerland (4, 5, 6, 7)
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| Cup Competitions
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| Cups
Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Czech Republic - Denmark - East Germany - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Netherlands (Cup, Ron Berteling Schaal) - Norway - Poland - Romania - Scotland - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Soviet Union - Spain - Switzerland - Ukraine - Yugoslavia
Supercups
Belgium - Estonia - Hungary - Italy - Poland - Netherlands - Slovenia - Spain
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| Defunct Leagues
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| Soviet Union - Russia - Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - West Germany - East Germany - Ireland - Luxembourg - Macedonia - Malta - Portugal - Alpenliga - Interliga - Inter-National League - North Sea Cup - Panonian League - Eastern European - Balkan League (1994-1997) - Baltic League (2001) - Baltic Hockey League (2020) - Carpathian League - Slohokej Liga - Balkan Ice Hockey League - English League - English National League - Scottish National League - British Hockey League - Ice Hockey Superleague - German Championship - Swedish Championship - Klass I - Svenska Serien - Elitserien - Swedish Division I - SM-sarja - Swiss National Championship - Swiss International Championship
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| Women's Leagues
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| International leagues
European Women's Hockey League - EWHL Super Cup
National leagues
Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland (1, 2, 3, U20, U18, U16) - France - Germany (1, 2, 3, Cup) - Great Britain (England U16) - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia (U18) - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden (1, 2, 3, 4, U20) - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine
Defunct leagues
Czechoslovakia - Interliga - Low Countries Cup
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| Junior Leagues
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| Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia) - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany (East Germany) - Great Britain - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia (Soviet Union) - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - Yugoslavia
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| University Leagues
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| European University Hockey League - Czech Republic - Great Britain - Netherlands - Russia (RSHL, MSHL, SHLC, SHLMO, SibSHL, SPSHL) - Sweden
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Latvia
Lithuania, SHK Laima Riga is Latvian champion
Pantera Minsk, SHK Laima Riga is Latvian champion
