Euro Ice Hockey Challenge
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The Euro Ice Hockey Challenge is a yearly series of national ice hockey
tournaments, organized during the international breaks defined in the IIHF calendar in November, December, and February. Tournaments are played in different locations in Europe and sometimes feature teams from out side of Europe, usually Japan.
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Almost all the teams use the EIHC as preparation for the World Championship later in the same year. It is an opportunity for teams to test less experienced players and for them to gain valuable ice time at an international level.
In 2001 the initial IIHF tournament scheme, planned to last until 2005, included the following 12 participating nations: , , , , , , , , , , , and . The tournament has since expanded to more than 4 tournaments and the occasional participation by .
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EIHC Belarus
EIHC Poland
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EIHC Slovenia
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EIHC Ukraine
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Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
tournaments, organized during the international breaks defined in the IIHF calendar in November, December, and February. Tournaments are played in different locations in Europe and sometimes feature teams from out side of Europe, usually Japan.
Organization
The EIHC was founded in October 2001 by the IIHF. Participants are the ice hockey national teams of countries that are themselves at or around the level of the IIHF World Championship Division I. It is a second-tier equivalent to tournaments of the Euro Hockey TourEuro Hockey Tour
The Euro Hockey Tour is an annual ice hockey tournament only open to the national men's teams of the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, and Sweden. Most of the teams use the competition as a preparation for the upcoming World Championships or Olympics, allowing less experienced players to collect...
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Almost all the teams use the EIHC as preparation for the World Championship later in the same year. It is an opportunity for teams to test less experienced players and for them to gain valuable ice time at an international level.
In 2001 the initial IIHF tournament scheme, planned to last until 2005, included the following 12 participating nations: , , , , , , , , , , , and . The tournament has since expanded to more than 4 tournaments and the occasional participation by .
2nd International Break
EIHC Hungary| Team |
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EIHC Belarus
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EIHC Poland
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3rd International Break
EIHC Romania| Team |
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EIHC Slovenia
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4th International Break
EIHC Norway| Team |
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EIHC Ukraine
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