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The '''IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship''' is the premier international tournament in [[women's ice hockey]]. It is governed by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF). [[Canada women's national ice hockey team|Canada]] is the most successful nation with ten world titles followed by the [[United States women's national ice hockey team|United States]] with eight.
The official world competition was first held in 1990, with four more championships held in the 90's.<ref name=PastTournaments>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/all-medallists/women.html |title=IIHF World Women's Championships |accessdate=2011-01-12 |publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]}}</ref> Beginning in 1989, and in years that there was no world tournament held, there were [[IIHF European Women Championships|European Championships]] and in 1995 and 1996 a [[IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship|Pacific Rim Championship]]. As part of an effort to improve competition, the IIHF decided to hold Women's Championships in Olympic years, starting in 2014, but not at the top level.<ref name=Merk>{{cite news |title=New era of women’s hockey |date=2010-12-17 |publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] |last=Merk |first=Martin |accessdate=2011-01-12 |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/7/select_category/21/recap/5130.html |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921063928/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/7/select_category/21/recap/5130.html |archivedate=2013-09-21 |df= }}</ref>
==Structure and Qualification==
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