2021 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2021 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament is a tournament to determine the women's national champion at the Division III level. The field was expanded to ten teams for the 2019 edition.

Ten teams receive bids to the tournament seven of which are allotted to conference champions and three at-large bids. The first and quarterfinal rounds will be held at campus sites. The semifinal and final rounds are to be held at the rink of the highest remaining seed in the tournament.

After completion of the quarterfinal round it will announced where the semifinal and final rounds will be played as the highest seeded remaining team in the tournament will be named host team.

The Commonwealth Coast Conference which replaces the Colonial Hockey Conference takes its' automatic bid starting with the 2021 tournament.

Tournament Cancellation
Also on February 3rd, the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced the cancellation of the 2021 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament and the 2021 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament as a result of many teams cancelling their playing seasons with less than half of the institutions that sponsored men's and women's ice hockey not playing for the 2020-21 season.

Automatic Bids

 * Commonwealth Coast Conference champion:
 * Northeast Women's Hockey League champion:
 * Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion:
 * New England Hockey Conference champion:
 * New England Small College Athletic Conference champion:
 * Northern Collegiate Hockey Association champion:
 * United Collegiate Hockey Conference champion:

The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion does not earn an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, but is eligible for an at-large bid.