2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2016 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 18th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also serve as qualification for the 2017 competition and finalized seeding for the 2018 Winter Olympics qualification.

Championship (Top Division)
The tournament was held in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada from 28 March to 4 April 2016.

Division I
Group A was held in Aalborg, Denmark from 25–31 March 2016 and Group B in Asiago, Italy from 4–10 April 2016.

Division II
Group A was held in Bled, Slovenia from 2–8 April 2016, Group B in Jaca, Spain from 29 February–6 March 2016 and the Group B qualification tournament was in Sofia, Bulgaria from 7–10 December 2015.