The 1999 IIHF Women's World Championships was held between March 8–14, 1999, in Espoo and Vantaa in Finland.

Team Canada won their fifth consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States.

[1] Finland picked up their fifth consecutive bronze medal, with a win over Sweden who had their strongest performance since 1992.

There were a series of Qualification Tournaments Held to assign teams places in this first year, with the standard Promotion and Relegation model following after that.

Japan won the tournament defeating  Norway in the final 7-1 to win the competition and to ensure their Promotion to the main World Championship in 2000.