Season Description The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics will take place in Milan, Italy between 5 and 19 February 2026. Ten countries qualified for the tournament; six of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, Italy, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament.
Russia and Belarus are banned from competing due to the countries' invasion of Ukraine.