Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Gasar mata ta fara ne a matsayin gasa ta ƙungiyoyi takwas da ke nuna Kanada, Amurka, manyan biyar daga gasar zakarun Turai ta 1989, da kuma cancantar Asiya. An yi amfani da tsari iri ɗaya don 1992, 1994 da 1997, amma an canza bayan gasar Olympics ta farko ta Hockey na Ice Hockey a gasar Olympics ta Nagano ta 1998. Mafi kyawun biyar daga gasar Olympics sun cancanci zuwa 1999, sannan kuma mafi kyawun uku daga zagaye na cancanta a lokacin gasar Olympics. Gasar ta zama gasa ta shekara-shekara da ta fara a
1999 tare da haɓakawa da raguwa tare da ƙasashe masu ƙasƙanci. Sauran al'ummomin suna wasa a cikin rukuni na (yanzu) kasashe shida, tare da matakai biyar.