Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A tsakiyar shekarun 1980, IIHF tana fuskantar matsin lamba don tsara ƙa'idodin ƙa'idodi da tsari don wasan mata amma ya kasa yin hakan, wanda ya haifar da kira don kafa ƙungiyar mata ta duniya ta hockey ta kankara. Koyaya, shugaban kwamitin wasannin Olympic na duniya Juan Antonio Samaranch ya sanar da IIHF cewa IOC ba za ta yi magana da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban ba. Gasar Kofin Duniya ta Mata ta 1990
shine farkon gasar IIHF ta kasa da kasa da aka amince da ita a wasan hockey na kankara na mata, shekaru 70 bayan da aka gudanar da Gasar Kofin Duniya ta maza ta farko. Gasar ta sha wahala da batutuwa da yawa, gami da Rider da ke shirya gasar ba tare da tallafin kuɗi daga Ƙungiyar Hockey Amateur ta Kanada ba, da Team Canada da ke sanye da sanannun rigunan ruwan hoda a matsayin shawarar talla. An zabi wurin gasar ne watanni biyar kafin ta fara, kuma an ba da fifiko ga lokacin kankara ga ƙungiyar Ottawa 67s ta maza, ma'ana cewa sayar da tikiti ya fara ne kawai 'yan makonni kafin fara gasar.