High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Women`s Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and final tournament is similar to the men`s. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) since they merged with the International Federation of Women`s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) in 1982. Since 1986, it has been held regularly once every four years, in the same year as the men`s competition, which is mid cycle between Summer Olympic games.