The U.S. Women's National Team has taken part in the International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship since it began in 1990. The tournament initially took place in 1990, 1992, 1994 and 1997 until it became a sport in the Olympic Winter Games in 1998. Since that time, the IIHF Women's World Championship has taken place annually with the exception of an Olympic year until 2022, when the tournament was held in the Olympic year.

The U.S. has reached the gold medal game in all 24 of the events, capturing the event’s top prize a total of 11 times (2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025).

The U.S. brought home gold at the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship, April 9-20, in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia. Team USA posted a perfect 6-1-0-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record in the tournament, which was capped by a 4-3 overtime victory over Canada in the gold medal game. Tessa Janecke tallied the golden goal in gold medal game to lift the U.S. 

Through the 2025 WWC, Team USA now stands at 104-7-9-10-2 (W-OTW-OTL-L-T) in 132 career games, and has outscored its opponents 821-189 all-time.