The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier is an international

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tournament that serves as the final step of the qualification process for the

Women's Cricket World Cup The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the sport's oldest world championship, with the first tournament held in England in 1973. Matches are played as One Day Internationals (ODIs) over 50 overs per team, while there is also another champion ...

. The Women's World Cup was first held in 1973, and for the first seven editions participation was determined solely by invitation, issued at the discretion of the

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(IWCC). A qualification tournament was first held in 2003 (for the 2005 World Cup), which was hosted by the Netherlands and won by

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. Three subsequent tournaments have been held – in 2008, hosted by South Africa and won by

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; in 2011, hosted by Bangladesh and won by the

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; and in 2017, hosted by Sri Lanka and won by

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.ICC Women's World Cup Qualifying Series 2011/12
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2015. The inaugural event in 2003 was organised by the IWCC and branded as the IWCC Trophy. The IWCC was subsumed by the

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(ICC) in 2005, and all other editions have been known simply as the World Cup Qualifier. The number of teams and qualifying places has varied at each tournament – in 2003, six teams competed for two qualifying spots, while at the next edition (in 2008) eight teams contested two qualifying spots. The 2011 event saw ten teams compete for three qualifying places, and the 2017 tournament featured ten teams and four qualifying places.

Results

Performance by team

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place *Q – Qualified *§ – Team qualified for tournament, but withdrew or disqualified later *× – Did not participate, already qualified for World Cup * — Hosts *Teams that qualified for the World Cup in a particular year are underlined

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Results

Performance by team

See also

References