The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier is an international
cricket
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tournament that serves as the final step of the qualification process for the
Women's Cricket World Cup
The Women's Cricket World Cup is the quadrennial international championship of Women's One Day International Cricket tournament. Matches are played as One Day Internationals over 50 overs per team. There is also another championship for Tw ...
.
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
International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC). A qualification tournament was first held
in 2003 (for the
2005 World Cup), which was hosted by the Netherlands and won by
Ireland
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. Subsequent tournaments have been held
in 2008, hosted by South Africa and won by
Pakistan
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;
in 2011, hosted by Bangladesh and won by the
West Indies
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;
in 2017, hosted by Sri Lanka and won by
India
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; the abandoned
2021 edition hosted by Zimbabwe; and the
2025 edition hosted by Pakistan.
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The inaugural event in 2003 was organised by the IWCC and branded as the IWCC Trophy. The IWCC was subsumed by the International Cricket Council
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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, as well as 2021, saw ten teams compete for three qualifying places, and the 2017 tournament featured ten teams and four qualifying places.ICC Women's Championship
The ICC Women's Championship (IWC) is an international cricket tournament used to determine qualification for the Women's Cricket World Cup. The first two tournaments were contested between the top eight teams of the ICC Women's Rankings. T ...
; due to its abandonment, it was ultimately decided by rankings instead. The 2025 edition reverted to the same format as the 2003 edition.
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
*×× – No further participation due to COVID-19
* — Hosts
*Teams that qualified for the World Cup in a particular year are underlined
See also
* Cricket World Cup Qualifier (men's)
* Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
References
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International Cricket Council events
Women's One Day International cricket competitions