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Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
AdministratorInternational Cricket Council
FormatLimited-overs (50 overs)
First edition2003
Latest edition2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
Current champion India (1st title)
Most successful India
 Ireland
 West Indies
 South Africa (1 each)
2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier is an international cricket tournament that serves as the final step of the qualification process for the Women's Cricket World Cup.

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).[1] A qualification tournament was first held in 2003 (for the 2005 World Cup), which was hosted by the Netherlands and won by Ireland.[2] Four subsequent tournaments have been held – in 2008, hosted by South Africa and won by Pakistan; in 2011, hosted by Bangladesh and won by the West Indies; in 2017, hosted by Sri Lanka and won by India; and the abandoned 2021 edition hosted by Zimbabwe.[3][4]

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 (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.[5] The 2011 and 2017 editions were also used to determine Women's ODI status, and the 2021 edition was originally intended to also decide entry to the ICC Women's Championship; due to its abandonment, it was ultimately decided by rankings instead.

Results

Year Host(s) Final venue Final
Winner Result Runner-up
2003  Netherlands no final  Ireland
10 points
Ireland won on points
table
 West Indies
8 points
2008  South Africa Stellenbosch  South Africa
62/2 (13.4 overs)
South Africa won by 8 wickets
scorecard
 Pakistan
61 (24.3 overs)
2011  Bangladesh Dhaka  West Indies
250/5 (50 overs)
West Indies won by 130 runs
scorecard
 Pakistan
120 (37.3 overs)
2017  Sri Lanka Colombo  India
245/9 (50 overs)
India won by 1 wicket
scorecard
 South Africa
244 (49.4 overs)
2021  Zimbabwe Harare Tournament abruptly ended due to COVID-19 pandemic

Performance by team

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – 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
Team Netherlands
2003
(6)
South Africa
2008
(8)
Bangladesh
2011
(10)
Sri Lanka
2017
(10)
Zimbabwe
2021
(10)
Total
Africa
 South Africa × 1st 4th 2nd × 3
 Zimbabwe 5th 10th 8th Q 4
Americas
 Bermuda 8th 1
 United States 8th Q 2
 West Indies 2nd × 1st × Q 3
Asia
 Bangladesh 5th 5th Q 3
 India × × × 1st × 1
 Pakistan 4th 2nd 2nd 4th Q 4
 Sri Lanka × × 3rd 3rd Q 3
 Thailand 9th Q 2
Europe
 Ireland 1st 3rd 6th 6th Q 5
 Netherlands 3rd 4th 7th Q 4
 Scotland 5th 6th 7th 3
East Asia - Pacific
 Japan 6th 9th 2
 Papua New Guinea 7th 10th § 3

See also

References

  1. ^ International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC): Fifteenth Meeting – Women's Cricket History. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ International Women's Cricket Council Trophy 2003 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. ^ ICC Women's World Cup Qualifying Series 2007/08 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. ^ ICC Women's World Cup Qualifying Series 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. ^ "World Cup 2017: Women's Championship will form qualifying". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2015.