ICC 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.
| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Format | Limited-overs (50 overs) |
| First edition | 2003 |
| Current champion |  India (1st title) |
| Most successful | India Ireland West Indies South Africa (1 each) |
 2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier | |
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] Starting with the 2011 edition, the qualifier was also used to determine Women's ODI status, and starting in 2021, entry to the ICC Women's Championship.
Results
edit| 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 |  Pakistan61 (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
edit- 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 | 2003 (6) | 2008 (8) | 2011 (10) | 2017 (10) | 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 |