| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
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| Format | Women's One Day International |
| First edition | 2003 |
| Latest edition | 2025 |
| Current champion |  Pakistan (1st title) |
| Most successful |  India Ireland West Indies South Africa Pakistan (1 each) |
| Part of a series on the |
| International cricket competitions |
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Regional bodies |
| ICC Competitions |
| Men's |
| Women's |
| Multi-sport competitions |
| Regional competitions |
Africa |
Americas
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Asia
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East-Asia Pacific |
Other |
| Note:Defunct competitions are listed in italics. |
TheICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier is an internationalcricket tournament that serves as the final step of the qualification process for theWomen's Cricket World Cup.
The Women's World Cup was first heldin 1973, and for the first seven editions participation was determined solely by invitation, issued at the discretion of theInternational Women's Cricket Council (IWCC).[1] A qualification tournament was first heldin 2003 (for the2005 World Cup), which was hosted by the Netherlands and won byIreland.[2] Subsequent tournaments have been heldin 2008, hosted by South Africa and won byPakistan;in 2011, hosted by Bangladesh and won by theWest Indies;in 2017, hosted by Sri Lanka and won byIndia; the abandoned2021 edition hosted by Zimbabwe; and the2025 edition hosted by Pakistan.[3][4]
The inaugural event in 2003 was organised by the IWCC and branded as theIWCC Trophy. The IWCC was subsumed by theInternational 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 determineWomen's ODI status, and the 2021 edition was originally intended to also decide entry to an expandedICC Women's Championship; due to its abandonment, it was ultimately decided by rankings instead. The 2025 edition reverted to the same format as the 2003 edition.
| 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 toCOVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2025 | Pakistan | no final | Pakistan 10 points | Pakistan won on points table | Bangladesh 6 points |
| Team | 2003 (6) | 2008 (8) | 2011 (10) | 2017 (10) | 2021 (10) | 2025 (6) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | |||||||
 South Africa | × | 1st | 4th | 2nd | × | × | 3 |
 Zimbabwe | — | 5th | 10th | 8th | ×× | — | 4 |
| Americas | |||||||
 Bermuda | — | 8th | — | — | — | — | 1 |
 United States | — | — | 8th | — | ×× | — | 2 |
 West Indies | 2nd | × | 1st | × | ×× | 3rd | 3 |
| Asia | |||||||
 Bangladesh | — | — | 5th | 5th | ×× | 2nd | 3 |
 India | × | × | × | 1st | × | × | 1 |
 Pakistan | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | ×× | 1st | 4 |
 Sri Lanka | × | × | 3rd | 3rd | ×× | × | 3 |
 Thailand | — | — | — | 9th | ×× | 6th | 2 |
| Europe | |||||||
 Ireland | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 6th | ×× | 5th | 5 |
 Netherlands | 3rd | 4th | 7th | — | ×× | — | 4 |
 Scotland | 5th | 6th | — | 7th | — | 4th | 3 |
| East Asia - Pacific | |||||||
 Japan | 6th | — | 9th | — | — | — | 2 |
 Papua New Guinea | — | 7th | — | 10th | § | — | 3 |
