ICC Women’s World Cup

This is the pinnacle event in the women’s game and was originally staged in 1973, two years before the inaugural men’s world cup.

When the International Women’s Cricket Council merged with ICC in 2005, the ICC Women’s World Cup (WWC) was formally included in the cricket calendar on a four year cycle. The first WWC run by ICC took place in Australia in 2009.

The format and number of participating teams in the event have varied over the years. Currently the WWC format comprises eight teams playing a full round robin, which replicates the men’s event format. The top four teams progress to semi-finals with the winners contesting the WWC final.

The top four teams in the ICC women’s one day rankings qualify automatically for the WWC with the remaining four participants being determined via a ten team WWC qualification event.

The next ICC Women's World Cup will take place between 26 June and 23 July, 2007 in England and Wales.