The defending champion was Rachael Grinham , who was eliminated this year in the round of 16 against the future finalist Vicky Botwright . In the final, Nicol David from Malaysia defeated her rival Vicky Botwright with 5:11, 11: 1, 11: 6 and 11: 9. After 2005 and 2006, David won her third world title.
The field of participants consisted of 32 players, eight of which were starting places for qualifiers. A wildcard was not awarded.
At the 2008 Women's Squash World Cup, the following world ranking points were credited for reaching each round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize pool was $ 114,000.