Women's Cricket World Cup

The Women's Cricket World Cup is the world championship in one-day cricket for women and has been held since 1973. The record winner is the team from Australia , which has won the title six times so far.

history

Beginning and Australian-English dominance

The first women's Cricket World Cup was held two years before the men's in England and the 60- over format was initially chosen. In addition to the hosts, the participants were the national teams from Australia and New Zealand, as well as the teams from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago , which a year later became part of the West Indies cricket team . The field was also supplemented by a selection of young English women and an international team. In the preliminary round, England and Australia prevailed and the hosts finally managed to win the final.

In the second edition in India in 1978, the number of overs to be played per team was reduced to 50. The number of participants was reduced to four teams, with New Zealand taking part again in addition to the host and last year's two finalists. The tournament was decided this time exclusively by the group stage, whereby the Australians were able to beat the English in the decisive game with 8 wickets.

In 1982 the tournament was held in New Zealand and in addition to the participants from the previous edition, an international team was put together again. The result of the tournament, which was again played in the 60-over format, was the same as before, as the Australians were able to defeat the English in the final with 3 wickets.

At the fourth tournament in Australia in 1988, the Dutch and Irish replaced the international selection and India. In the final, however, nothing changed, as the Australians were able to defeat the English for the third time in a row, this time with 8 wickets.

New Zealand can establish itself

For the first time, a different finalist was present at the 1993 tournament in England when the New Zealanders replaced the Australians. This time the West Indies and Denmark took part in the preliminary round for the first time. There, New Zealand was the only team to remain unbeaten, but they did not succeed in the final. There they lost against England with 67 runs.

In 1997, the second event in India featured Pakistan and Sri Lanka for the first time. The eleven participating teams were divided into two groups in the tournament, which is now basically held in the 50-over format. The two group winners New Zealand and Australia were also able to qualify for the final via the quarter-finals and semi-finals. There again Australia got the upper hand and won with 5 wickets.

New Zealand made the third attempt in the final in 2000 in its own country. In the group stage with eight teams, the team was still defeated by Australia, but in the final they managed a narrow victory with four runs. For the first time England could not even qualify for the semi-finals, which India and South Africa did.

India completes the ranks of the top teams

At the eighth edition in South Africa in 2005, India made it to the finals. For the first time there was a qualification tournament to complete the field of eight teams. In the preliminary round, however, the three previous finalists and India prevailed. In the semi-finals, Australia beat England and India beat New Zealand. In the final itself, the Australians were able to secure the title for the fifth time with a win of 98 runs.

In 2009 the tournament was held in Australia. After a preliminary round, which consisted of two groups, a Super 6 intermediate round was played for the first time. In this, New Zealand and England prevailed, with the latter holding their own in the final with 4 wickets.

The tenth edition was held in India in 2013. The qualification for this tournament took place in November 2011 in Bangladesh. The surprise team this time was the West Indies team, which managed to advance to the final. There they lost to the Australian team with 114 runs, which won their sixth title.

At the eleventh edition in England in 2017, eight teams played in a group to qualify for the semi-finals. In the final, England beat India with 9 runs.

World Cup tournaments

year	host	winner	Final opponent	Result
1973	England England	England	Australia	England wins with 92 runs
1978	India India	Australia	England	Australia wins with 8 wickets
1982	New Zealand New Zealand	Australia	England	Australia wins with 3 wickets
1988	Australia Australia	Australia	England	Australia wins with 8 wickets
1993	England England	England	New Zealand	England wins with 67 runs
1997	India India	Australia	New Zealand	Australia wins with 5 wickets
2000	New Zealand New Zealand	New Zealand	Australia	New Zealand wins with 4 runs
2005	South Africa South Africa	Australia	India	Australia win with 98 runs
2009	Australia Australia	England	New Zealand	England win with 4 wickets
2013	India India	Australia	West Indies	Australia wins with 114 runs
2017	England England	England	India	England wins with 9 runs
2022	New Zealand New Zealand

Cutting off the teams

Preliminary round (VR), Qualified (Q)
Quarterfinals (VF), Super 6 (S6)
Semi-finals (HF)
Second place (2)
Tournament Winner (1)
Not a member of the ICC

team	WCWC 1973	WCWC 1978	WCWC 1982	WCWC 1988	WCWC 1993	WCWC 1997	WCWC 2000	WCWC 2005	WCWC 2009	WCWC 2013	WCWC 2017	Participation
Australia	2	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	4th	1	HF	11
Denmark					8th	VR						2
England	1	2	2	2	1	HF	5	HF	1	3	1	11
India		4th	4th		4th	HF	HF	2	3	7th	2	9
International XI	4th		5									2
Ireland				4th	5	VF	7th	5				5
Jamaica Jamaica ¹	6th											1
Netherlands				5	7th	VF	8th					4th
New Zealand	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	HF	2	4th	5	11
Pakistan						VR			6th	8th	8th	4th
South Africa						VF	HF	6th	7th	6th	HF	6th
Sri Lanka						VF	6th	7th	8th	5	7th	6th
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago ¹	5											1
England England U25	7th											1
West Indies					6th	VR		VR	5	2	6th	6th
Attendees	7th	4th	5	6th	8th	11	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th