ICC Women's Championship

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ICC Women's Championship
Administrator International Cricket Council (ICC)
Format WODI
First edition 2014–16
Latest edition 2022–25
Number of teams11
Current championFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (2nd title)
Most successfulFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (2 titles)

The ICC Women's Championship (IWC) is an international cricket tournament used to determine qualification for the Women's Cricket World Cup. [1] The first two tournaments were contested between the top eight teams of the ICC Women's Rankings. The first edition was the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship, which started in April 2014 and was concluded in November 2016. Australia were the winners of the inaugural tournament. [2] The second edition of the tournament started in October 2017, with the top four teams automatically qualifying for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup. [3]

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In September 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that they were exploring the option to expand the IWC to all ten teams, therefore including Bangladesh and Ireland in future editions of the competition. [4] [5] In August 2021, the ICC confirmed that the three qualifiers from the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament and the next two best placed teams would qualify for the next IWC cycle. [6] [7] However, in November 2021, the qualifier tournament was called off midway through, [8] due to the discovery of a new variant of COVID-19 in Southern Africa. [9] Therefore, Bangladesh and Ireland joined the IWC for the 2022–25 cycle, [10] based on their ODI rankings. [11]

In August 2024, the ICC announced that Zimbabwe will be included in the 2025–2029 cycle of the Championship. [12] [13]

Tournament history

Season

YearTeamsWinnerQualified directly to World CupAdvanced to World Cup Qualifier
2014–16 8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of England.svg  England, Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand , WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of India.svg  India, Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa , Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan, Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
2017–20 8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of England.svg  England, Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa , Flag of India.svg  India , Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan, WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies, Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
2022–25 10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of England.svg  England , Flag of India.svg  India , Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa , Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan, Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland
2025–29 11

Teams

Team 2014–16
(8)
2017–20
(8)
2022–25
(10)
2025–29
(11)
Apps.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia WQ3
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh DNPQQ2
Flag of England.svg  England RURUQQ3
Flag of India.svg  India 5th4thQQ3
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland DNPQQ2
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3rd6thQQ3
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 7th5thQQ3
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6th3rdQQ3
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 8th8thQQ3
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 4th7thQQ3
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe DNPQ1

Key:

WWinner
RURunners-up
3rd3rd Place
QQualified, Still in contention
DNPDid not play

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