The Women's Cricket World Cup is a 50-over tournament which takes place every four years and consists of eight nations vying for glory.
First staged in 1973, nations obtain qualification for the World Cup via the ICC Women's Championship and the World Cup qualifier.
Women's Cricket World Cup dates
The dates and times for the 2029 Women's Cricket World Cup is yet to be decided.
India and Sri Lanka hosted the 2025 edition of the tournament.
Women's Cricket World Cup teams
Teams will participate in the ICC Women's Championship to determine who will qualify for the 2029 World Cup.
For the first time in their history, Zimbabwe will be given the chance to play at the tournament.
Women's Cricket World Cup venues
It is yet to be determined who will host the 2029 Women's Cricket World Cup.
India and England have hosted the tournament on the most occasions with three editions each.
The former hosted the 2025 tournament with India triumphant for the first-ever time.
Australia are the most successful nation in Women's World Cup history, they have seven titles and have hosted the tournament twice, most recently in 2009.
Women's Cricket World Cup format
In 2029, the next edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup will see 10 nations participate.
This will alter the existing format of the tournament with the International Cricket Council yet to confirm the format details for next edition.
Women's Cricket World Cup history
First launched in 1973, the inaugural tournament was actually held two years prior to the first men's Cricket World Cup and the host nation England were crowned champions.
Australia have since dominated the Women's Cricket World Cup, winning seven of the 12 editions, including the most recent staging in New Zealand in 2022.
Other than Australia and England, only New Zealand have been crowned Cricket World Cup victors as they reigned triumphant at the start of the 21st century.
Debbie Hockley is the highest run-scorer in Women's Cricket World Cup history, amassing 1,501 runs across five tournaments for New Zealand between 1982 and 2000. India's Jhulan Goswami is the most prolific bowler, claiming 43 wickets in five editions.
