Women's Cricket World Cup: Dates, schedule, venues, format, history and more

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 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup will take place from August to September, with the official dates still to be finalised.

Women's Cricket World Cup teams

Six nations have secured their spot at the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup, with a further two spots still up for grabs.

The confirmed teams are:

• Australia
• England
• India
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka

Women's Cricket World Cup venues

The 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup will be held in India. Venues for the tournament are still to be confirmed.

This year's edition will mark the fourth time India have hosted the Women's Cricket World Cup. England and New Zealand have hosted the tournament on three occasions, Australia twice and South Africa once in 2005.

Women's Cricket World Cup format

Consisting of eight teams, every nation will play each other once in a single-league format. Two points are awarded for a win and one point is awarded if a result cannot be determined.

Following the conclusion of the group matches, the top four teams in the table advance to the knockout stages, which is a semi-final followed by a final.

In 2029, the next edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup will see 10 nations participate.

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.