The 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup is going to start in few hours. It is the 11th edition of the most prestigious international women’s cricket tournament.
England and Wales are the hosts of this tournament. Total 8 teams are participating in this tournament.
There were lots of memories from the previous ten editions of this tournament. In this article, we will show some important past stats of this tournament, which everyone should keep in mind during this 11th edition.
But before moving on to the stats, we are showing the qualification process for this tournament and the previous winners of this tournament.
Qualification for 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
| Team | Qualification Process | Previous appearances | Best previous results |
| Australia | 1st in 2014–16 ICC Women’s Championship | All editions | Champion (1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005 and 2013) |
| England | 2nd in 2014–16 ICC Women’s Championship | All editions | Champion (1973, 1993 and 2009) |
| New Zealand | 3rd in 2014–16 ICC Women’s Championship | All editions | Champion (2000) |
| West Indies | 4th in 2014–16 ICC Women’s Championship | 1993, 1997, 2005, 2009 and 2013 | Runner-up (2013) |
| India | Champion in 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 1978, 1982, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2013 | Runner-up (2005) |
| South Africa | Runner-up in 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 1997, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2013 | Semi-finalist (2000) |
| Sri Lanka | 3rd in 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 1997, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2013 | Quarter-finalist (1997) and 6th (2000) |
| Pakistan | 4th in 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 1997, 2009 and 2013 | 6th (2009) |
Previous champions in ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
| Year | Host | Champion | Runner-up |
| 1973 | England | England | Australia |
| 1978 | India | Australia | England |
| 1982 | New Zealand | Australia | England |
| 1988 | Australia | Australia | England |
| 1993 | England | England | New Zealand |
| 1997 | India | Australia | New Zealand |
| 2000 | New Zealand | New Zealand | Australia |
| 2005 | South Africa | Australia | India |
| 2009 | Australia | England | New Zealand |
| 2013 | India | Australia | West Indies |
(Note: There were no final or knock-out stages in the first two editions. There were only group stages during those editions)