2017 Women's Cricket World Cup

The 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier is an international women's cricket tournament that will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 7 to 21 February 2017. It is the final stage of the qualification process for the 2017 World Cup in England. The tournament will be the fourth edition of the World Cup Qualifier, and the first to be held in Sri Lanka.

Ten teams will participate – Bangladesh and Ireland qualify automatically by virtue of having One Day International (ODI) status, while the other eight teams will include the bottom four teams of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship and the four winners of the regional qualifiers. The top four teams at the World Cup Qualifier will qualify for the World Cup.[2]

India (Bottom 4 of ICC Women's Championship)
South Africa (Bottom 4 of ICC Women's Championship)
Pakistan (Bottom 4 of ICC Women's Championship)
Sri Lanka (Bottom 4 of ICC Women's Championship)
Bangladesh (automatic qualification – ODI status)
Ireland (automatic qualification – ODI status)
Zimbabwe (Africa regional qualifier)
Thailand (Asia regional qualifier)
Papua New Guinea (East Asia-Pacific regional qualifier)
Scotland (Europe regional qualifier)

The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier is an international cricket tournament that serves as the final step of the qualification process for the Women's Cricket World Cup.

The Women's World Cup was first held in 1973, and for the first seven editions participation was determined solely by invitation, issued at the discretion of the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC).[1] A qualification tournament was first held in 2003 (for the 2005 World Cup), which was hosted by the Netherlands and won by Ireland.[2] Two subsequent tournaments have been held – in 2008, hosted by South Africa and won by Pakistan, and in 2011, hosted by Bangladesh and won by the West Indies.[3][4] The 2017 tournament will be held in Sri Lanka in February 2017.[5]

The inaugural event was organised by the IWCC and branded as the IWCC Trophy. However, the IWCC was subsumed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2005, and all other editions have been known simply as the World Cup Qualifier. The number of teams and qualifying places has varied at each tournament – in 2003, six teams competed for two qualifying spots, while at the next edition (in 2008) eight teams contested two qualifying spots. The 2011 event saw ten teams compete for three qualifying places, and the next tournament, in 2017, will feature ten teams and four qualifying places.

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