Finally a new world champion in women's cricket has been crowned as India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, November 2. For the first time in 25 years, a new team has been crowned as the world champion in the Women's One Day International (WODI) cricket. The quadrennial Women's Cricket World Cup tournament, which began in Guwahati on September 30, came to its conclusion after 31 matches played across India and Sri Lanka.

Over the years, Australia have turned out to be the most successful in the Women’s CWC history with seven titles to their name. After them, inaugural champions England are the second most successful side with four titles while New Zealand won it for the first-time in 2000. With the new champion crowned now, let’s have a look at the winner of every ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup edition played so far, starting with the first one in 1973.

List of ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup winners

Edition

Year

Winner

Margin

Runner-up

Host

1st

1973

England

N/A (Points)

Australia

England

2nd

1978

Australia

N/A (Points)

England

India

3rd

1982

Australia

3 wickets

England

New Zealand

4th

1988

Australia

8 wickets

England

Australia

5th

1993

England

67 runs

New Zealand

England

6th

1997

Australia

5 wickets

New Zealand

India

7th

2000

New Zealand

4 runs

Australia

New Zealand

8th

2005

Australia

98 runs

India

South Africa

9th

2009

England

4 wickets

New Zealand

Australia

10th

2013

Australia

114 runs

West Indies

India

11th

2017

England

9 runs

India

England

12th

2022

Australia

71 runs

England

New Zealand

13th 2025 India 52 runs South Africa India-Sri Lanka