2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs (50 overs) |
| Host(s) | South Africa |
| Champions | South Africa (1st title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Player of the series |
 Caroline de Fouw Sana Mir
|
| Most runs |
 Cecelia Joyce (172) |
| Most wickets |
 Sunette Loubser (12) |
The 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an eight-team tournament held in South Africa in February 2008 to decide the final two qualifiers for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup. South Africa and Pakistan qualified, with the hosts beating Pakistan in the final.
The 2007 tournament was due to be played in Lahore, Pakistan in November 2007 but was postponed owing to the state of emergency in Pakistan, and subsequently shifted to South Africa, where was played in February 2008. The eight participating teams were divided into two groups. Group A featured South Africa, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, Netherlands and Group B featured Ireland, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Scotland.
Unlike in 2003, four teams had to qualify for the tournament. Ireland and South Africa qualified automatically as they played in the previous World Cup, the Netherlands and Scotland qualified automatically as the only remaining European teams.
The African leg of qualifying was a four team round-robin tournament played in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2006. Participating teams were Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe won all three of their games and qualified for the main tournament.
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