2017 Women's Cricket World Cup
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| Dates | 24 June – 23 July |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Host(s) |
 England and Wales
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| Participants | 8 |
The 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup is an international women's cricket tournament taking place in England from 24 June to 23 July 2017. It will be the eleventh edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, and the third to be held in England (after the 1973 and 1993 tournaments). Eight teams qualified to participate in the tournament.
The 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship, featuring the top eight ranked teams in women's cricket, will be the first phase of qualifying for the World Cup, with the top four teams qualifying automatically. The remaining four places were decided at the 2017 World Cup Qualifier, a ten-team event that was held in Sri Lanka in February 2017. This featured the bottom four teams from the ICC Women's Championship and six other teams.
On 8 February 2016, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the five venues for the 2017 Women's World Cup. Lord's will host the final, and other matches will be played at the home grounds of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Somerset and Gloucestershire.
On 8 February 2016, it was announced that in the Group Stage, eight sides will participate in a single-league format with each side playing the other once. The top four sides following the conclusion of the league matches will progress to the semi-finals with the winners meeting at Lord's on 23 July. Therefore a total of 31 matches will be played during the 28-day tournament. The full fixtures for the tournament were announced by the ICC on 8 March 2017, to coincide with International Women's Day. Ahead of the group stage fixtures there will be four practice matches, starting on 19 June.
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