The 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Women's Cricket World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup

The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is a Women's one-day international cricket competition. The first tournament was held in England in 1973, two years before the first men's ICC Cricket World Cup....

, and will be hosted by India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 for the third time. India hosted the world cup in 1978

1978 Women's Cricket World Cup

The 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup was held in India. It was contested by four teams, England, Australia, India and New Zealand after Holland and the West Indies withdrew for financial reasons. The 6 matches in the tournament were held over 50 overs, with Australia defeating England in the...

 and 1997

1997 Women's Cricket World Cup

-Semi-finals:India and Australia both qualified for the semi finals, and faced each other on Christmas Eve at Delhi. The start of the match was delayed for two hours and 15 minutes for bad light, and as a result each side was given 32 overs to bat. India won the toss, and captain Pramila Bhatt...

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Qualification

Four teams, Australia, England, India and New Zealand; have already qualified for this tournament while the remaining four teams will qualify through the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier is an ten-team tournatment to be held in Bangladesh in November 2011 to decide the final four qualifiers for the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup...

 in Bangladesh. This qualifying tournament will also double as a qualifying tournament for the 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20

2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20

The 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 is an upcoming international Twenty20 cricket tournament which will be held in Sri Lanka from 5 May to 16 May 2010. The group stage matches will be played at the Galle International Stadium in Galle and Semi-Finals and Finals will be played at R...

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