India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final to win their first-ever ICC Women’s ODI World Cup trophy. The Women in Blue scored 298/7 in the allotted 50 overs and dismissed the Proteas for 246 runs.

Shafali Verma, the opening batter, was named the Player of the Match for scoring 87 runs and taking two wickets. Deepti Sharma, who scored a fifty and dismissed 5 batters, was adjudged the Player of the Series for accumulating 20 wickets and over 200 runs in the tournament.

Australia lead the list with 7 World Cup titles, while England have been the winner four times. New Zealand and India have clinched the trophy once. Here’s the Women’s ODI World Cup winners list from 1973 to 2025.

1973 – England

1978 – Australia

1982 – Australia

1988 – Australia

1993 – England

1997 – Australia

2000 – New Zealand

2005 – Australia

2009 – England

2013 – Australia

2017 – England

2022 – Australia

2025 – India