Indian women's 1983 moment: Their long journey to a World Cup triumph

Indian players celebrate with the Women's World Cup trophy (X/imVkohli)

On an overcast evening at the DY Patil Stadium on Sunday, the Indian women's team broke a long-standing barrier and scripted their own '1983 moment', defeating South Africa by 52 runs to lift their maiden World Cup title.

Following is a list of the Indian women's team's performances in the Women's World Cup (ODI) and Women's T20 World Cup over the years.

ICC Women's World Cup (ODI format)

1973 England - Didn't participate

1978 India – Group stage (India hosted; made their debut but didn’t progress beyond the group stage)

1982 New Zealand – Group stage (Earned first World Cup win; showed promise under Diana Edulji)

1988 Australia - Didn't participate

1993 England – Finished fourth in the round-robin stage, India's best show till then.

1997 India – Semifinalist (Hosted the event for second time; lost to Australia in semifinals)

2000 New Zealand – Semifinalist (lost to New Zealand in the semis)

2005 South Africa – Runners-up (lost to Australia in the final)

2009 Australia – Third place (defeated Australia in third place play-off)

2013 India – Group stage (hosted in India for third time; failed to make super six, finishing bottom in Group A of four teams)

2017 England – Runners-up (lost to England at Lord’s)

2022 New Zealand - group stage (failed to make semifinals, finishing fifth in round robin league)

2025 India – Champions (beat South Africa by 52 runs in Navi Mumbai)

T20I World Cup

2009 England – Semifinalist (lost to New Zealand)

2010 West Indies – Semifinalist (lost to Australia)

2012 Sri Lanka – Group stage

2014 Bangladesh – Group stage

2016 India – Group stage

2018 West Indies – Semifinalist (lost to England)

2020 Australia – Runners-up (lost to Australia at MCG)

2023 South Africa – Semifinalist (lost to Australia)

2024 UAE - Group stage.