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.
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