Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier - 2003 Tournament

2003 Tournament

The 2003 tournament was known as the IWCC Trophy and was played in the Netherlands in July. The participating teams were Ireland, Japan, Pakistan, Scotland and the West Indies in addition to hosts the Netherlands. All matches were official Women's ODIs and Japan's match against Pakistan was their first such game.

Ireland won the tournament, winning all five of their games. The West Indies won four of their games, finishing second, joining Ireland in the 2005 Women's World Cup. Japan lost all five of their games and were rather uncompetitive, usually losing by substantial margins. They conceded a remarkable 104 runs in extras in their match against the Netherlands, eventually losing by 301 runs, the fifth largest winning margin in Women's ODIs.

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