India, Sept. 10 -- The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 is ready to get underway, with eight teams set to battle it out in India as hosts with one venue in Sri Lanka.

Action gets underway on 30 September and runs until the final on 2 November, but the journey for some began long before in order to secure their place at the tournament.

Here is how each team qualified.

Hosts, India, were automatically assured of their place, as they welcomed the world for the fourth time.

They are joined by five teams who qualified by virtue of their final positions in the ICC 2022-2025 Women's Championship.

The top five ranked teams, aside from hosts India, earned direct entry thanks to their performances across three years of international fixtures...