England won the tournament, beating New Zealand in the final to claim their third World Cup title.

The ICC, along with Cricket Australia, announced in July 2008 that six venues in New South Wales would host the tournament.

[4] The final two places were awarded to Pakistan and South Africa; the two finalists of the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

[6] In the event of interrupted matches (due to rain or some other factor), the Duckworth–Lewis method was applied to determine the result or revised target.

The top three teams in each group moved on to the Super Six stage which is scored as a complete round-robin.

The day after the final, the ICC announced its World Cup XI, as selected by a panel led by Belinda Clark.