| Host Country | Winner | Runner-up | Losing Semi-Finalists | |
| 1973 | England | England | * Australia | |
| 1977/78 | India | Australia | * England | |
| 1981/82 | New Zealand | Australia | England | |
| 1988/89 | Australia | Australia | England | † New Zealand † Ireland |
| 1993 | England | England | New Zealand | |
| 1997/98 | India | Australia | New Zealand | England India |
| 2000/01 | New Zealand | New Zealand | Australia | India South Africa |
| 2004/05 | South Africa | Australia | India | England New Zealand |
| 2008/09 | Australia | England | New Zealand | † India † Australia |
| 2012/13 | India | Australia | West Indies | † England † New Zealand |
| 2017 | England | England | India | Australia South Africa |
| 2021/22 | New Zealand | Australia | England | South Africa West Indies |
* The 1973 and 1977/78 competitions were round-robin leagues with no final.
A final was introduced in 1981/82.
Semi-finals were introduced in 1997/98, the only tournament in which there were also quarter-finals; the losing quarter-finalists were Ireland, Netherlands, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
† In 1988/89 New Zealand won a third-place play-off against Ireland.
In 2008/09, there were no semi-finals but India won a third-place play-off against Australia, and West Indies won a fifth-place play-off against Pakistan.
In 2012/13, there were no semi-finals but England won a third-place play-off against New Zealand, and Sri Lanka won a fifth-place play-off against South Africa.
Harriet Monkhouse
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