The 2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup will be the 13th edition of Women's Cricket World Cup. It is scheduled to be hosted in India.[1] This will be the fourth time that India are going to host the tournament after the 1978, 1997 and 2013 edition. This will be the last time that the tournament will have 8 teams.[2] Australia are the defending champions having previously won their 7th title in 2022.
Dates | August 2025 – September 2025 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Women's One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout Stage |
Host(s) | India[a] |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 31 |
Background
editNeutral venue arrangements
editOn 19 December 2024, following an agreement between BCCI and PCB, the ICC in an update issued on India and Pakistan hosted matches at ICC events, established that the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 (hosted by India) will be played across India and a neutral venue. The ICC board confirmed that India and Pakistan matches hosted by either country at ICC Events during the 2024-2027 rights cycle will be played at a neutral venue.[3]
Qualification
editMeans of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 1 |
India | ||
2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship (Top 5 teams, excluding the host) |
1 June 2022 – 2025 | Various | 5
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Australia |
England | ||||
South Africa | ||||
Sri Lanka | ||||
TBD | ||||
2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 2025 | TBD | 2
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TBD |
TBD | ||||
Total | 8 |
Group stage
editPoints table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the knockout stage |
2 | England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | India (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
5 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
6 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
7 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
8 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Knockout stage
editBracket
editSemi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 | |||||||||
4 | |||||||||
SF1W | |||||||||
SF2W | |||||||||
2 | |||||||||
3 |
Semi-finals
editSemi-final 1
TBD |
TBD
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v
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TBD
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Semi-final 2
TBD |
TBD
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v
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TBD
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Final
editFinal
TBD |
TBD
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v
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TBD
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Notes
edit- ^ India and an yet unidentified 'neutral' venue will host the 2025 tournament.
References
edit- ^ "Hosts for ICC Women's global events until 2027 announced". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "ICC announces expansion of the women's game". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Update issued on India and Pakistan hosted matches at ICC events". ICC. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.