2027 Cricket World Cup

The 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the 14th edition of the men's One Day International (ODI) team tournament, which is held every four years. It is being organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), and will be held in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia during October and November 2027. This will be the second tournament to be co-hosted by South Africa and Zimbabwe, following the 2003 edition, and the first to be co-hosted by Namibia. A total of 14 teams will take part, four more than in the previous edition.^[1][source?] Australia will be the defending champions, having won the 2023 competition.^[2]

2027 ICC Cricket World Cup
Dates	October 2027 – November 2027
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round Robin and Knockout
Host(s)	South Africa Zimbabwe Namibia
Defending Champions	Australia
Participants	14
Matches played	54
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Qualification

Qualification Pathway for the 2027 Cricket World Cup.

South Africa and Zimbabwe (co-hosts) along with the top eight teams in the ICC ODI rankings will qualify directly for the tournament, while the remaining four spots will be decided by the 2026 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Although Namibia will co-host the tournament for the first time in their history, they cannot qualify directly because they are not a full ICC member, and as a result they will have to compete in the pre-tournament qualifier.^{[3][better source needed]}

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Venues	Total times qualified	Last time qualified	Previous best performance	Number of teams
South Africa	Hosts	16 November 2021	–	10	2023	Semi-Finals (1992, 1999, 2007, 2015, 2023)	2
Zimbabwe				10	2015	Super 6s (1999, 2003)
TBD	ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings (Top 8 teams, excluding the hosts)	31 March 2027	Various				8
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TBD	2026 Cricket World Cup Qualifier	TBD	TBD				4
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	Total						14

Format

The competition will use two groups of seven, with the top three teams in each group progressing to a Super Six stage, followed by semi-finals and a final. Each team in a group will play all the other sides in the same group once. This format was previously used in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.^[source?]