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14th Edition of the Cricket World Cup
Cricket tournament
The
2027 ICC Cricket World Cup
will be the 14th edition of the
Cricket World Cup
, a quadrennial
One Day International
(ODI)
cricket
tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the
International Cricket Council
(ICC). It is scheduled to be played in
South Africa
,
Zimbabwe
, and
Namibia
in October and November 2027.
[1]
This will be the second time that South Africa and Zimbabwe will have co-hosted the tournament, after the
2003 edition
, while Namibia will host it for the first time. The tournament will expand to 14 teams,
[2]
and will have the same format that was used during the 2003 edition.
[3]
Australia
are the defending champions, having defeated
India
in the
final of the previous edition
.
Qualification
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South Africa
and
Zimbabwe
as co-hosts along with the top eight teams in the
ICC ODI rankings
as of 31 March 2027
[4]
will qualify directly for the competition, while the remaining four spots will be decided through global qualifier tournaments.
[4]
Although
Namibia
will co-host the competition for the first time, they will not be guaranteed a spot because they are not a full ICC member, and as a result, they will have to go through the standard qualification pathway.
[5]
Format
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The competition will use two groups of seven teams, 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.
[6]
The format was previously used in the
2003 edition
. However, a modified version of points carry forward (PCF) from
1999 edition
will be re-introduced in the 2027 edition.
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citation needed
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Venues
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On 10 April 2024,
Cricket South Africa
confirmed the eight shortlisted venues for the tournament.
[7]
Pholetsi Moseki, CEO of the board told that out of eleven ICC accredited venues in South Africa, the final eight venues were selected based on various factors like availability of airports and hotel accommodation.
[8]
Venues for Namibia and Zimbabwe have not been decided as of April 2024.
Group Stage
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Group A
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Points table
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Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
L
|
NR
|
Pts
|
NRR
|
Qualification
|
1
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
Advance to the
Super Six
|
2
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
3
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
4
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
|
5
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
6
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
7
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
Group B
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Points table
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Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
L
|
NR
|
Pts
|
NRR
|
Qualification
|
1
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
Advance to the
Super Six
|
2
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
3
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
4
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
|
5
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
6
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
7
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
Source: ESPNcricinfo
[10]
Super Six
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Group A
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Points table
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Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
L
|
NR
|
Pts
|
NRR
|
Qualification
|
1
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
Advance to the
Knockout
|
2
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
3
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
4
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
5
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
|
6
|
TBD
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
Source: ESPNcricinfo
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Knockout Stage
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Bracket
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| Semi-finals
| | | Final
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| 1
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| 4
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| | SFW1
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| | | SFW2
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| 2
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| 3
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Semi-finals
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Semi-final 1
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Semi-final 2
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Final
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References
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