Women's ODI World Cup 2025: India and Sri Lanka to Host Eight-Team Tournament


๐Ÿ† 2025 ICC Womenโ€™s ODI World Cup โ€“ Key Details Dates: September 30 โ€“ November 2, 2025 Host Country: India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Neutral Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ (for Pakistan matches) ๐ŸŸ๏ธ Venues in India Bengaluru Guwahati Visakhapatnam Indore ๐ŸŒ Hybrid Model (India-Pakistan Matches) All of Pakistanโ€™s league matches are likely to be played in Colombo due to diplomatic tensions. The hybrid hosting model mirrors the men's Champions Trophy 2025 arrangement: India to play in Dubai (instead of Pakistan) Pakistan to play in Colombo (instead of India) ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Key Matches Opening Match (featuring India): ๐ŸŸ๏ธ Bengaluru โ€“ September 30 First Semi-Final: ๐ŸŸ๏ธ Guwahati or Colombo (depends on Pakistanโ€™s qualification) โ€“ October 27 Second Semi-Final: ๐ŸŸ๏ธ Bengaluru โ€“ October 30 Final: ๐ŸŸ๏ธ Bengaluru or Colombo (again depending on Pakistanโ€™s progress) โ€“ November 2 ๐Ÿ 2025 ICC Womenโ€™s ODI World Cup โ€“ India ๐Ÿ“† Dates: September 30 โ€“ November 2, 2025 ๐ŸŒ Host Cities in India: Bengaluru (Opening match, Semi-final 2, possible Final) Guwahati (Possible Semi-final 1) Visakhapatnam Indore โžก๏ธ Colombo, Sri Lanka will host all Pakistan matches and potentially a semi-final or the final under the BCCI-PCB hybrid model. โŒ Dropped Venue: New Chandigarh was dropped due to internal BCCI feedback โ€” concerns over India playing a potential final at a venue with no history of hosting international matches. ๐Ÿ“Š Tournament Format: Same as 2022: 8 teams Round-robin (each team plays every other once) Top 4 advance to semi-finals Total Matches: 31 โœ… Qualified Teams: Direct Qualifiers (6): ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India (hosts) ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia ๐Ÿด England ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka Through Qualifiers (2): ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh (West Indies missed out on NRR) ๐ŸŒŸ 2026 ICC Womenโ€™s T20 World Cup โ€“ England ๐Ÿ“† Dates: June 12 โ€“ July 5, 2026 ๐ŸŸ๏ธ Venues: Final: ๐ŸŸ๏ธ Lordโ€™s, London โ€“ July 5 Semi-finals: ๐ŸŸ๏ธ The Oval, London โ€“ June 30 & July 2 Other venues: Edgbaston (Opening match) Manchester Leeds Southampton Bristol ๐Ÿ“Š Tournament Format: 12 teams (up from 10 in 2024) 33 matches in 24 days โœ… Qualified Teams: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง England (hosts) ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand (defending champions) ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ West Indies โž• 4 spots to be decided via Global Qualifier in 2025