# 2027 Cricket World Cup

The 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the 14th edition of the Cricket World Cup. It is scheduled to be played in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia in October and November 2027. 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.

## Background

The Cricket World Cup is a quadrennial One Day International tournament played between men's national cricket teams, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament is held every four years, and was first played in 1975 in England. The last tournament, held in 2023 in India was contested by 10 teams. Australia are the defending champions, having defeated India in the final of the previous edition.
In November 2021, the ICC announced that the 2027 Cricket World Cup will be played in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
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. At this stage, each team in a group will play all three sides in the same group whom they have not played. The format was previously used in the 2003 edition. However, a modified version of points carried forward (PCF) from 1999 edition will be re-introduced in the 2027 edition.

## Qualification

Hosts South Africa and Zimbabwe will qualify automatically for the tournament, along with the top eight teams in the ICC ODI rankings as of 31 March 2027. The remaining four places will be decided through qualifying tournaments. 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, will have to go through the standard qualification pathway.

## Venues

Cricket South Africa confirmed eight shortlisted venues in April 2024.
| Bloemfontein | Bulawayo | Cape Town | Centurion |
| Mangaung Oval | Queens Sports Club | Newlands Cricket Ground | Centurion Park |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 12,500 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 22,000 |
| Durban | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | East London |
| Kingsmead Cricket Ground | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | Buffalo Park |
| Capacity: 25,000 | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | Capacity: 16,000 |
| Gqeberha | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | Harare |
| St George's Park | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | Harare Sports Club |
| Capacity: 19,000 | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | BloemfonteinCape TownCenturionDurbanEast LondonGqeberhaJohannesburgPaarlBulawayoHarareWindhoekclass=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia | Capacity: 10,000 |
| Johannesburg | Paarl | Windhoek | Windhoek |
| Wanderers Stadium | Boland Park | United Ground | Wanderers Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: 34,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: |