South Africa to co-host 2027 Cricket World Cup

The 2027 Cricket World Cup will be the 14th edition of the tournament.

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It is scheduled to be played in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in October and November 2027.

Exact dates and venues will be confirmed closer to the start.

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This will be the second time that South Africa and Zimbabwe will have co-hosted the cricket tournament, after the 2003 edition, while Namibia will host it for the first time.

The tournament will expand to 14 teams (from the current 10) and will have the same format that was used during the 2003 edition.

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South African and Zimbabwe (co-hosts) along with the top eight teams in the ICC ODI rankings as of 31 March 2027 will qualify directly for the tournament, while the remaining four spots will be decided through global qualifier tournaments.

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Although Namibia will also be co-hosts, 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.

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The tournament 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.

The format was previously used in the 2003 edition.

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