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Dates | 30 September – 2 November 2025 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Women's One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout stage |
Host(s) | India Sri Lanka [a] |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 31 |
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2025 Women's Cricket World Cup |
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Qualification Overview |
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The 2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup will be the 13th edition of Women's Cricket World Cup. It is scheduled to be hosted jointly by Sri Lanka and India. [1] It is India's fourth time hosting the women's World Cup, after the 1978, 1997, and 2013 editions, and Sri Lanka's first time hosting the event. This will be the last time that the tournament will have eight teams. [2] Australia are the defending champions, having won their seventh title in 2022. In June 2025, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that the tournament will take place from 30 September to 2 November 2025. [3]
On 19 December 2024, following an agreement between BCCI and PCB, the ICC, in an update issued on India and Pakistan hosted matches at ICC events, confirmed that India and Pakistan matches hosted by either country at ICC events in 2024–2027 will be played at neutral venues. [4]
Before the commencement of the tournament, the ICC hosted a Trophy Tour, during which the trophy was taken to various locations across the four Indian host cities. [5] [6] The tour began on 11 August in Mumbai. ICC Chairman Jay Shah, along with former cricketers Mithali Raj and Yuvraj Singh, and Indian cricketers Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, and Jemimah Rodrigues, launched the Trophy Tour at a 50-day countdown event held in Mumbai. [7]
The opening ceremony is scheduled to be held in Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati ahead of the tournament opener between India and Sri Lanka on 30 September. [8]
Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal will perform the official World Cup anthem, "Bring it Home". [9]
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 26 July 2022 | — | 1 | ![]() |
2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship (Top 5 teams, excluding the host) | 1 June 2022 – 24 January 2025 | Home or away | 5 | ![]() |
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2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 9 – 19 April 2025 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() |
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Total | 8 |
It was originally planned that matches would be played at five different Indian venues, [10] [11] with the BCCI prioritising cities likely to enjoy favourable weather conditions and which were efficient in terms of transport and logistics. [12]
After Pakistan's qualification, it was agreed that their matches would be played outside India at a neutral venue, [13] and in June 2025, the ICC announced the final venues in India and Sri Lanka. [3] The cities of Bengaluru, Guwahati, Indore, and Visakhapatnam in India, and Colombo in Sri Lanka, were initially announced as venues, [14] although the following month the ICC replaced Bengaluru with the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. [15]
One semi-final will be played at Navi Mumbai, with the other semi-final and final venues dependent on whether Pakistan progress to the final stages of the competition.
Country | India | Sri Lanka | |||
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City | Navi Mumbai | Guwahati | Visakhapatnam | Indore | Colombo |
Stadium | DY Patil Stadium | Assam Cricket Association Stadium | ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium | Holkar Stadium | R. Premadasa Stadium |
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Capacity | 45,300 | 46,000 | 27,500 | 30,000 | 35,000 |
Matches | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5 | 5 | 11–13 |
On 11 September 2025, the ICC appointed the officials for the tournament. [16] [17] This was the first time that whole panel was lead by female officials. [18]
Each team will select a squad of 15 players. [19] On 19 August, India became the first team to announce their squad. [20] England announced their squad on 21 August 2025. [21] Bangladesh announced their squad on 23 August. [22] Pakistan announced their squad on 25 August. [23] South Africa announced their squad on 3 September. [24] Australia announced their squad on 5 September. [25] New Zealand announced their squad on 10 September. [26] Sri Lanka were the final team to announce their squad, doing so on 10 September. [27]
Stage | Teams | Prize money (USD) | Total (USD) |
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Winner | 1 | 4,480,000 | 4,480,000 |
Runner-up | 1 | 2,240,000 | 2,240,000 |
Semi-finalists | 2 | 1,120,000 | 2,240,000 |
5th & 6th place | 2 | 700,000 | 1,400,000 |
7th & 8th place | 2 | 280,000 | 560,000 |
Group stage wins | 24 (est.) | 34,314 | 823,536 |
Participation fee | 8 | 250,000 | 2,000,000 |
Total | 13,880,000 |
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced a prize fee of a total of $13.88 million. [29] This marks a 297% increase in the total prize pool compared to the USD 3.5 million announced for the 2022 edition in New Zealand, and even surpasses the total prize money of the 2023 Men's Cricket World Cup. The winner's purse of USD 4.48 million also exceeds the USD 4 million awarded in the men's 2023 edition, highlighting a landmark commitment to gender equity in cricket. [30]
Before the competition, teams were played in a series of warm-up matches between 25 and 28 September. These matches did not have either ODI or List A status. [31]
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the schedule of the tournament on 16 June 2025. [32] The revised schedule was announced on 22 August 2025. [15]
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Region | Country/Sub-region | Broadcasting licensee(s) | Broadcasting platforms |
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Africa | Middle East and North Africa | E& | CricLife Max StarzPlay |
Sub-Saharan Africa | SuperSport | SS Cricket DStv | |
Americas | Canada | Willow | Willow TV Cricbuzz |
Caribbean Islands | ESPN | ESPN Caribbean ESPN Play | |
United States | Willow | Willow TV Cricbuzz | |
Asia | Bangladesh | TSM | Nagorik TV Toffee |
India | JioStar | Star Sports JioHotstar | |
Pakistan | PTV | PTV Sports Myco Tamasha | |
Ten Sports | Ten Sports | ||
Sri Lanka | Maharaja TV | TV 1 | |
JioStar | Star Sports | ||
Europe | Ireland | Sky Sports | Sky Sports Cricket |
United Kingdom | Sky Sports | Sky Sports Cricket | |
Oceania | Australia | Amazon | Prime Video |
New Zealand | Sky TV NZ | Sky Sport Sky Go | |
Papua New Guinea | PNG Digicel | TVWan |
Outside the listed regions, all matches will also be available for streaming worldwide via the official broadcast channel on ICC.tv.