Men’s Cricket World Cup Expanded To 14 Teams For 2027 And 2031 Editions

Mumbai: The ICC today announced that the Men’s Cricket World Cup for the 2027 and 2031 editions will be played between 14 teams each. It added that a total of 54 matches will be played in both editions.

The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup will become a 14 team, 54 match event in 2027 and 2031, whilst the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be expanded to a 20 team, 55 match event in 2024, 2026, 2028, and 2030.

“An eight-team Champions Trophy will be hosted in 2025 and 2029. ICC World Test Championship Finals will be hosted in 2025, 2027, 2029, and 2031. The ICC Women’s event schedule has already been confirmed with the expansion of both the Cricket World Cup and T20 World Cup forming part of the ICC’s long-term commitment to growing the women’s game,” ICC said in an official release.

The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup format will have two groups of seven, with the top three in each group progressing to the Super Six stage, followed by a semi-final and a final. This is the same format that was used in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2003.

The format of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will consist of four groups of five, with the top two from each group going through to a Super Eights stage, followed by the knockout stages of semi-finals and a final. The Champions Trophy will follow previous editions with two groups of four, semi-finals and final.

The ICC Board also approved the process for determining the hosts for all Men’s, Women’s, and U19 events in the next cycle. The hosts for the Men’s events will be decided in September following a selection process that will get underway this month.

The hosting process for Women’s and U19 events will commence in November and will be an opportunity to engage with a wider range of Members including first-time hosts.

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