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

🏆 2025 ICC Women’s ODI World Cup – Key Details Dates: September 30 – November 2, 2025 Host Country: India 🇮🇳 Neutral Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 (for Pakistan matches) 🏟️ Venues in India Bengaluru Guwahati Visakhapatnam Indore 🌐 Hybrid Model (India-Pakistan Matches) All of Pakistan’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) 🗓️ Key Matches Opening Match (featuring India): 🏟️ Bengaluru – September 30 First Semi-Final: 🏟️ Guwahati or Colombo (depends on Pakistan’s qualification) – October 27 Second Semi-Final: 🏟️ Bengaluru – October 30 Final: 🏟️ Bengaluru or Colombo (again depending on Pakistan’s progress) – November 2 🏏 2025 ICC Women’s ODI World Cup – India 📆 Dates: September 30 – November 2, 2025 🌍 Host Cities in India: Bengaluru (Opening match, Semi-final 2, possible Final) Guwahati (Possible Semi-final 1) Visakhapatnam Indore ➡️ Colombo, Sri Lanka will host all Pakistan matches and potentially a semi-final or the final under the BCCI-PCB hybrid model. ❌ Dropped Venue: New Chandigarh was dropped due to internal BCCI feedback — concerns over India playing a potential final at a venue with no history of hosting international matches. 📊 Tournament Format: Same as 2022: 8 teams Round-robin (each team plays every other once) Top 4 advance to semi-finals Total Matches: 31 ✅ Qualified Teams: Direct Qualifiers (6): 🇮🇳 India (hosts) 🇦🇺 Australia 🏴 England 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Through Qualifiers (2): 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇧🇩 Bangladesh (West Indies missed out on NRR) 🌟 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup – England 📆 Dates: June 12 – July 5, 2026 🏟️ Venues: Final: 🏟️ Lord’s, London – July 5 Semi-finals: 🏟️ The Oval, London – June 30 & July 2 Other venues: Edgbaston (Opening match) Manchester Leeds Southampton Bristol 📊 Tournament Format: 12 teams (up from 10 in 2024) 33 matches in 24 days ✅ Qualified Teams: 🇬🇧 England (hosts) 🇳🇿 New Zealand (defending champions) 🇮🇳 India 🇦🇺 Australia 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇻🇨 West Indies ➕ 4 spots to be decided via Global Qualifier in 2025