2023 Cricket World Cup

The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup will be the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day
International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organized by the International Cricket 2023 ICC Men's Cricket
Council (ICC). It is scheduled to be hosted by India with dates rumoured to be from 5 October to 19 November 2023,[1] World Cup
though the ICC previously announced the final would be on 26 November.[2] It will be the first time the competition is
held entirely in India; three previous editions were partially hosted there – 1987, 1996, and 2011. Originally, the
tournament was scheduled to be played from 9 February to 26 March 2023;[3][4] but, in July 2020, it was announced that
the tournament would be delayed to an October–November window,[5] following the disruption of the qualification
schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

England are the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2019, defeating New Zealand in the final.

Qualification
As with the previous edition, the tournament will feature ten teams. The main route for qualification will be the 2020–
2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League tournament.[6]
Official Logo
For the World Cup, the top seven sides plus the hosts (India) from the thirteen competitors in the Super League will Dates 5 October 2023
qualify. The remaining five teams, along with five Associate sides, will play in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, – 19 November
from which two teams will go through to the final tournament.[7][8] 2023
Administrator(s) International
Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day
International
Tournament Round-robin
format(s) and Knockout
Host(s) India
Participants 10
Matches 48
Official website Official website
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Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified

Host nation — — 1 India

Afghanistan

Australia

Bangladesh

2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League 30 July 2020 – 14 May 2023 Various 7 England

New Zealand

Pakistan

South Africa

TBD
2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier 18 June – 9 July 2023 Zimbabwe 2
TBD
Total 10

Group stage

Points table

Each team will play the other nine teams once in the group stage for a total of 45 matches.
 Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification

1 South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 —

2 India (H) 0 0 0 0 0 —
Advances to semi-finals
3 England 0 0 0 0 0 —

4 Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 —

5 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 —

6 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 —

7 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 —

8 Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 —

9 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 —

10 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 —

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Pre-tournament seeding

(H) Host
The top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals.
Advanced to knockout stage

Knockout stage
Semi-finals Final

1 1st Placed Team

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1
1st Placed Team v 4th Placed Team

Semi-final 2
2nd Placed Team v 3rd Placed Team

Final
19 November 2023 Winner of Semi-final 1 v Winner of Semi-final 2 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Background
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had threatened to boycott the 2023 World Cup in India after host BCCI refused to send its team to the 2023 Asia Cup
scheduled in Pakistan.[9][10] However, in March 2023 a resolution was brokered.[11]

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