🇿🇦 South Africa · 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · 🇳🇦 Namibia

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027

क्रिकेट वर्ल्ड कप 2027 · शेड्यूल, ग्रुप, वेन्यू और टीमें

The 2027 ODI World Cup (CWC 2027): fourteen teams, 57 matches and a brand-new Super 7 stage, from 2 October to 21 November 2027. Everything is here: the groups, every fixture, the 12 venues, a road-to-the-final guide for each team, tickets, and a calendar for your team. Then play the World Cup on CricketDream, free.

…
days to go
until the first ball, Super Series in Windhoek, Sat 2 Oct 2027
Dates
2 Oct to 21 Nov
2027 · Final reserve day 22 Nov
Teams
14
10 confirmed, 4 via Qualifier
Matches
57
Super Series to Final
Venues
12
8 SA · 3 ZIM · 1 NAM
Hosts
🇿🇦 🇿🇼 🇳🇦
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia
Timeline

The Road to 2027

  1. July 2026
    ICC unveils the new format: a Super Series, two groups of six and a Super 7
  2. 30 Sep 2026
    ODI rankings cut-off: the top eight join hosts South Africa and Zimbabwe
  3. 1 Oct 2026
    Full fixtures announced and the ticket ballot opens
  4. Early 2027
    10-team Cricket World Cup Qualifier decides the last four teams (venue to be confirmed)
  5. 2 Oct 2027
    Super Series begins in Windhoek
  6. 7 Oct 2027
    Group Stage opens: India v Australia at Newlands
  7. 21 Nov 2027
    Final at the Wanderers, Johannesburg
Group Stage · 7 to 24 October

The Two Groups

GROUP A

6 teams · 7 to 24 Oct
  1. IndiaSuper 7 seed A1
  2. AustraliaDefending championsSuper 7 seed A2
  3. PakistanSuper 7 seed A3
  4. AfghanistanUnseeded
  5. ZimbabweCo-hostUnseeded
  6. Qualifier ADecided through qualifying

GROUP B

6 teams · 7 to 24 Oct
  1. New ZealandSuper 7 seed B1
  2. South AfricaCo-hostSuper 7 seed B2
  3. Sri LankaSuper 7 seed B3
  4. EnglandSuper 7 seed AB4
  5. BangladeshUnseeded
  6. Qualifier BDecided through qualifying

The top three in each group go through to the Super 7, joined by the better of the two fourth-placed sides. Super 7 seeds are fixed slots the ICC has pre-assigned so fixtures and venues are known in advance. They are not group finishing positions.

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🇮🇳 India: Group A (confirmed)
  1. Thu 7 OctAustralia📍 Newlands, Cape Town
  2. Sun 10 OctPakistan📍 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
  3. Thu 14 OctAfghanistan📍 SuperSport Park, Tshwane
  4. Sun 17 OctQualifier A📍 Bloemfontein
  5. Sun 24 OctZimbabwe📍 Mosi-oa-Tunya Stadium, Victoria Falls
Super 7 as A1 (if qualified)
  1. Thu 28 OctAustraliaA2📍 Mosi-oa-Tunya Stadium, Victoria Falls
  2. Sun 31 OctSouth AfricaB2📍 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
  3. Thu 4 NovNew ZealandB1📍 Paarl
  4. Sun 7 NovPakistanA3📍 Newlands, Cape Town
  5. Thu 11 NovEnglandAB4📍 Gqeberha
  6. Sun 14 NovSri LankaB3📍 Durban
Only if India reach the Super 7. Opponents are the ICC's pre-seeded teams for each slot; a team that displaces a seed inherits its fixtures.
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Road to the final

Team Guides: Every Side's Route, Venues and Chances

A guide for each of the ten confirmed teams: their group fixtures, their Super 7 path, the grounds they play at and what their World Cup record says.

New to the format? Read the 2027 World Cup format explained →

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Key Fixtures

The opener, India v Pakistan, the first match at Victoria Falls, and the knockouts.

Super SeriesTournament openerSat 2 Oct
QF1
v
QF3
Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
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Group A2023 final rematchThu 7 Oct
India
v
Australia
Newlands, Cape Town
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Group BSouth Africa's openerSat 9 Oct
South Africa
v
New Zealand
Newlands, Cape Town
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Group AMarquee clashSun 10 Oct
India
v
Pakistan
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
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Group AFirst World Cup match at Victoria FallsSun 24 Oct
Zimbabwe
v
India
Mosi-oa-Tunya Stadium, Victoria Falls
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Super 7Possible second India v PakistanSun 7 Nov
IndiaSlot A1 · if qualified
v
PakistanSlot A3 · if qualified
Newlands, Cape Town
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Semi-final 1Reserve day availableWed 17 Nov
Super 7 qualifier
v
Super 7 qualifier
Newlands, Cape Town
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FinalReserve day: Mon 22 NovSun 21 Nov
Winner SF1
v
Winner SF2
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
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Venues

Venues and Host Cities

Twelve venues: eight in South Africa, three in Zimbabwe and one in Namibia. South Africa stages 41 of the 57 matches, Zimbabwe 10 and Namibia 6.

🏟️ Wanderers, Johannesburg
Hosts the final on 21 November, as it did in 2003, plus India v Pakistan on 10 October. South Africa's biggest ground, with a capacity of over 30,000.
🏔️ Newlands, Cape Town
Opens the Group Stage with India v Australia on 7 October and hosts the first semi-final on 17 November.
🌊 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
The new Mosi-oa-Tunya Stadium hosts its first World Cup match, Zimbabwe v India on 24 October, then three Super 7 games.
🇳🇦 Windhoek, Namibia
The Namibia Cricket Ground opens the tournament with all three Super Series matches, then hosts three group games, two of them involving England.

Johannesburg

🇿🇦 South Africa
6 matches
🏟️ Wanderers Stadium
  • India v Pakistan · Sun 10 Oct
  • Final · Sun 21 Nov

Cape Town

🇿🇦 South Africa
6 matches
🏟️ Newlands
  • India v Australia · Thu 7 Oct
  • South Africa v New Zealand · Sat 9 Oct
  • Semi-final 1 · Wed 17 Nov

Tshwane

🇿🇦 South Africa · formerly Centurion
5 matches
🏟️ SuperSport Park
  • Semi-final 2 · Thu 18 Nov

Durban

🇿🇦 South Africa
6 matches

Gqeberha

🇿🇦 South Africa · formerly Port Elizabeth
5 matches

Paarl

🇿🇦 South Africa
4 matches

Bloemfontein

🇿🇦 South Africa
5 matches

KuGompo City

🇿🇦 South Africa · formerly East London
4 matches

Harare

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
4 matches

Bulawayo

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
2 matches
  • Zimbabwe v Qualifier A · Sat 9 Oct

Victoria Falls

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
4 matches
🏟️ Mosi-oa-Tunya Stadium
  • Zimbabwe v India · Sun 24 Oct

Windhoek

🇳🇦 Namibia
6 matches
🏟️ Namibia Cricket Ground
  • QF1 v QF3 · Sat 2 Oct
  • QF2 v QF3 · Wed 6 Oct
  • England v Sri Lanka · Wed 13 Oct

All three host countries are on UTC+2, so India Standard Time is three and a half hours ahead of every venue. Gqeberha was formerly Port Elizabeth, KuGompo City was formerly East London, and SuperSport Park is in Centurion, part of the City of Tshwane.

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Tickets

How to Get World Cup 2027 Tickets

Tickets are sold through an ICC ballot that opened on 1 October 2026: you register, and allocations are made from the entries. The ICC says prices start at USD 9.62 (R158) for entry-level tickets and go up to USD 31.31 (R514) for the highest-tier matches. There are also family bundles, student and pensioner prices, early-bird local allocations and group pricing for community clubs and schools.

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Cricket World Cup 2027: Quick Answers

आईसीसी पुरुष क्रिकेट वर्ल्ड कप 2027 दक्षिण अफ्रीका, ज़िम्बाब्वे और नामीबिया में 2 अक्टूबर से 21 नवंबर 2027 तक खेला जाएगा। भारत का पहला मैच 7 अक्टूबर को केप टाउन में ऑस्ट्रेलिया से है, और भारत बनाम पाकिस्तान का मुकाबला 10 अक्टूबर को जोहान्सबर्ग के वांडरर्स स्टेडियम में होगा। फाइनल 21 नवंबर को इसी मैदान पर है।

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Last updated Friday, 2 October 2026.

Sources: ICC fixture announcement (1 October 2026) and ESPNcricinfo's report the same day. Schedule last checked Friday, 2 October 2026. Start times have not been announced yet; we will add them when the ICC publishes them.

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