Archive · 1 Oct 2026
ICC Announces 2027 Cricket World Cup Schedule and Format
The 2027 Cricket World Cup will begin with three lower-seeded teams playing one another.
They will play in a round-robin Super Series.
The best team from that series will move into the main group stage.
That team will join 11 other teams.
The 12 teams will be split into two groups of six.
Seven teams will then move to the Super 7 stage.
In that stage, every team will play the others.
The best four teams will advance to the semi-finals.
The first round will feature the three lowest-seeded teams in a Super Series.
The Super Series will use a round-robin format, with one team advancing.
The remaining 11 teams will join the qualifier in two groups of six.
The top three teams from each group and the best fourth-placed team will reach the Super 7 stage.
In the Super 7, the top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals, with fixtures guided by pre-assigned seeds.
- Who
- The 12 teams in the main group stage, plus the three lowest-seeded teams competing in the Super Series.
- What
- The International Cricket Council announced the 2027 Cricket World Cup schedule and competition format.
- When
- 2027; the specific fixture dates and timings are not provided in the article.
- Where
- The venues are not specified in the article.
- Why
- To determine which teams advance from the Super Series, group stage, and Super 7 stage to the semi-finals.
- Opening round
- The three lowest-seeded teams will compete in the Super Series.
- Super Series format
- The Super Series will be a round-robin competition.
- Super Series qualification
- One team will qualify for the group stage.
- Group stage
- The 12 teams will be divided into two groups of six.
- Group qualification
- The top three teams from each group and the best fourth-placed team will advance.
- Super 7 stage
- Seven teams will play each other, with the top four reaching the semi-finals.
- Fixture seeding
- Teams have been pre-assigned a seed for the Super 7 stage, unless a seeded team fails to qualify.