The 2023 ICC 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 Council (ICC). It is scheduled to be hosted by India from 5 October to 19 November 2023, [1] and 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;[2][3] but, in July 2020, it was announced that the tournament would be delayed to an October–November window,[4] following the disruption of the qualification schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
| Dates | 5 October 2023 – 19 November 2023 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) | India |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 48 |
| Official website | www.cricketworldcup.com |
England are the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2019.
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]
For the World Cup, the top seven sides plus the hosts (India) from the thirteen competitors in the Super League will qualify. The remaining five teams, along with five Associate sides, will play in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, from which two teams will go through to the final tournament.[7][8]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 |  India
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| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League | 30 July 2020 – 14 May 2023 | Various | 7 |  Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh England Pakistan New Zealand
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| 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 18 June – 9 July 2023 |  Zimbabwe
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2 | |
| Total | 10 | |||
Venues
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League Stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Australia
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Bangladesh
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | England
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | India (H)
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | New Zealand
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Pakistan
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 four top-ranked teams will qualify for the Semi-finals.
Advance to Knockout Stage
Knockout Stage
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | 1st Placed Team | ||||||||
| 4 | 4th Placed Team | ||||||||
| Winner of Semi-final 1 | |||||||||
| Winner of Semi-final 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2nd Placed Team | ||||||||
| 3 | 3rd Placed Team | ||||||||
Semi-finals
1st Place Team
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4th Place Team
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2nd Placed Team
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3rd Placed Team
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Final
19 November 2023
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Winner of Semi-final 1
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Winner of Semi-final 2
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References
- ^ "World Cup 2023 likely to start on October 5 and end on November 19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Outcomes from ICC Annual Conference week in London". International Cricket Council. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "IPL now has window in ICC Future Tours Programme". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ "Men's T20 World Cup postponed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "ICC postpones T20 World Cup due to Covid-19 pandemic yes". ESPNcricinfo. 20 July 2022.
- ^ "ICC launches the road to India 2023". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "New cricket calendar aims to give all formats more context". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "The road to World Cup 2023: how teams can secure qualification, from rank No. 1 to 32". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Narendra Modi Stadium", India TV news