Key Highlights
- The 2025 ICC Women’s ODI World Cup will run from 30 September to 2 November across India and Sri Lanka.
- Eight national sides—India, Australia, England, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan—will contest 28 league games before the knockout phase.
- Australia, the current title holder with seven championships, will defend its crown.
- All Pakistan fixtures are scheduled at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
- Semifinals and the final will be staged in Navi Mumbai and a yet‑to‑be‑determined venue.
Detailed Insights
The tournament adopts a single round‑robin format; each team plays every other once, producing 28 matches. The top four teams advance to the semifinals, followed by a final to decide the champion. The matches are evenly distributed across five Indian venues—Guwahati, Indore, Visakhapatnam, Navi Mumbai—and the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
Australia enters as the defending champion, having secured seven titles, the most in the history of the Women’s ODI World Cup. The schedule lists 26 league matches, two semifinals, and the final, with kickoff times fixed at 3:00 PM (except the 26 October match at 11:00 AM).
Key logistical details: Pakistan’s home games are all at Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium; the remaining Indian venues host a mix of home and away fixtures. The final venue remains to be confirmed, but the semifinals are slated for Navi Mumbai.
Key Concepts
- ODI (One‑Day International) – A limited‑overs cricket format where each side faces a maximum of 50 overs.
- Round‑robin – A competition structure in which every participant plays every other participant once.
- Knockout – A single‑elimination phase following the league stage, culminating in a final.
- Defending Champion – The team that won the previous edition of the tournament.
- Venue – The stadium or location where a match is played.