2021 Women's Cricket World Cup
The 2021 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup will be the twelfth edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup and is scheduled to be held in New Zealand between 6 February and 7 March 2021.[1][2] In April 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was still planned to go ahead as scheduled.[3][4]
| Dates | 6 February – 7 March 2021 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One-Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Official website | Official site |
New Zealand qualified automatically as hosts. Originally, it was announced that three more teams would qualify from the ongoing 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship,[5] but in 2018 this was changed to four teams plus the hosts.[6] The top three teams from a ten-team qualifier will also play in this edition of the Women's World Cup.[7] However, on 12 May 2020, the ICC confirmed that the qualifier tournament had been postponed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] In June 2020, the ICC said that a further announcement on the future of the tournament is scheduled to be made the following month.[9]
Qualification
| Team | Mode of qualification |
|---|---|
|
Hosts[10] |
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Women's Championship[11] |
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Women's Championship[12] |
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Women's Championship[13] |
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Women's Championship[14] |
| TBD | World Cup Qualifier |
| TBD | World Cup Qualifier |
| TBD | World Cup Qualifier |
Venues
On 11 March 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the six venues for the 2021 Women's World Cup. Hagley Oval hosted the final. Five other venues, to be used for the league stage and semifinals, are Eden Park, Seddon Park, Bay Oval, University Oval and Basin Reserve.[15]
| Christchurch | Auckland | Tauranga | Hamilton | Wellington | Dunedin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagley Oval | Eden Park | Bay Oval | Seddon Park | Basin Reserve | University Oval |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 11,600 | Capacity: 3,500 |
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Matches
A total of 31 matches including the semi-finals and a final will be played,[1] with all the matches being broadcast live.[1] The opening match will be played at Eden Park, Auckland. The two semi-finals will be played at Seddon Park, Hamilton and Bay Oval, Tauranga, with the final match played at Hagley Oval, Christchurch.[16]
Group stage
On 11 March 2020, it was announced that in the Group Stage, eight sides will participate in a single-league format with each side playing the other once. This format was last used in the 2017 tournament.[17] The top four sides following the conclusion of the league matches will progress to the semi-finals with the winners meeting at the Hagley Oval on 7 March 2021.[18] Therefore, a total of 31 matches will be played during the 29-day tournament.[19]
Team |
Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
| TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
| TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
| TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 |
| Last updated: 11 March 2020 | ||||||
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 3 March – Bay Oval, Tauranga | ||||||
| TBC | ||||||
| 7 March – Hagley Oval, Christchurch | ||||||
| TBC | ||||||
| TBC | ||||||
| 4 March – Seddon Park, Hamilton | ||||||
| TBC | ||||||
| TBC | ||||||
| TBC | ||||||
Semi-finals
References
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- "Host cities for ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2021 revealed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "Christchurch to host 2021 Women's World Cup final". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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