The International Cricket Council (ICC) board today confirmed the schedule of ICC events from 2024-2031 with both the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to be expanded. The Champions Trophy will also be reintroduced in 2025.
Men’s Cricket World Cup will become a 14 team, 54 match event in 2027 and 2031, whilst the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be expanded to a 20 team, 55 match event in 2024, 2026, 2028, and 2030. An eight-team Champions Trophy will be hosted in 2025 and 2029. ICC World Test Championship Finals will be hosted in 2025, 2027, 2029, and 2031.
The Men’s World Cup will have two groups with seven teams each with the top three in each group progressing to a Super Six stage, followed by semi-finals and final. This format was last used in 2003 when Australia lifted the trophy beating India in the final.
On the other hand, T20 World Cup will consist of four groups of five, with the top two from each group going through to a Super Eights stage, followed by the knockout stages of semi-finals and a final. The Champions Trophy, however, will be played in its old format with two groups of four, semi-finals and final.
Here is the ICC global event schedule since 2024:
| Year | Men’s
Event (Teams / Matches) |
Women’s
Event (Teams / Matches) |
U19
Event (Teams / Matches) |
| 2024 | T20 World Cup (20/55) | T20 World Cup (10/23) | Men’s CWC |
| 2025 | Champions Trophy (8/15)
World Test Championship Final (2/1) |
Cricket World Cup (8/31) | Women’s T20WC |
| 2026 | T20 World Cup (20/55) | T20 World Cup (12/33) | Men’s CWC |
| 2027 | Cricket World Cup (14/54)
World Test Championship Final (2/1) |
T20 Champions Trophy (6/16) | Women’s T20WC |
| 2028 | T20 World Cup (20/55) | T20 World Cup (12/33) | Men’s CWC |
| 2029 | Champions Trophy (8/15)
World Test Championship Final (2/1) |
Cricket World Cup (10/48) | Women’s T20WC |
| 2030 | T20 World Cup (20/55) | T20 World Cup (12/33) | Men’s CWC |
| 2031 | Cricket World Cup (14/54)
World Test Championship Final (2/1) |
T20 Champions Trophy (6/16) | Women’s T20WC |
Where will 2027 World Cup take place?
The hosts for the Men’s events will be decided in September following a selection process that will get underway this month. On the other hand, Women’s and U19 events will commence in November and will be an opportunity to engage with a wider range of Members including first-time hosts.
India is scheduled to host the next edition of the ODI World Cup in 2023.