India To Host 1st Edition Of Women’s Champions Trophy From February 14 To 28 In 2027

All the matches in the inaugural edition of Women’s Champions Trophy will be played at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai and Vadodara International Cricket Stadium in Vadodara.

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India will host the first-ever edition of the ICC Women’s Champions Trophy from February 14 to 28, 2027. According to a release shared by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday evening, all the matches in the inaugural edition of the six-team event will be played at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai and the Vadodara International Cricket Stadium in Vadodara.

The event was originally scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka but has now been moved to India as Sri Lanka Cricket continues to make the requisite reforms outlined at the ICC’s Annual Conference in July.

The ICC assessed three candidates to host the tournament — Bangladesh, India and South Africa — against its established host evaluation criteria before recommending India as the replacement host. The decision was ratified by the ICC Board on September 1.

ICC Women’s Champions Trophy 2027

“The ICC Women’s Champions Trophy 2027 marks an exciting new chapter for women’s cricket. As the inaugural edition of the tournament, it will bring together the best teams in the world in an intense, high-quality competition, while creating an even greater incentive for teams to continue rising through the rankings and competing for a place on the global stage,” ICC Chairman Jay Shah said.

“With a marquee ICC women’s event now taking place every year, we have a significant opportunity to build greater momentum, provide more consistency and create a stronger rhythm for the women’s game, its players and its fans around the world,” he added.

Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka will participate in the inaugural edition of the Women’s Champions Trophy.

The tournament will be played in the T20I format. Each team will play one match against every other team in the league stage, with the top two teams qualifying for the final on February 28.

India are the reigning Women’s ODI World Cup champions. They defeated South Africa in the final last year at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai to win the title, while Australia are the reigning T20 World Cup champions. The Southern Stars won their seventh title earlier this year by defeating England in the final at Lord’s.

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The original qualification structure for the 2027 Women’s Champions Trophy was expected to involve the highest-ranked teams alongside the host nation. Specifically, the tournament was set to feature the host country and the top five ranked teams in the ICC rankings, or simply the top six ranked teams. However, following the decision to change the tournament’s host venue, the ICC has not yet clarified whether these qualification criteria will change.

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