ICC Women's Champions Trophy

ICC Women's Champions Trophy
AdministratorInternational Cricket Council
FormatWomen's Twenty20 International
First edition2027 Sri Lanka
Tournament formatRound-robin and Knockout Stage
Number of teams6

The ICC Women's Champions Trophy is an upcoming quadrennial international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council. The first edition of the tournament will take place in 2027 in Sri Lanka, with matches being played in the T20I format.[1]

History

The ICC Women's Champions Trophy was announced on 8 March 2021, on International Women's Day in the events list for the ICC 2024/31 cycle.[2] The competition will include six teams.[3][2] On 26 July 2022, Sri Lanka was announced as the first hosts of this tournament, as long as they qualify.[4]

Background

On 13 November 2024, The ICC launched a new visual identity for the Champions Trophy with the release of a launch video.[5][6]

Format

The tournament will consists of 16 games in which six teams will play each other in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the final.

Results

Year Host nation(s) Final venue Final
Winners Result Runners-up Teams
2027 Sri Lanka To be confirmed 6

Performance by nations

Host

Team
2027
Sri Lanka
Total
 Australia Q 1
 England Q 1
 India Q 1
 New Zealand Q 1
 South Africa Q 1
 Sri Lanka Q 1

Legend

  • W – Champions
  • RU – Runners-up
  • LS – League stage
  • Q – Qualified
  •    – Host

Debutant teams

Team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year.

Year Debutants Total
2027  Australia,  England,  India,  New Zealand,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka
6
Total 6

Overview

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past ICC Women's Champions Trophy. Teams are sorted by best performance, total number of wins, then by appearances, total number of games, and alphabetical order respectively.

Appearances Statistics
Team Total First Latest Best Result Played Won Lost Tied N/R Win%
 Australia
 England
 India
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Sri Lanka

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ICC Announces New Tournament Called Women's T20 Champions Cup, To Be Played In 2027 and 2031 | Cricket News". NDTVSports.com.
  2. 1 2 "ICC announces expansion of the women's game". www.icc-cricket.com.
  3. ↑ Cutler, Tim (March 8, 2021). "16 UP: ICC announces expansion of Women's World Cups in new 2024-31 structure". Emerging Cricket.
  4. ↑ "Hosts for ICC Women's global events until 2027 announced". www.icc-cricket.com.
  5. ↑ A new era for the Champions Trophy. Retrieved 13 November 2024 – via ICC.
  6. ↑ "ICC launch a refreshed visual identity for the men's and women's Champions Trophy". ICC. 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2024-12-20.