2025 Women's Cricket World Cup

Neutral venue arrangements On 19 December 2024, following an agreement between the BCCI and PCB, the ICC confirmed that matches between India and Pakistan at ICC events in 2024–2027 will be played at neutral venues. Similarly, in accordance with this agreement all of Pakistan's matches along with a few other matches were shifted to Sri Lanka. Marketing Before the commencement of the tournament, the ICC hosted a Trophy Tour, during which the trophy was taken to various locations across the four Indian host cities and in later to Colombo. The tour began on 11 August in Mumbai. ICC Chairman Jay Shah, along with former cricketers Mithali Raj and Yuvraj Singh, and Indian cricketers Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, and Jemimah Rodrigues, launched the Trophy Tour at a 50-day countdown event held in Mumbai. Opening ceremony The opening ceremony was held in Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati ahead of the tournament opener between India and Sri Lanka on 30 September. Indian singer Shreya Ghoshal performed the official World Cup anthem, "Bring it Home". ==Qualification==

The West Indies, semi-finalists at the preceding 2022 tournament, failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 2000 and the first time in the World Cup's history as an ICC-run tournament. ==Venues==

It was originally planned that matches would be played at five different Indian venues, with the BCCI prioritising cities likely to enjoy favourable weather conditions and which were efficient in terms of transport and logistics. After Pakistan's qualification, it was agreed that their matches would be played outside India at a neutral venue. In June 2025, the ICC announced the final venues in India and Sri Lanka. The cities of Guwahati, Indore, Visakhapatnam, and Colombo (Sri Lanka) were initially announced as venues. The following month, the ICC replaced Bengaluru with the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. One semi-final was played in Guwahati, while the other semi-final and the final were played in Navi Mumbai. == Match officials ==

On 11 September 2025, the ICC appointed the officials for the tournament. This was the first time that whole panel was led by female officials. Match referees • Trudy Anderson • Shandre Fritz • G. S. Lakshmi • Michell Pereira Umpires • Claire Polosak • Eloise Sheridan • Shathira Jakir • Sue Redfern • Gayathri Venugopalan • Narayanan Janani • Vrinda Rathi • Kim Cotton • Kerrin Klaaste • Lauren Agenbag • Nimali Perera • Candace la Borde • Jacqueline Williams • Sarah Dambanevana ==Squads==

Each team had to select a squad of 15 players. On 19 August, Host India became the first team to announce their squad. England announced their squad on 21 August. Bangladesh announced their squad on 23 August. Pakistan announced their squad on 25 August. South Africa announced their squad on 3 September. Australia announced their squad on 5 September. New Zealand announced their squad on 10 September. Sri Lanka were the final team to announce their squad, doing so on 10 September. ==Prize money==

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced a prize fee of a total of $13.88 million. This marks a 297% increase in the total prize pool compared to the US$3.5 million announced for the 2022 edition in New Zealand, and even surpasses the total prize money of the 2023 Men's Cricket World Cup. The winner's purse of US$6.58 million also exceeds the US$4 million awarded in the men's 2023 edition, highlighting a landmark commitment to gender equity in cricket. ==Warm-up matches==

Before the competition, teams were played in a series of warm-up matches between 25 and 28 September. These matches did not have either ODI or List A status. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ==League stage==

Points table {{# |W2, N5, W9, W13, W17, W23, W26| |W3, L8, L11, L14, L17, L21, N28| |W4, W8, W12, N16, W20, L23, W27| |W1, W6, L10, L13, L20, W24, N28| |L2, L7, W11, N15, N19, L24, L27| |L3, L6, L9, N16, N19, L22, N25| |L1, N5, L12, N15, L18, W21, N25| |L4, W7, W10, W14, W18, W22, L26| Fixtures The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the schedule of the tournament on 16 June 2025. The revised schedule was announced on 22 August 2025. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- == Knockout stage ==

Bracket Semi-finals ---- Final == Statistics ==

Most runs Most wickets Highest individual score Best bowling figures Highest team totals Team of the tournament The ICC announced the team of the tournament on 4 November 2025, with Deepti Sharma being named as player of the tournament, and Laura Wolvaardt as captain of the team. == Broadcasting ==

Outside the listed regions, all matches will also be available for streaming worldwide via the official broadcast channel on ICC.tv == Notes ==