| 2027 Cricket World Cup qualification | |
| Administrator: | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket Format: | One Day International List A |
| Fromdate: | 15 February 2024 |
| Todate: | 2027 |
| Participants: | 36 |
| Matches: | 289 |
| Previous Year: | 2023 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification |
| Next Year: | 2031 |
| Next Tournament: | 2031 Cricket World Cup qualification |
The 2027 Cricket World Cup qualification is the process by which teams will qualify for the 2027 Cricket World Cup. A series of competitions will determine which teams will take part in the final stages of the tournament.
In total, 36 teams will take part in the qualification process, from which 14 teams will qualify for the CWC.[1] South Africa and Zimbabwe will automatically qualify for the tournament as co-hosts along with the other eight top-ranked teams in the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings.[2]
Out of 36 teams, 4 teams will be eliminated after the 2024 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off.[3] The two teams ranked 11th and 12th will directly qualify for 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, whilst the other 20 sides will be divided into two leagues, the 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 (8 teams) and the 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League (12 teams).[4] Based on the results of the leagues, teams will either directly qualify for the World Cup Qualifier, be eliminated from World Cup qualification, or advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off through which they could qualify for the World Cup Qualifier. The Qualifier Play-off also determines promotion and relegation between the two leagues. Teams were allocated to the two leagues based on the results from the previous World Cup qualification cycle.[5] [6]
In November 2021, the ICC announced that there would not be a second edition of the Super League.[7]
| Date of qualification | Venues | Number of teams | Team | Qualification for | ||
| Full Member Hosts | 16 November 2021 | rowspan=2 | 2027 Cricket World Cup | |||
| ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings (Top 8 teams, excluding the hosts) | 31 March 2027[8] | rowspan=10 | TBD | |||
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| 30 July 2020 – 14 May 2023 | Various | 2024–2026 League 2[9] | ||||
| 14 August 2019 – 16 March 2023 | Various | |||||
| 26 March – 5 April 2023 | Namibia | |||||
| 2024–2026 Challenge League[10] (Top 4 teams from the Challenge Play-off also qualifed) | ||||||
| 16 September 2019 – 13 December 2022 | Various | |||||
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South Africa and Zimbabwe as full-member co-hosts have automatically qualified for the final stages of the tournament.[11]
| Date of qualification | Venues | Number of teams | Teams | Total times qualified | Last time qualified | Previous best performance | ||
| Full Member Hosts | 16 November 2021 | rowspan=2 | 10 | Semi-Finals (1992, 1999, 2007, 2015, 2023) | ||||
| 10 | Super 6 (1999, 2003) | |||||||
| ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings (Top 8 teams, excluding the hosts) | 31 March 2027 | rowspan=8 | TBD | |||||
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| Date | Venue | Eliminations | Teams | ||
| Challenge Play-off | 22 February – 3 March 2024 | Malaysia | |||
| Challenge League | 15 February 2024 – December 2027 | Various | TBD | ||
| Qualifier Play-off | 2027 | TBD | |||
| Qualifier | 2027 | TBD | |||
| Total | 22 |
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See main article: 2024 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off.
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See main article: 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.
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See main article: 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.
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Eight teams will take part in the qualifier play-off: the bottom four teams from the League 2 along with the top two teams each in Groups A and B of the Challenge League. The top four teams from this tournament progress to the Qualifier.
| League 2 | 2024–2026 | Various | 4 | ||
| Challenge League | 2024–2026 | Various | 4 | ||
| Total | 8 |
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| Advanced to Qualifier | 4 | ||
| Eliminated from CWC Qualification | 4 | ||
| Total | 8 |
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See main article: article. The Qualifier will feature ten teams in total: the 11th and 12th ranked teams; the top four teams from the League 2, and the top four teams from the qualifier play-off. The top four teams from this tournament will qualify for the World Cup.
| ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings | — | Various | 2 | ||
| League 2 | 2024–2026 | Various | 4 | ||
| Qualifier Play-off | 2027 | 4 | |||
| Total | 10 |
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| Advanced to CWC | 4 | ||
| Eliminated from CWC Qualification | 6 | ||
| Total | 10 |
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