ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy
AdministratorInternational Cricket Council
FormatWT20I
First edition2027 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Next edition2031
Tournament formatRound robin and knockout
Number of teams6

The ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national women's teams. The first tournament will take place in 2027 in Sri Lanka, with matches being played in the Twenty20 cricket format.[1]

History

The ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy was announced on the 8 March 2021, on International Women's Day. It was announced by the ICC in its events list for the 2024/31 cycle.[2] The competition will include six teams.[3][2] On the 26 July 2022, Sri Lanka was announced as the first hosts of this tournament, as long as they qualify.[4]

Format

Six teams will play each other in a Round Robin format, with the top 2 playing in the Final. It will comprise of 16 games in total.

Summary

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

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.
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