The next ICC ODI World Cup, in 2027, will be jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia across October and November. Eight of South Africa’s top cricket stadiums have been confirmed to host the showpiece event which includes, Wanderers in Johannesburg, Durban’s Kingsmead and Newlands in Cape Town,
As stated by Pholetsi Moseki, Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) chief executive officer, the venues were decided keeping in mind the availability of hotel rooms and airport.
“The exercise (of choosing the venues) was a scientific one and also included the number of hotel rooms and the availability of an airport. If there was disappointment, it was also tempered by the reality that was based on the venues that were chosen,” Moseki was quoted as saying by South Africa’s News24.
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Moseki further stated that it was hard for them to leave out the three venues in Benoni, JB Marks Oval and Diamond Oval.
“We do indeed have 11 ICC-accredited venues, so it was hard to leave out three, but a whole lot of things were taken into consideration. There’s also the important matter of training venues outside of the ones available at the venue,” he added.
Hosts South Africa and Zimbabwe have directly qualified for the tournament, but Namibia will have to go through the African qualifiers.
While the main venues will be the Wanderers, Centurion Park in Pretoria, Kingsmead, St George’s Park in Gqeberha, Boland Park in Paarl and Newlands, the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein and Buffalo Park in East London will also host some fixtures, with other games being staged in tournament co-hosts Zimbabwe and Namibia.
World Cup 2027: Venues in South Africa
– Wanderers Stadium, Sandton
– SuperSport Park, Centurion
– Newlands, Cape Town
– Boland Park, Paarl
– Kingsmead, Durban
– St.Georges Park, Gqeberha
– Buffalo Park, East London
– Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
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About ICC World Cup 2027
The top eight teams in the ICC ODI rankings gain direct qualification, while the remaining four spots will be determined through global qualifier tournaments.
The tournament will see two groups of seven teams each. The top three teams from each group will progress to the Super Six stage, leading to the semi-finals and a final to determine the winners.
Teams will play each other once in the group stage, like in the 2003 World Cup.
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