2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup Schedule: Dates & Venues

Anyone booking travel around the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup has already learned this tournament’s first lesson: the schedule can move. The ICC’s revised fixture list shifts the opening match from Bengaluru to Guwahati and sets the final for 2 November in Navi Mumbai, with Colombo as the alternate (International Cricket Council (governing body)). If you’re following the eight-team race or weighing up match tickets, knowing which plan is current matters more than the headlines.

Co-Host Nations: India & Sri Lanka ·
Tournament Span: 30 September – 2 November 2025 ·
Teams: 8 ·
League-Stage Matches: 28 ·
Opening Match: India vs Sri Lanka ·
Defending Champions: Australia

Eight teams, one round-robin, 28 league matches — the numbers that define the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup.

What is the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup schedule timetable?

The short answer: the tournament opens on 30 September 2025 with India vs Sri Lanka and closes with the final in Navi Mumbai on 2 November 2025 (ICC (governing body)). Everything in between — 28 league matches, two semi-finals, one final — fits inside that window (ICC (governing body)).

Full Match Schedule Overview

• 30 September 2025: opening match, India vs Sri Lanka, Guwahati (ICC (governing body))
• 5 October 2025: India vs Pakistan, Colombo (ICC (governing body))
• 1–21 October 2025: league stage, 28 matches (ICC (governing body))
• 29 October 2025: first semi-final, Guwahati (Colombo as alternate) (ICC (governing body))
• 30 October 2025: second semi-final, Navi Mumbai (ICC (governing body))
• 2 November 2025: final, Navi Mumbai (Colombo as alternate) (ICC (governing body))

The fixture list circulating online is not the one the ICC originally announced. The governing body published a first schedule and then a revised version that kept the 30 September – 2 November window intact while relocating the opener from Bengaluru to Guwahati because M. Chinnaswamy Stadium was unavailable (ICC (governing body)).

That revision matters beyond the headline games. The league stage still contains 28 matches, with each of the eight teams playing the other seven once, and the semi-finals now sit on 29 and 30 October rather than in the earlier window first indicated (ICC (governing body)).

Timings in IST and Local

• Match pages list timings in Indian Standard Time for Indian venues
• Colombo fixtures carry their own venue-local time listing on the official pages
• The ICC match centre and platforms like Cricbuzz convert times to your region automatically (ICC (governing body))

For viewers in India and Sri Lanka the practical difference is small. For fans in Europe, Australia or the Americas, read the fixture list in your local time zone rather than converting in your head.

The trade-off: the dates are stable, but the map is not. Plan around the revised venue list and the schedule works for you.

The implication: the original Bengaluru-centred plan has been superseded, and every fixture card, travel booking, or screenshot that references it belongs to an outdated version of the tournament.

Which country is hosting the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025?

India and Sri Lanka are the official co-hosts, a pairing that splits the tournament across five cities: four in India and one in Sri Lanka (ICC (governing body)).

Host Cities Guide

• Guwahati: replaced Bengaluru as the opening-match city (ICC (governing body))
• Indore: confirmed Indian venue (ICC (governing body))
• Visakhapatnam: confirmed Indian venue (ICC (governing body))
• Navi Mumbai: hosts the second semi-final and the final (ICC (governing body))
• Colombo: hosts all of Pakistan’s league matches at R. Premadasa Stadium (BBC Sport (sports coverage); Olympics.com (event guide))

The original announcement leaned on Bengaluru as the marquee Indian venue. The revised schedule dropped that plan: the ICC confirmed Guwahati, Indore, Visakhapatnam and Navi Mumbai as the Indian host cities, with Colombo handling the Sri Lankan leg (ICC (governing body)).

Stadium Profiles

• R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo: the Sri Lankan venue (Olympics.com (event guide))
• M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru: originally slated for the opener; unavailable in the revised plan (ICC (governing body))
• Navi Mumbai: the revised schedule’s most prominent addition, hosting the second semi-final and the final (ICC (governing body))

The most strategic detail sits in Colombo. Pakistan’s seven league matches are scheduled there, and the India vs Pakistan group game lands on 5 October in Colombo as well (BBC Sport (sports coverage); ICC (governing body)). The revised release also names Colombo as the alternate for the first semi-final and the final, the contingency tied to that venue arrangement (ICC (governing body)).

How does the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup points table work?

The 2025 World Cup uses a single round-robin: each team plays the other seven once, and the standings after 28 league matches decide the semi-final lineup (ICC (governing body)).

Points System Breakdown

• Wins and losses drive the standings through the league stage (ICC (governing body))
• Each team plays seven matches, so the phase rewards consistency across a full month (BBC Sport (sports coverage))
• The top four teams advance to the semi-finals (ICC (governing body))
• Semi-final pairings: first vs fourth and second vs third (BBC Sport (sports coverage))

Because the top two teams do not earn a bye, the final round of league matches carries real weight. A team sliding from second to fourth changes its semi-final opponent from the third-ranked side to the first-ranked side in one match day (BBC Sport (sports coverage)).

Live Group Standings

For fans following remotely, the standings page matters more than the schedule page in the final week of October. Check it after every match day, because a washout or a single upset can shuffle two positions at once.

The catch: the round-robin gives every team seven chances, but the table remembers every miss. One surprise loss can flip a team from second to fourth, and the semi-final bracket does the rest.

Where can I download the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup schedule PDF?

The authoritative schedule PDF lives on the ICC’s official tournament hub — the same place that published the revised fixture list (ICC (governing body)).

Official ICC PDF Download

• Open the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup tournament page and use the schedule download linked there (ICC (governing body))
• Confirm the document shows the revised venues: Guwahati, Indore, Visakhapatnam, Navi Mumbai and Colombo (ICC (governing body))
• The original Bengaluru-based fixture list still circulates on social media; the revised release supersedes it (ICC (governing body))

If the PDF you downloaded still lists Bengaluru as the opening-match venue, it is the original version — the one released before the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium change (ICC (governing body)). The revised document keeps the same overall dates and updates every affected venue.

Printable Version Tips

• Use the browser’s save-as-PDF option on the official schedule page for a clean, up-to-date copy
• Warm-up match schedules are available as a separate PDF download from the ICC hub (ICC (governing body))
• Keep the live standings page bookmarked next to the schedule PDF: one tells you when, the other tells you who is still alive

The trade-off: a printed schedule is only as good as its version date. Re-download it close to the opener to catch any late adjustments to times or venues.

What is the format of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025?

The 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup is the ODI edition — a One Day International championship, not the T20 World Cup — and its format is a full round-robin before a knockout sprint (Olympics.com (event guide)).

Teams and Group Structure

• Eight teams: Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka (BBC Sport (sports coverage))
• Single round-robin: every team plays the other seven once (ICC (governing body))
• 28 league matches decide the standings (ICC (governing body))
• No second-chance bracket: after the round-robin, it is straight into the semi-finals (ICC (governing body))

This is a deliberately gruelling format. There are no group-stage cushions and no cross-group calculations — every result feeds one single table, and the top four survive (BBC Sport (sports coverage)).

Knockout Stage Path

• First vs fourth and second vs third in the semi-finals (BBC Sport (sports coverage))
• Semi-final dates: 29 and 30 October 2025 (ICC (governing body))
• Final: 2 November 2025 in Navi Mumbai, with Colombo as the alternate (ICC (governing body))

The structure creates a sharp tension. A team can top the table with seven consistent performances, then lose one knockout session and go home empty-handed. The round-robin rewards the best campaign; the semi-finals reward whoever plays best on the day (BBC Sport (sports coverage)).

The trade-off: because the semi-final pairings cross over — 1v4 and 2v3 — finishing first does not buy an easy path, it just buys the fourth-placed side.

The implication: squad rotation and bowling-bench depth become deciding factors in the final week, because the two-day semi-final gap leaves no room for recovery.

How to follow the 2025 Women’s World Cup on Cricbuzz?

Cricbuzz runs a dedicated tournament hub for the World Cup, with live scores, ball-by-ball commentary and the fixture list in one place.

Live Scores and Alerts

• Use the Cricbuzz tournament hub as a single page for fixtures, live scores and commentary
• Turn on alerts for India and your home team so venue changes and toss updates arrive as notifications
• The ICC’s official match centre is the complementary source for lineups and scorecards (ICC (governing body))

During the tournament, check the venue line on every match card before you watch. Because the schedule was revised, old alerts and saved fixtures are not reliable — confirm the venue again (ICC (governing body)).

News and Analysis

• Match previews, reports and strategic analysis land on the hub as the league stage progresses
• Cross-check any venue or date mentioned in commentary against the ICC’s revised schedule (ICC (governing body))
• The live points table mirrors the official standings after each match

The pattern: coverage will be everywhere once the tournament starts, but the one detail most match reports will not re-print is the difference between the original and revised venue list. Keep the ICC schedule open beside your cricket app.

Two versions of the schedule are circulating. Here is what actually changed between the original announcement and the revised fixture list.

The implication: the revision trades a marquee Bengaluru opener for a more distributed itinerary — and a contingency plan that keeps every knockout option open.

Format, qualification, venues, dates — the operating specs of the 2025 edition, pulled from the ICC’s official documents and tournament coverage.

The takeaway: every quirky detail — the Colombo cluster, the two-day semi-final sprint, the alternate final venue — traces back to the decision to co-host across two countries.

2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup timeline

The tournament builds slowly through October, then accelerates: 28 league matches, two semi-finals on consecutive days, and a final three days later.

The rhythm is the point: a long round-robin grind followed by a sprint. Squads that pace their bowling attacks across October are the ones with anything left for the consecutive semi-finals and the 2 November final.

Schedule certainty check

The read: the confirmed list covers what the ICC controls; the unclear list covers what teams and broadcasters still control.

What the sources say about the 2025 schedule

The key statements on the revised schedule, as reported by the governing body and the outlets tracking the fixture changes.

The revised schedule retained the overall tournament dates of 30 September through 2 November, with the final in Navi Mumbai and Colombo identified as the alternative under the contingency arrangement.

— International Cricket Council (governing body), revised schedule announcement

Pakistan’s seven league matches were scheduled in Colombo, and the semi-final pairings run first versus fourth and second versus third.

— BBC Sport (sports coverage), tournament preview

Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium is the Sri Lankan venue for the co-hosted tournament.

— Olympics.com (event guide), fixture list

The through-line: all three sources describe the same operational reality — the revision was about venues, not dates.

The 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup now runs on two documents: the original announcement that still circulates online and the revised schedule that governs every venue. The dates held; the map changed — Bengaluru lost the opener, Navi Mumbai gained the final, and Colombo became the contingency venue for the tournament’s most consequential games. For fans booking travel to the subcontinent, the implication is clear: keep the ICC’s revised schedule open and confirm every venue before you pay, or risk turning up in Bengaluru for a match that now happens in Guwahati.

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