*Official* T20 Women's World Cup 2026

[Magrat Garlick]

Group stage (12-28 June)
Group A: South Africa, Australia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Netherlands
Group B: New Zealand, West Indies, England, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Scotland
(listed in qualification order)

Match schedule (all times local)
Friday 12 June, 18.30, Edgbaston (Birmingham), group B: England v Sri Lanka
Saturday 13 June, 10.30, Old Trafford (Manchester), group B: Ireland v Scotland
Saturday 13 June, 14.30, Old Trafford, group A: Australia v South Africa
Saturday 13 June, 18.30, Rose Bowl (Southampton), group B: West Indies v New Zealand
Sunday 14 June, 10.30, Edgbaston, group A: Bangladesh v Netherlands
Sunday 14 June, 14.30, Edgbaston, group A: India v Pakistan
Tuesday 16 June, 14.30, Rose Bowl, group B: New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Tuesday 16 June, 18.30, Rose Bowl, group B: England v Ireland
Wednesday 17 June, 10.30, Headingley (Leeds), group A: Australia v Bangladesh
Wednesday 17 June, 14.30, Headingley, group A: Netherlands v India
Wednesday 17 June, 18.30, Edgbaston, group A: South Africa v Pakistan
Thursday 18 June, 18.30, Headingley, group B: West Indies v Scotland
Friday 19 June, 18.30, Rose Bowl, group B: Ireland v New Zealand
Saturday 20 June, 10.30, Rose Bowl, group A: Australia v Netherlands
Saturday 20 June, 14.30, Rose Bowl, group A: Bangladesh v Pakistan
Saturday 20 June, 18.30, Headingley, group B: England v Scotland
Sunday 21 June, 10.30, Edgbaston, group B: West Indies v Sri Lanka
Sunday 21 June, 14.30, Edgbaston, group A: South Africa v India
Tuesday 23 June, 10.30, Bristol County Ground, group B: New Zealand v Scotland
Tuesday 23 June, 14.30, Bristol County Ground, group B: Ireland v Sri Lanka
Tuesday 23 June, 18.30, Headingley, group A: Australia v Pakistan
Wednesday 24 June, 18.30, Lord's (London), group B: England v West Indies
Thursday 25 June, 14.30, Old Trafford, group A: Bangladesh v India
Thursday 25 June, 18.30, Bristol County Ground, group A: Netherlands v South Africa
Friday 26 June, 18.30, Old Trafford, group B: Scotland v Sri Lanka
Saturday 27 June, 10.30, Bristol County Ground, group A: Netherlands v Pakistan
Saturday 27 June, 14.30, Bristol County Ground, group B: Ireland v West Indies
Saturday 27 June, 18.30, The Oval (London), group B: England v New Zealand
Sunday 28 June, 10.30, Lord's, group A: Bangladesh v South Africa
Sunday 28 June, 14.30, Lord's, group A: Australia v India

Tuesday 30 June, 14.30, The Oval: Semi-final 1 (probably involving India)
Thursday 2 July, 18.30, The Oval: Semi-final 2
Sunday 5 July, 14.30, Lord's: Final

Enjoy responsibly

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Sounds like it'll be a super chaos tournament in the shadow of the soccerball World Cup but if you don't want meatwall it might provide something else

 

[Molehill]

Only the 18.30 games will potentially clash with the football, and I genuinely think interest in that will not properly start until the knockout rounds (unless you're Scottish). Good to see more than one game each day, the Men's Tournaments could learn from this. Although, clearly a couple of wet days in the wrong locations could turn it into a farce.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Only the 18.30 games will potentially clash with the football, and I genuinely think interest in that will not properly start until the knockout rounds (unless you're Scottish). Good to see more than one game each day, the Men's Tournaments could learn from this. Although, clearly a couple of wet days in the wrong locations could turn it into a farce.

do we know if they have any rest day rules?

 

[Molehill]

do we know if they have any rest day rules?

Judged by the schedule, I think only the semis will have any contingency plans. The one concern with double headers is that Match 1 has very little contingency should be there be a rain delay.

 

[anil1405]

This is going to be an interesting World Cup. From Group A, one of Aus, SA, or Ind will be knocked out in this round. And from Group B, we can expect an upset or two from the lower ranked teams. We've already seen Pak and Bang losing to the likes of Ireland, Scotland and Netherlands in the past few days in buildup to the World Cup.

 

[kevinw]

This is going to be an interesting World Cup. From Group A, one of Aus, SA, or Ind will be knocked out in this round. And from Group B, we can expect an upset or two from the lower ranked teams. We've already seen Pak and Bang losing to the likes of Ireland, Scotland and Netherlands in the past few days in buildup to the World Cup.

Unfortunate as I'd have said SAf are the third best team at the moment (regardless of what rankings suggest) and could potentially win if it Aus have a stinker. It's an open group though. England and NZ should have enough in the second group though WI, like their mens side, blow hot and cold.

 

[icyman]

Only the 18.30 games will potentially clash with the football, and I genuinely think interest in that will not properly start until the knockout rounds (unless you're Scottish). Good to see more than one game each day, the Men's Tournaments could learn from this. Although, clearly a couple of wet days in the wrong locations could turn it into a farce.

FIFA will eat this tournament alive! There's no way ICC going to get more eyeballs on this one.

 

[Heboric]

Who did this draw, the same people who did the 2027 Rugby World Cup one. Geez Group A

 

[anil1405]

Unfortunate as I'd have said SAf are the third best team at the moment (regardless of what rankings suggest) and could potentially win if it Aus have a stinker. It's an open group though. England and NZ should have enough in the second group though WI, like their mens side, blow hot and cold.

I'd say India are the weaker of the three teams. Wolvaardt is in the form of her life. The rest of the SA team looks fabulous. Reyneke and Dercksen have settled in well. de Klerk has established a good reputation over the past 6-12 months. The return of van Niekerk and Ismail will boost the team moral. Would be interesting to see who they drop from the playing 11.

 

[Molehill]

Who did this draw, the same people who did the 2027 Rugby World Cup one. Geez Group A

To be fair, they've split the 4 semi finalists from the last one evenly and then put India and England into separate groups. It may look odd, but it kind of isn't.

The issue was probably NZ somehow winning the last World Cup.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Group A is tough. Hope girls go all they way.

 

[icyman]

T20 is tough for India tbh. Despite the IPL, don't think we have many power hitters in our midst here.

 

[Abhay423]

Why are England not second favourites now? It's seems puzzling to me tbh. They beat India convincingly, squad would get better with inclusion of NSB and they have the easier group. Instead what I see is Australia shortening a tad from already really short price. Maybe it gets corrected when tournament actually starts.

 

[Molehill]

Why are England not second favourites now? It's seems puzzling to me tbh. They beat India convincingly, squad would get better with inclusion of NSB and they have the easier group. Instead what I see is Australia shortening a tad from already really short price. Maybe it gets corrected when tournament actually starts.

I think they decided the biggest threat to Australia was India, and having seen them get beaten by a fairly average England team, they've decided there is no real threat to the Aussies. They may well be right, but I wouldn't back them at that price in T20. England, India and SA all have players with the firepower to singlehandedly win games.

 

[Abhay423]

I think they decided the biggest threat to Australia was India, and having seen them get beaten by a fairly average England team, they've decided there is no real threat to the Aussies. They may well be right, but I wouldn't back them at that price in T20. England, India and SA all have players with the firepower to singlehandedly win games.

Yeah fair enough. The issue with backing Australia is say if they get wrong end of conditions in first game against South Africa and get beaten, then they have to win 6 in a row to win the world cup and all of sudden your 1.63 bet starts looking a bit silly.