The 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the 13th edition of the

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, a quadrennial

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(ODI)

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tournament contested by men's national teams and organized by the

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(ICC). It is scheduled to be hosted by India during October and November 2023, and will be the first time the competition is held entirely in India. Three previous editions were partially hosted there –

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. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be played from 9 February to 26 March 2023; but in July 2020, it was announced that the tournament would be delayed to an October–November window, following the disruption of the qualification schedule due to the

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are the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2019.

Qualification

As with the previous edition, the tournament will feature ten teams. The main route for qualification will be the

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tournament. For the World Cup, the top seven sides plus the hosts (

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) from the thirteen competitors in the Super League will qualify. The remaining five teams, along with five Associate sides, will play in the

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, from which two teams will go through to the final tournament.

References

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