The 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be the eighth edition of

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tournament. It is scheduled to be held in

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, from 10 to 26 February 2023.

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are the defending champions. In November 2020, the

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(ICC) announced that the tournament had been moved from its original slot at the end of 2022 to February 2023 due to the

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. On 3 October 2022, the ICC confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.

Teams and qualification

In December 2020 the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament. South Africa automatically qualified for the tournament as the hosts. They were joined by the seven highest ranked teams in the ICC Women's T20I Rankings, as of 30 November 2021, who competed at the

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in Australia. The remaining two teams were Ireland and Bangladesh, the finalists of the

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Squads

Each team selected a squad of 15 players before the tournament, and were also able to replace any injured players. Pakistan were the first to name their squad on 14 December 2022.

Venues

In August 2022, the ICC announced that 3 venues in three cities would host matches.The venues were hosted at the

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, St George's Park Cricket Ground and

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Group stage

The ICC released the fixture details on 3 October 2022.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo

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