The 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to be the eighth edition of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup tournament. It is scheduled to be held in South Africa. Australia are the defending champions. In November 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that the tournament had been moved from its original slot at the end of 2022 to February 2023.
2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup
| Dates | 9 – 26 February 2023 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Host(s) |  South Africa |
| Participants | 10 |
| Official website | t20worldcup.com |
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 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia. The remaining two spots will come from the finalists of the qualifying tournament.
| Team | Qualification |
|---|---|
| South Africa |
Host Nation |
 Australia |
Automatic qualification |
 England |
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 India |
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 New Zealand |
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 Pakistan |
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 Sri Lanka |
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 West Indies |
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| TBD | Via qualifying tournament |
| TBD |