The 2027 edition of the Women’s U-19 World Cup will be jointly staged by Bangladesh and Nepal, revealed the International Cricket Council after its board meeting on Sunday. 

Earlier the day, the ICC Board has approved Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, Zimbabwe and Namibia as the host nations of the next editions of the ICC U-19 World Cups from 2024-2027.

The 2024 edition of the Men’s U-19 World Cup will be staged by Sri Lanka while its 2026 version would be hosted in Zimbabwe and Namibia.

The ICC U-19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 will be held in Malaysia and Thailand.

 The hosts were selected via a competitive bidding process overseen by a Board sub-committee chaired by Martin Snedden.

The ICC Board accepted the recommendations of the committee who conducted a thorough review of each bid along with ICC management.

The qualification pathway for the 10-team ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 was approved. Eight teams will qualify for the event automatically comprising the top three teams from each group from the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023, the host Bangladesh (if not in the top three of Group 1) and the next highest ranked teams on the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Rankings on 27 February 2023.

The remaining two teams will be identified through the 10-team ICC Women's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier.

The qualification pathway for the 14-team ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 was also decided with ten teams gaining automatic qualification.

The ten will comprise South Africa and Zimbabwe as Full Member hosts and the next eight highest ranked teams on the ICC MRF Tyres ODI Rankings on a date to be confirmed. The remaining four teams will qualify via the ICC CWC Global Qualifier.

The Board also received an update from the Afghanistan Working Group detailing a recent meeting with a representative of the Afghanistan government and the Afghanistan Cricket Board in Doha.

The government official reiterated their commitment to fully respect and comply with the ICC constitution, in particular the need for diversity and inclusivity and for the ACB to operate independent from government interference.