The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup will be the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International "Clash of Titans: Unraveling the Epic Cricket World Cup 2023 Showdown" (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was originally scheduled to take place from February to March 2023 but got postponed due to Covid complications. It is scheduled to be hosted by India from 5 October to 19 November 2023.
10 teams will participate in the tournament, including the 2019 defending champions, England. This will be the last time ODI world Cup will consist 10 teams and Round robin format. In next Edition the world cup will feature 14 teams. It will be the first Men's Cricket World Cup to be hosted solely by India, who with other countries on the Indian subcontinent, had co-hosted the event in 1987, 1996, and 2011.
The tagline of this edition is "It takes one day". The final is scheduled to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 19 November 2023. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai and Eden Gardens, Kolkata will host the two semifinals.
Background
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had threatened to boycott the World Cup after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to send its team to the 2023 Asia Cup scheduled in Pakistan.[8][9] On 15 June 2023, the Asian Cricket Council announced that 2023 Asia Cup will be hosted in a hybrid model as proposed by PCB.[10][11] However, before the announcement of schedule of 2023 Asia Cup, former PCB chairman Najam Sethi expressed his unwillingness to play any group league matches at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad except the knockout matches, subject to clearance from the Government of Pakistan.
In July 2023, there were arising tensions about the participation of Pakistan national cricket team in India.[13] If Pakistan doesn't participate, they would be replaced with Scotland, who finished third in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
Highlighted are the countries that will be participating in the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
The top 8 of 13 sides in the Super League qualified for the World Cup, although as hosts India (who finished sixth) were guaranteed a place in the tournament.
This will be the first World Cup not to include former winners West Indies, who failed to progress from the Qualifier after their defeat to Scotland.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 |  India |
| 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League | 30 July 2020 – 14 May 2023 | Various | 7 |  Afghanistan |
 Australia | ||||
 Bangladesh | ||||
 England | ||||
 New Zealand | ||||
 Pakistan | ||||
 South Africa | ||||
| 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 18 June – 9 July 2023 |  Zimbabwe | 2 |  Sri Lanka |
 Netherlands | ||||
| Total | 10 | |||
