The ICC has drawn up its global events calendar for the 2032-35 cycle, with six tournaments — including the return of the Champions Trophy — set to be approved at the governing body’s quarterly meetings in Bali. The schedule keeps a global event in every year of the cycle, which begins after the current cycle ends with the 2031 ODI World Cup in India and Bangladesh.
The cycle opens with the T20 World Cup in October-November 2032, although the ICC has not named a host. The year 2033 will feature two global events: the World Test Championship final in June and the Champions Trophy in October, with the 50-over tournament returning as an eight-team event. Another T20 World Cup follows in July 2034, and the cycle closes in 2035 with the World Test Championship final and the ODI World Cup, for which the ICC has not specified windows.
No venues have been decided for any of the six events, and the ICC has stayed silent on the format of the 2033 Champions Trophy beyond its eight-team field. England has already secured the hosting rights for the World Test Championship finals in 2027, 2029 and 2031, but the venue for the June 2033 final has not been announced.
The Bali meeting will also approve the World Test Championship matchups for the 2027-29 and 2029-31 cycles, locking in the bilateral fixtures that decide the finalists. The ICC Board will review the recommendations of the Franchise League Review Group, chaired by Bangladesh Cricket Board president Tamim Iqbal, which has proposed tighter control over T20 leagues, including a four-overseas-player cap and curbs on betting sponsorship.
The schedule lands a day after reports that the next World Test Championship cycle will stay at nine teams, with Zimbabwe the only side in line for a possible tenth place. The Bali meetings, which began on Wednesday and run until Sunday, are the ICC’s final board meetings of 2026, and they will also finalise the Future Tours Programme for 2027-31, setting the bilateral calendar that feeds the championship.
The meeting is also expected to approve the revenue distribution for the current cycle, with about USD 650 million available for disbursement among members under the existing sharing formula. For boards and broadcasters, the calendar brings long-term certainty — and for the Champions Trophy, a confirmed place in the sport’s future after its return in 2025, when India beat New Zealand in the final.
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