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ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia)

CricketSouth Africa (Johannesburg, Tshwane, Cape Town, Durban, Gqeberha, Bloemfontein, Paarl, KuGompo City), Zimbabwe (Harare, Bulawayo, Victoria Falls) and Namibia (Windhoek)International Cricket Council (ICC); hosts Cricket South Africa, Zimbabwe Cricket, Cricket Namibia

The public ticket ballot for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 runs 1 Oct 2026 to 21 Nov 2026; entry is free.

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Key facts

Ballot window: 1 Oct 2026 to 21 Nov 2026
Results: Not announced: successful and unsuccessful entrants are notified by email, with no date published
Event dates: 2 Oct 2027 to 21 Nov 2027 (14 teams, 57 matches; final in Johannesburg on 21 Nov 2027)
Ballot type: free-entry ticket ballot (randomised selection where a match is oversubscribed)
Entry cost: Free: no payment is taken when entering the ballot. Tickets are paid for only if you are allocated and choose to buy.
Eligibility: Free to enter at tickets.cricketworldcup.com and open to fans worldwide, per the ICC. One entry per person per match; you can enter for as many matches as you like, and request up to 4 tickets per match.
Ticket prices if you win: About USD 9.50 (R158) for entry-level tickets to about USD 30 (R514) for the highest-tier matches, per the ICC schedule announcement; prices vary with exchange rates.

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Key dates

Thu, 1 Oct 2026Ballot opensDone
Sat, 21 Nov 2026Ballot closesNext
2 Oct 2027 to 21 Nov 2027Event runs

Full guideCricket World Cup 2027 Tickets: Free Ballot to 21 November 2026

Where it stands

As of 12 Oct 2026

The ICC ticket ballot runs 1 Oct 2026 to 23:59 SAST on 21 Nov 2026 at tickets.cricketworldcup.com.

Entry is free, entries are not first-come first-served, and no tickets are paid for during the ballot. The ICC has published no date for ballot results.

Undersubscribed matches may be sold to registered fans, with leftover inventory possibly released in later sales phases. Tournament dates are 2 Oct 2027 to 21 Nov 2027.

How to enter

Register and choose your matches on the ICC's ticket ballot site, tickets.cricketworldcup.com, between 1 Oct 2026 and 23:59 SAST on 21 Nov 2026. Entry is free and not first-come first-served: all valid entries in the window are treated equally. Where a match is oversubscribed a randomised ballot decides who can buy; successful entrants are emailed with how to buy. Ignore third-party resellers.

Your odds

Oversubscribed matches are decided by randomised ballot; the ICC has not published allocation sizes or odds. Prices are low (about USD 9.50 to USD 30), which suggests heavy demand for marquee fixtures, but that is an inference, not an ICC figure.

Good to know

Tournament dates, 14 teams, 57 matches and 12 venues (eight in South Africa, three in Zimbabwe, one in Namibia) are from the ICC schedule announcement of 1 Oct 2026. The tournament opens with a three-team Super Series in Namibia from 2 Oct 2027; India v Australia in Cape Town on 7 Oct 2027 and India v Pakistan in Johannesburg on 10 Oct 2027 are the headline group games; the semi-finals are in Cape Town on 17 Nov 2027 and Tshwane on 18 Nov 2027, and the final in Johannesburg on 21 Nov 2027.

The ICC also mentions family bundles, student and pensioner pricing, early-bird local allocations and club and school group pricing. Third-party travel and hospitality sites advertising other ticket routes are not confirmed by the ICC.

Quick answers

▸Is there a public ticket ballot for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia)?

Yes. It runs as a free-entry ticket ballot (randomised selection where a match is oversubscribed). 1 Oct 2026 to 21 Nov 2026.

▸How much does entering cost?

Free: no payment is taken when entering the ballot. Tickets are paid for only if you are allocated and choose to buy.

▸Who can enter?

Free to enter at tickets.cricketworldcup.com and open to fans worldwide, per the ICC. One entry per person per match; you can enter for as many matches as you like, and request up to 4 tickets per match.