Women's ODI World Cup 2025: How Can India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & New Zealand Qualify For Semifinals?

Last Updated:October 20, 2025, 10:22 IST

3 teams have booked their place in the semifinals of the Women's World Cup 2025, but the remaining 5 are also alive in the race to finish in the top four and qualify for semis.

A total of eight teams are taking part in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, the matches of which are being played across four venues in India and one in Sri Lanka. Three teams – Australia, South Africa and England – have booked their place in the semifinals, but the remaining five teams – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and New Zealand – are still alive in the race to take the remaining fourth spot. But on Monday (October 21), when Sri Lanka will take on Bangladesh in the 21st league match of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, one team’s campaign will definitely come to an end (if rain doesn’t play spoilsport).

The race is heating up, and all five teams, who are in contention, would like to give their all and make it to the semis.

Ahead of the start of the Navi Mumbai leg, here’s a look at how India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and New Zealand can qualify for the semifinals.

India (4 points from 5 matches, NRR: +0.526)

India will qualify for the semifinals if they beat New Zealand on October 23 and Bangladesh on October 26 at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai.

If India beat New Zealand but lose against Bangladesh, then also they would be through, provided New Zealand lose against England and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and Pakistan fail to win more than one of their remaining two league matches.

New Zealand (4 points from 5 matches, NRR: -0.245)

White Ferns will qualify for the semifinals if they beat India and England in their last two league matches on October 23 and 26, respectively.

If they beat India and the match against England ends in a draw, then also New Zealand will qualify for the semifinals with 7 points.

But if New Zealand lose both their matches, then they will get knocked out.

If New Zealand lose against India but win against England, then they have to hope that India lose against Bangladesh on October 26 by a big margin so that they can pip others in terms of net run rate (NRR) and finish fourth in the points table with six points.

Bangladesh (2 points from 5 matches, NRR: -0.676)

Bangladesh will qualify for the semifinals if they win their remaining two matches against Sri Lanka (October 20) and India (October 26) in Navi Mumbai.

In addition to that, they also hope that the match between India and New Zealand on October 23 ends in a draw, Pakistan fail to win at least one of their remaining two league matches, and England beat New Zealand on October 26.

If things go like that, then Bangladesh will finish fourth with 6 points, followed by India and New Zealand (5 points each) and Sri Lanka and Pakistan with a maximum of 4 points.

Sri Lanka (2 points from 5 matches, NRR: -1.564)

Sri Lanka will finish in the top four and feature in the semifinal if Chamari Athapaththu’s team wins their last two league matches – against Bangladesh on October 21 and against Pakistan on October 24 – and the India-New Zealand match on October 23 ends in a draw, and then India and New Zealand both suffer defeat in their last league match against Bangladesh and England, respectively.

If that happens, then Sri Lanka will finish the league stage with 6 points, India and New Zealand with 5 each, and Bangladesh and Pakistan with a maximum of four points.

Pakistan (2 points from 5 matches, NRR: -1.887)

Pakistan will qualify for the semifinals if they win their last two league matches against South Africa (October 21) and Sri Lanka (October 24) and the India-New Zealand match ends in a draw, and then both India and New Zealand lose their last league match. They also have to hope that Bangladesh lose against Sri Lanka on October 20 but beat India on October 26.

In such a scenario, Pakistan will finish 4th with 6 points, and India and New Zealand will end up with 5 points, and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka can’t finish with more than 4 points.

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