Jamaica Empress becomes fourth WCPL team in 2026 season

Tournament will be played from September 5 to 17 in Barbados

Durrant Pate/Contributor

The Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) will expand from three to four teams in the 2026 season with Jamaica Empress being the latest addition.

Jamaica Empress is joining the three teams that competed in the tournament’s first four seasons – Barbados Royals, Guyana Amazon Warriors and Trinbago Knight Riders. This was confirmed in a news release by WCPL, which says the tournament will be played from September 5 to 17 with all matches taking place in Barbados. 

Each team will face the other three teams once in the round-robin stage. The team that tops the table will move directly to the final, where they will meet the winner of a playoff between the teams ranked second and third. 

Barbados Royals and Trinbago Knight Riders only winners 

Defending champions, Barbados Royals will be looking to win their fourth title in a row, after sweeping up a hat-trick of triumphs in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Trinbago Knight Riders won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2022.

WCPL says the expansion from three teams to four could be followed by bigger developments in the future. “Looking ahead to 2027, the WCPL is preparing to take the next step in its evolution, with plans to welcome teams from outside the Caribbean and establish the tournament as a truly global competition,” the WCPL release says.

WCPL 2026 fixture list

September 5 Barbados Tridents vs Trinbago Knight Riders
September 6 Jamaica Empress vs Guyana Amazon Warriors
September 10 Trinbago Knight Riders vs Jamaica Empress
September 12 Trinbago Knight Riders vs Guyana Amazon Warriors
September 12 Barbados Tridents vs Jamaica Empress
September 13 Guyana Amazon Warriors vs Barbados Tridents
September 16 Playoff – 2nd vs 3rd
September 17 Final