Men's T20 World Cup qualification

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The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20 (2007–2016), is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020. In 2018, the tournament was rebranded from the World Twenty20 to the T20 World Cup. Until 2016, both men's and women's tournaments were held together; since 2018 both are held separately but in the same calendar year with the exception of 2018 and 2020–2023.[1][2]

For the inaugural tournament in 2007, ten then full members qualified directly for the tournament along with the top two teams from the 2007 WCL Division One.[3] A separate qualifier event (later renamed "Global Qualifier") for teams advanced from the World Cricket League, was introduced for the 2009 tournament through which top two associates qualified for the World Twenty20 while, all ten full members were given direct qualification.[4][5] A new expanded pathway was introduced for the 2012 tournament with the introduction of a series of regional qualifiers. All associate nations competed in the regional competitions for a spot in the Global Qualifier from which top associates qualified for the World Twenty20 while, all ten full members were given direct qualification.[6][7] Same qualification pathway was retained for 2014[8][9] and 2016 editions as well.[10][11]

A new qualification pathway was introduced in 2019 following the rebranding as the T20 World Cup.[12][13] A stipulated number of top teams from the T20I Rankings directly qualified for the 2021 T20 World Cup,[14] while all other teams competed in two-stage regional qualifiers (sub-regional qualifiers and regional finals) for a spot in the Global Qualifier from which teams advanced to the T20 World Cup.[15][16][17] From the 2022 tournament onwards, direct qualification is given to the top teams from the previous tournament and T20I Rankings.[18][19] The 2022 edition of the Global Qualifier was held as two separate tournaments.[20][21] Following the T20 World Cup's expansion to 20 teams from the 2024 tournament onwards, the global qualifiers were discontinued with the top eight teams from regional qualifiers qualifying for the T20 World Cup.[22][23][24][25] An expanded Global Qualifier will be reintroduced for the 2028 tournament, in which teams advanced from the regional qualifiers along with the bottom teams from the previous T20 World Cup will compete to determine the final entrants.[26][27][28]

As of the 2028 T20 World Cup, 16 different teams have received direct qualification, of which 8 teams have received direct qualification for all 11 tournaments. As of the 2022 Global Qualifier B, a total of 24 teams have competed and six teams have won the tournament, but only two teams have competed in every tournament.[29][30] As of the 2026 qualification cycle, [...].

Qualification overview

Summary of the qualification for the T20 World Cup (2007–2028)[a]
# Year Teams Directly qualified WCL Global
Qualifier		 Regional qualifiers
Host(s) Full
members		 Previous
tournament		 T20I
Rankings		 Africa Americas Asia East Asia-Pacific Europe
1 2007 1219—N/a2—N/a—N/a
2 2009 1218—N/a3
3 2010 12192
4 2012 12192
5 2014 16196
6 2016 16196
7 2021 161—N/a96
8 2022 16111—N/a4
9 2024 20282—N/a21212
10 2026 202642132
11 2028 202738—N/a
  1. References for qualification formats: 2007,[3] 2009,[4] 2010,[5] 2012,[6][7] 2014,[8][9] 2016,[10][11] 2021,[13][17] 2022,[18][19] 2024,[22][23] 2026,[24][25] 2028[27][28]

Global Qualifier

Summary of the qualification for Global Qualifier (2008–2028)[a]
# Year Teams Directly qualified WCL Regional qualifiers
Host(s) Previous
tournament		 T20I
Rankings		 Africa Americas Asia East Asia-Pacific Europe
1 2008 6—N/a6—N/a
2 2010 88
3 2012 16—N/a—N/a3—N/a33412
4 2013 1616—N/a22212
5 2015 142522111
6 2019 141—N/a532111
7 2022 A 8—N/a2201111
2022 B 82211101
8 2028 168—N/a21212
  1. References for Global Qualifier qualification formats: 2008,[4] 2010,[5] 2012,[6][7] 2013,[8][9] 2015,[10][11] 2019,[13][17] 2022 A,[18][19][20] 2022 B,[18][19][21] 2028[27][28]

Regional qualifier

Until 2016, the regional phase was played in a similar structure as the World Cricket League. Each region had one to three divisions depending on the number of teams in the region. In three-tier regions, teams were divided into three divisions based on their previous performance. Top teams from division 3 advanced to division 2, top teams from division 2 advanced to division 1 and top teams from division 1 advanced to the Global Qualifier. Two-tier regions only had divisions 2 and 1 in a similar format while, single-tier regions only had a division 1 also known as the championship. The ACC Twenty20 Cup functioned as a substitute for the Asian championship. Teams that participated in the T20 World Cup were given byes for regional phase in the following cycle and directly played in the Global Qualifier.

In 2019, the regional phase was expanded to include two sub-stages: sub-regional qualifiers and regional finals. The sub-regional stage has one to three tournaments depending on the region. Top teams from each sub-regional qualifier advance to the respective regional final. Teams that participated in the previous T20 World Cup or Global Qualifier are given byes for the sub-regional stage in the following cycle and directly play in the regional finals. Top teams from each regional final advance to the Global Qualifier (2021–2022; since 2028) or the T20 World Cup (2024–2026). Tournaments are held in either single round-robin or double round-robin format and sometimes includes group stage and/or knockout stage or playoffs formats as well.[15][23][25]

List of qualifiers

Global Qualifiers

Details of Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier tournaments
# Year Dates Host(s) Venues Ref.
1 2008 2 – 5 August 2008Cricket Ireland1 in Ireland[31]
2 2010 9 – 13 February 2010Emirates Cricket Board2 in the United Arab Emirates[32]
3 2012 13 – 24 March 2012Emirates Cricket Board5 in the United Arab Emirates[33]
4 2013 15 – 30 November 2013Emirates Cricket Board6 in the United Arab Emirates[34]
5 2015 6 – 26 July 2015Cricket Ireland
Cricket Scotland		4 in Ireland
4 in Scotland		[35]
6 2019 18 October – 2 November 2019Emirates Cricket Board5 in the United Arab Emirates[36]
7 2022 A 18 – 24 February 2022Oman Cricket2 in Oman[37]
2022 B 11 – 17 July 2022Zimbabwe Cricket2 in Zimbabwe[38]
8 2028 TBATBATBA[28]

Regional qualifiers

‡ indicates qualifiers that were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Details of Men's T20 World Cup regional qualifiers
Edition Dates & locations of regional qualifiers Ref.
Africa Americas Asia East-Asia Pacific Europe
2012
  • ACC T20: 1 to 10 December 2011 in Nepal
 [α]
2014
  • ACC T20: 26 March to 3 April 2013 in Nepal
 [β]
2016
  • ACC T20: 25 to 30 January 2015 in United Arab Emirates
 [γ]
2021 [δ]
2022 [ε]
2024 [ζ]
2026 [η]
2028 [θ]

Team performances

Direct qualification

Legend
  •  H   Qualified as hosts
  •  F   Qualified as ICC full members
  •  P   Qualified as top teams from previous edition
  •  R   Qualified as top teams from T20I Rankings
  •  ×   Withdrew
  •  ××   Ineligible (suspended)
† denotes current Test playing nations / ICC full members.
Teams qualified through direct qualification
Edition
(No. of teams)
Team
2007
(10)		 2009
(10)		 2010
(10)		 2012
(10)		 2014
(10)		 2016
(10)		 2021
(10)		 2022
(12)		 2024
(12)		 2026
(12)		 2028
(12)		 Apps
 Afghanistan†[α] —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aRPRPR5
 Australia† FFFFFFRHPPH11
 Bangladesh† FFFFHFRRP×[β]R10
 England† FHFFFFRPPPP11
 India† FFFFFHHPPHP11
 Ireland†[α] —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aRR2
 Namibia —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aP—N/a—N/a—N/a1
 Netherlands —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aP—N/a—N/a1
 New Zealand† FFFFFFRPPRH11
 Pakistan† FFFFFFRPPRP11
 Scotland —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aP—N/aR[β]—N/a1
 South Africa† HFFFFFRPPPP11
 Sri Lanka† FFFHFFRPPHP11
 United States —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aHP—N/a2
 West Indies† FFHFFFRRHPP11
 Zimbabwe† F×[γ]FFFF××[δ]—N/a—N/a—N/aP6
Ref. [3][4][5][6][8][10][13][18][22][24][27]

Global qualification

Legend
  •  W   Winners
  •  RU   Runners-up
  •  3rd   3rd place
  •  4th   4th place
  •  R2   Super stage (2010)
  •  R1   Preliminary round (group stage)
  •  Q   Qualified
  •  ×   Withdrew
  •  ××   Ineligible (suspended)
  •  *   Hosts
  •  ↑   Advanced to the respective ICC Men's T20 World Cup
  •  §   Directly qualified for the respective ICC Men's T20 World Cup
† denotes current Test playing nations / ICC full members.
Team performances in each Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier tournament
Edition

(No. of teams)
 2008
(6)		 2010
(8)		 2012
(16)		 2013
(16)		 2015
(14)		 2019
(14)		 2022
(A • B)
(16)		 2028
(16)		 Apps
Location(s)
Team
Ireland United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Ireland
Scotland		 United Arab Emirates Oman
Zimbabwe		 To be determined
 Afghanistan†[α] —N/aW↑RU↑RU↑R1↑§§§4
 Bahrain —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aR11
 Bermuda R1—N/aR1R1—N/aR1—N/a4
 Canada R1R1R1R1R1R1R1Q7
 Denmark —N/a—N/aR1R1—N/a—N/a—N/a2
 Germany —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aR11
 Hong Kong —N/a—N/aR1R1↑4th↑R1R15
 Ireland†[α] W*↑RU↑W↑W↑3rd*↑3rd↑RU↑§7
 Italy —N/a—N/aR1R1—N/a—N/a—N/aQ2
 Jersey —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aR1R1R13
 Kenya 4thR1R1R1R1R1—N/a6
 Namibia —N/a—N/a3rdR1R14th↑§Q4
   Nepal —N/a—N/aR13rd↑R1—N/a3rdQ4
 Netherlands W↑R24thR1↑W↑W↑RU↑Q7
 Nigeria —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aR1[δ]—N/a1
 Oman —N/a—N/aR1—N/aR1↑R1↑4th*Q4
 Papua New Guinea —N/a—N/aR1R1R1RU↑3rd5
 Philippines —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aR11
 Scotland 3rd↑[γ]R1R1R1W*↑R1↑§6
 Singapore —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aR1R12
 Uganda —N/a—N/aR1R1—N/a—N/aR13
 United Arab Emirates —N/aR2*—*4th*↑R1R1*W↑Q5
 United States —N/aR1R1R1R1—N/a4thQ5
 Zimbabwe† ×[γ]§§§§××[δ]W*↑§1
Ref. [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][28][30]

Regional qualification

Legend
  •  D1   Division 1 (2012–2016)
  •  D2   Division 2 (2012–2016)
  •  D3   Division 3 (2012–2016)
  •  RF   Regional final (since 2021)
  •  SR   Sub-regional stage (since 2021)
  •  P   Participating in the current qualification cycle (2028)
  •  ×   Withdrew
  •  ××   Ineligible (suspended/expelled)
  •  *   Received bye for the sub-regional stage to regional finals (since 2021)
  •  ↑   Advanced to the respective ICC Men's T20 World Cup (2024–2026) or ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier (2012–2022; since 2028)
  •  §   Directly qualified for the respective ICC Men's T20 World Cup or ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier
† denotes current Test playing nations / ICC full members.

Africa qualifier

Team performances in each Men's T20 World Cup Africa qualifier cycle
Edition
(No. of teams)
Team
2012
(17)		 2014
(17)		 2016
(14)		 2021
(15)		 2022
(15)		 2024
(19)		 2026
(20)		 2028
(20)		 Apps
 Botswana RFSRSRRFSR8
 Cameroon SRSRSRSRSR8
 Eswatini —N/aSRSRSRSRSR8
 Gambia SRSRSRSRP8
 Ghana RFSRSRSRP8
 Ivory Coast —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSRSR2
 Kenya D1↑D1↑D1↑RF↑RF*RFRFP8
 Lesotho —N/a—N/aSRSRSRSRP6
 Malawi —N/a—N/aSRSRSRRFSR6
 Mali —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSR2
 Morocco[ε] ××××××××××××2
 Mozambique SRSRSRSRP8
 Namibia D1↑§D1↑RF↑§RF*↑RF*↑§7
 Nigeria RF↑RF*RFRFP8
 Rwanda SRSRRFSRP8
 Saint Helena —N/a—N/aSR—N/aSRSRSR5
 Seychelles —N/aSRSRSRSR7
 Sierra Leone SRSRSRSRSR8
 Tanzania SRRFRFRFP8
 Uganda D1↑D1↑D1↑RFRF↑RF*↑RF*P8
 Zambia[ζ] —N/a××××××××××P2
 Zimbabwe† §§§××[δ]§RF*RF↑§1
Ref. [6][7][a] [8][9][f] [10][11][k] [13][17][p] [18][19][u] [22][z] [24][ae] [27][aj]

Americas qualifier

Team performances in each Men's T20 World Cup Americas qualifier cycle
Edition
(No. of teams)
Team
2012
(16)		 2014
(9)		 2016
(7)		 2021
(7)		 2022
(7)		 2024
(6)		 2026
(10)		 2028
(11)		 Apps
 Argentina SRRFSRSRSR8
 Bahamas SRRFSRRFSR8
 Belize —N/aSRRF—N/aSRSR6
 Bermuda D1↑D1↑RF↑RFRFRFP8
 Brazil —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSRSR3
 Canada D1↑§D1↑RF↑RF↑RF*↑RF*↑§7
 Cayman Islands RF—N/aRFRFP7
 Chile —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a1
 Costa Rica —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a1
 Falkland Islands —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a1
 Mexico —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSRSR3
 Panama —N/aSRRFRFSRSR7
 Peru —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a1
 Suriname —N/a—N/a—N/aSRSR5
 Turks and Caicos Islands —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a2
 United States D1↑D1↑D1↑RFRF↑§§§6
Ref. [6][7][b] [8][9][g] [10][11][l] [13][17][q] [18][19][v] [22][aa] [24][af] [27][ak]

Asia qualifier

Team performances in each Men's T20 World Cup Asia qualifier cycle
Edition
(No. of teams)
Team
2012
(10)		 2014
(10)		 2016
(6)		 2021
(16)		 2022
(15)		 2024
(15)		 2026
(16)		 2028
(15)		 Apps
 Afghanistan†[α] D1↑§§§§§§§1
 Bahrain —N/a—N/aSRGQRF*SRP6
 Bhutan —N/a—N/aSRSRSRSRSR6
 Cambodia —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSR—N/a1
 China —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSRSRSRSR4
 Hong Kong D1↑§§§RF↑RF*SRP5
 Kuwait RFSRRFRFP8
 Malaysia SRSRRFRFP8
 Maldives SRSRSRSRP8
 Mongolia —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSRSR2
 Myanmar —N/a—N/a—N/aRFSRSRSRSR5
   Nepal D1↑§§RF§RF*↑RF*↑§4
 Oman D1↑D1↑§§RF*↑RF*↑§5
 Qatar —N/a—N/a—N/aRFSRSRRFP5
 Saudi Arabia —N/aSRSRSRSRP7
 Singapore —N/aRF↑§RF*SRP6
 Thailand —N/a—N/a—N/aSRSRSRSRSR5
 United Arab Emirates §§RF↑§RF*RF↑§4
Ref. [6][7][c] [8][9][h] [10][11][m] [13][17][r] [18][19][w] [22][ab] [24][ag] [27][al]

East Asia-Pacific qualifier

Team performances in each Men's T20 World Cup EAP qualifier cycle
Edition
(No. of teams)
Team
2012
(10)		 2014
(7)		 2016
(8)		 2021
(8)		 2022
(9)		 2024
(9)		 2026
(9)		 2028
(9)		 Apps
 Cook Islands SRRFSRSRP8
 Fiji SRRFSRSRSR8
 Indonesia SRRFSRSRSR8
 Japan SRRFRFRFP8
 Papua New Guinea D1↑§D1↑RF↑§RF*↑RF*P6
 Philippines —N/aRFRF↑RF*SRSR7
 Samoa SRRFSRRFP8
 South Korea —N/a—N/aSRRFSRSRSR6
 Tonga[η] ××××××××××××××1
 Vanuatu RFRFRFSRSR8
Ref. [6][7][d] [8][9][i] [10][11][n] [13][17][s] [18][19][x] [22][ac] [24][ah] [27][am]

Europe qualifier

Team performances in each Men's T20 World Cup Europe qualifier cycle
Edition
(No. of teams)
Team
2012
(26)		 2014
(24)		 2016
(11)		 2021
(21)		 2022
(26)		 2024
(32)		 2026
(32)		 2028
(32)		 Apps
 Austria SRSRRFSRSR8
 Belgium SRSRSRSRSR8
 Bulgaria —N/a—N/aSRSRSRSR6
 Croatia —N/a—N/a—N/aSRSRSR5
 Cyprus —N/aSRSRSRSRSR7
 Czech Republic —N/a—N/aSRSRSRSRSR6
 Denmark D1↑D1↑RFRFRFSRP8
 Estonia —N/a—N/a—N/aSRSRSR5
 Finland SRSRSRSRSR8
 France SRSRSRSRSR8
 Germany —N/aRFRF↑RFSRSR7
 Gibraltar SRSRSRSRSR8
 Greece —N/aSRSRSRSR7
 Guernsey RFSRSRRFP8
 Hungary —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSRSRSRSR4
 Ireland† §§§§§RF*↑§§1
 Isle of Man SRSRSRSRSR8
 Israel SRSRSRSRSR8
 Italy D1↑D1↑RFRFRFRF↑§8
 Jersey D1↑RF↑RF↑RFRFP8
 Luxembourg —N/a—N/aSRSRSRSR6
 Malta —N/a—N/aSRSRSRSR6
 Norway RFSRSRSRSR8
 Netherlands §§§§§§RF*↑§1
 Portugal —N/a—N/aSRSRSRP6
 Romania —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSRSRSRSR4
 Serbia —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSRSRSRSR4
 Slovenia —N/a—N/a—N/aSRSRSR5
 Spain SRSRSRSRP8
 Sweden —N/aSRSRSRSRSR7
  Switzerland —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSRSRSR3
 Scotland §§§§§RF*↑RF* / §[β]P*3
 Turkey —N/a—N/a—N/a—N/aSRSRSR4
Ref. [6][7][e] [8][9][j] [10][11][o] [13][17][t] [18][19][y] [22][ad] [24][ai] [27][an]

Notes

  1. Afghanistan and Ireland became full members in June 2017.[40]
  2. Bangladesh refused to travel to India to play in the 2026 T20 World Cup and were replaced by Scotland.[39]
  3. Zimbabwe withdrew from the 2009 World Twenty20 due to the political issues related to Robert Mugabe and were replaced by a third team from the Global Qualifier: Scotland.[41][42]
  4. Zimbabwe was suspended from July to October 2019 by the ICC due to government interference[43][44][45] and Nigeria replaced them in the 2019 Global Qualifier.[46]
  5. Morocco was suspended in 2014 for non-compliant with four of the ICC criteria and was expelled from the ICC in 2019.[45][47]
  6. Zambia was suspended in 2019 for non-compliant with the ICC's finance statute and was expelled from the ICC in 2021,[45] before being re-admitted in July 2025.[48]
  7. Tonga was suspended in 2013 for not having a full-time administrator and was expelled from the ICC in 2014.[45]

See also

References

  1. 2011 Africa qualifier:
    • Division 3
    • Division 2
    • Division 1
  2. 2011 Americas qualifier:
    • Division 3
    • Division 2
    • Division 1
  3. 2011 Asia qualifier:
    • ACC T20
  4. 2011 EAP qualifier:
    • Division 2
    • Division 1
  5. 2011 Europe qualifier:
    • Division 3
    • Division 2
    • Division 1
  6. 2012–13 Africa qualifier:
    • Division 3
    • Division 2
    • Division 1
  7. 2013 Americas qualifier:
    • Division 2
    • Division 1
  8. 2013 Asia qualifier:
    • ACC T20
  9. 2013 EAP qualifier:
    • Championship
  10. 2012–13 Europe qualifier:
    • Division 3
    • Division 2
    • Division 1
  11. 2014–15 Africa qualifier:
    • Division 3
    • Division 2
    • Division 1
  12. 2014–15 Americas qualifier:
    • Division 2
    • Division 1
  13. 2015 Asia qualifier:
    • ACC T20
  14. 2014 EAP qualifier:
    • Championship
  15. 2014–15 Europe qualifier:
    • Division 3
    • Division 2
    • Division 1
  16. 2018–19 Africa qualifier:
  17. 2018–19 Americas qualifier:
  18. 2018–19 Asia qualifier:
  19. 2018–19 EAP qualifier:
  20. 2018–19 Europe qualifier:
  21. 2021 Africa qualitfier:
  22. 2021 Americas qualifier:
  23. 2021 Asia qualifier:
  24. 2021 EAP qualifier:
  25. 2021 Europe qualifier:
  26. 2022–23 Africa qualifier:
  27. 2023 Americas qualifier:
  28. 2023 Asia qualifier:
  29. 2022–23 EAP qualifier:
  30. 2022–23 Europe qualifier:
  31. 2024–25 Africa qualifier:
  32. 2024–25 Americas qualifier:
  33. 2024–25 Asia qualifier:
  34. 2024–25 EAP qualifier:
  35. 2024–25 Europe qualifier:
  36. 2026–27 Africa qualifier:
    • Sub-regional A[73]
    • Sub-regional B[74]
    • Sub-regional C
    • Regional final
  37. 2026–27 Americas qualifier:
    • Sub-regional A[87]
    • Sub-regional B[88]
    • Regional final
  38. 2026–27 Asia qualifier:
    • Sub-regional A
    • Sub-regional B
    • Regional final
  39. 2026–27 EAP qualifier:
    • Sub-regional[126]
    • Regional final
  40. 2026–27 Europe qualifier:
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