2026 Women's T20 World Cup
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and Knockout Stage |
Host(s) | England |
Participants | 12 |
Official website | t20worldcup |
The 2026 Women's T20 World Cup will be the tenth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup, a biennial Twenty20 International (T20I) tournament played by women's national teams and organised by International Cricket Council (ICC). It is scheduled to be hosted by England in 2026.[1][2]
The tournament will be contested by 12 teams for the first time.[3] New Zealand are the defending champions.[4][5]
Background
[edit]Format
[edit]The 12 qualifying teams are divided into two groups of six teams; all the six teams in a group play with all the others – for a total of fifteen matches – and the top two teams in each group advance to the knockout stage.
Qualification
[edit]Method of qualification | Berths | Teams |
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Host nation | 1 | England |
2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup (Top 5 teams from the previous tournament, excluding the host) | 5 | Australia |
India | ||
New Zealand | ||
South Africa | ||
West Indies | ||
ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings | 2 | Pakistan |
Sri Lanka | ||
Women's Qualifier | 4 | TBD |
TBD | ||
TBD | ||
TBD | ||
Total | 12 |
Group Stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the knockout stage |
2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
5 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
6 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the knockout stage |
2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
5 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
6 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Knockout Stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
A1 | |||||||||
B2 | |||||||||
SF1W | |||||||||
SF2W | |||||||||
A2 | |||||||||
B1 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Semi-final 1 TBD |
TBD | v | TBD |
Semi-final 2 TBD |
TBD | v | TBD |
Final
[edit]Final TBD |
TBD | v | TBD |
References
[edit]- ^ "India set to host 2025 Women's ODI World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "England to host 2026 T20 Women's World Cup". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Three sub-continent countries set to host ICC events in next cycle". International Cricket Council. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Amelia Kerr delivers New Zealand's first-ever World Cup title". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "History made in Dubai: New Zealand win their first Women's T20 World Cup title". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 October 2024.