2026 Women's T20 World Cup
Appearance
Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
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]
The tournament will be contested by 12 teams for the first time.[2] New Zealand are the defending champions.
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 | 2-4 |
Pakistan |
Sri Lanka | ||
Women's Qualifier | 2-4 |
TBD |
TBD | ||
Total | 12 |
References
[edit]- ^ "India set to host 2025 Women's ODI World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. 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.