2026 Women's T20 World Cup qualification
The 2026 Women's T20 World Cup qualification will be a process by which teams will qualify for the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup in England. A series of regional qualification tournaments will determine the teams that will take part in the Global Qualifier in 2025, where the top four teams will qualify for the World Cup scheduled to be held in England.[1]
Qualified teams
[edit]| Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Venue(s) | No. of teams | First time qualified |
Last time qualified |
Total times qualified |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England |
Hosts | 26 July 2022 | — | 1 |
2009 | 2024 | 10 | Winners (2009) |
 Australia |
2024 Women's T20 World Cup | 15 October 2024 |  United Arab Emirates |
5 |
2009 | 2024 | 10 | Winners (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023) |
 India
|
2009 | 2024 | 10 | Runners-up (2020) | ||||
 New Zealand
|
2009 | 2024 | 10 | Winners (2024) | ||||
 South Africa
|
2009 | 2024 | 10 | Runners-up (2023, 2024) | ||||
 West Indies
|
2009 | 2024 | 10 | Winners (2016) | ||||
 Pakistan
|
ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings |
20 October 2024 | — | 2
|
2009 | 2024 | 10 | First Round (2009 to 2024) |
 Sri Lanka |
2009 | 2024 | 10 | First Round (2009 to 2024) | ||||
 TBD
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Global Qualifier | 2025 | TBD
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| Total | 12 |
Europe Qualifier
[edit]The European Qualifier will be held in two stages, Division Two and Division One. The top two teams from Division Two will advance to Division One to meet pre-qualified Ireland and Netherlands in a four-team round robin group, where they will compete for two spots in the Global Qualifier.[2]
Division Two
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to Division One |
| 2 |  Italy
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 |  Isle of Man
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 |  Jersey
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 5 |  Spain
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 6 |  Sweden
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
First match(es) will be played: 25 May 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Division One
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ireland
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the global qualifier |
| 2 |  Netherlands
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | TBD
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | TBD
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
First match(es) will be played: 20 August 2025. Source: [citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hosts for ICC Women's global events until 2027 announced". International Cricket Council. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "Cricket Italy and Netherlands Cricket to host Europe Qualifier's for 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup". czarsportz. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.