The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial Twenty20 International (T20I) tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is being co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States from 1 to 29 June 2024.[1] It is the first major ICC event tournament to feature matches played in the United States, and in any other country in the Americas outside the West Indies.[2] The West Indies is hosting the T20 World Cup for the second time, after having previously hosted the 2010 edition.[3]England are the defending champions, having defeated Pakistan in the final of the previous edition.
The tournament is being contested by a record 20 teams, an expansion from 16 teams at the 2022 tournament; this includes the two hosts, the top eight teams from the 2022 edition, the next two teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings, and eight teams determined by regional qualifiers. Canada and Uganda qualified for the men's T20 World Cup for the first time, while the United States is participating for the first time by virtue of being co-host.
Format
The 20 qualifying teams have been divided into four groups of five teams; the top two teams in each group will advance to the Super 8 round.[1][4] In this stage, the qualifying teams will be split into two groups of four; the top two teams from each group will qualify for the knockout stage, which will consist of two semi-finals and a final.[5]
The top eight teams from the 2022 tournament and the two hosts qualified automatically for the tournament. The remaining two automatic qualification places were taken by the best-ranked teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings which had not already secured a place in the finals, as of 14 November 2022.[8][9]
The eight remaining places were filled via the ICC's regional qualifiers, consisting of two teams from Africa, Asia, and Europe and one team each from the Americas and the East Asia-Pacific groups.[10] In May 2022, the ICC confirmed the sub-regional qualification pathways for Europe, East Asia-Pacific, and Africa.[11]
Namibia announced their squad on 10 May 2024 and Netherlands announced their squad on 13 May 2024.[36][37]Bangladesh announced their squad on 14 May 2024 and Pakistan became the final team to announce their squad for the tournament on 24 May 2024.[38][39]
Venues
In May 2023, CWI began a thorough bidding process for countries in the Caribbean region and the United States willing to host the matches of the World Cup.[40]
In July 2023, the ICC shortlisted four venues in the United States, Central Broward Park in Lauderhill, Florida, Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina, Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, and a temporary stadium at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York City.[41] Residents of the Bronx objected to the Van Cortlandt Park stadium, citing that it would restrict public access to the park for an extended time, showed concerns for its environmental impact, and questioned the economic viability of the event.[42][43] On 20 September 2023, the ICC announced that Grand Prairie, Lauderhill, and New York City would serve as the three U.S. host cities during the tournament, with a 34,000-seat temporary stadium instead proposed for Eisenhower Park on Long Island in Nassau County, New York. Central Broward Park and Grand Prairie Stadium will be expanded with temporary grandstands and hospitality areas to double their capacity during the tournament.[44][45][46][47]
In November 2023, it was reported that Trinidad's Queen's Park Oval, the country's most considerable cricket ground, would not be hosting any World Cup matches and that fixtures would be moved to the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in San Fernando. Nigel Camacho, the president of the Queen's Park Cricket Club, stated that the venue would instead most likely host warm-up matches before the start of the main tournament. Also, the Government of Dominica decided to withdraw its venue, Windsor Park, from hosting any matches of the World Cup citing their inability to complete the infrastructural development of the venue before the tournament commences.[51][52]
In December 2023, a delegation of representatives from the ICC and CWI undertook a second inspection of the confirmed World Cup host countries in the Caribbean and host cities in the United States, also finalizing the fixtures for the tournament. The Long Island stadium will most notably host the India–Pakistan group stage match, part of what has been considered one of the largest rivalries in the sport.[53][54]
On 17 January 2024, the ICC unveiled the proposed design of the temporary Long Island stadium—Nassau County International Cricket Stadium—which is expected to be ready by the end of May 2024.[55]
1 2 The capacity of this stadium will be expanded using temporary seating during the competition.
Warm-up matches
The warm-up matches were played from 27 May to 1 June 2024, involving most of the tournament teams.[56]Pakistan, England, New Zealand, and South Africa didn't play any warm-up match(es) and played directly in the group stage.
After the group stage, the top two teams in each group will be placed into two groups of four teams in the Super 8 stage. This will be played as a single round-robin, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the knockout stage.[1] Prior to the tournament, the ICC announced the eight seeded teams for the Super 8 stages — Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and the West Indies. Should they advance from the group stage, they will be placed in pre-determined positions, regardless of whether they finish first or second in their group. If an unseeded team qualifies at the expense of a seeded team, they will directly replace said team in the Super 8 group.[64][65] No points are carried over from the group stage to the Super 8.[66]
The ICC hosted a "Trophy tour" before the tournament which began on 19 March in New York City and the trophy was taken to various locations around the world.[72]
BBC Radio will provide ball-by-ball commentary in the United Kingdom.[80] Channel 2 Group Corporation possess audio rights for India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Big Talk 106.2 FM and 100.3 FM will produce live World Cup commentary in the United Arab Emirates.[81]ABC Sport will provide ball-by-ball commentary in Australia, using the world feed
Prize money
The ICC allocated a pool of $11.25 million in prize money for the tournament.
The ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup will see the winners of the 20-team tournament earn at least $2.45 million, the highest prize money in the history of the tournament, along with the trophy that they will lift at Kensington Oval in Barbados on 29 June.[82]
The runners-up will receive at least $1.28 million, while the losing semi-finalists walk away with $787,500 each from the total, historic prize pot of $11.25 million.
The four teams that fail to make it out of the Super 8s will earn $382,500 each, while the teams placed ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th receive $247,500 each. Participants who finish 13th to 20th place will return $225,000.
Every team receives an additional $31,154 for each match they win barring the semi-finals and final.
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